South Asia Citizens Web

1967 pamphlet by a prominent India communist SM Mehdi that recounts an episode from the early history of the communist movement in India

As a former student of his at Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, I want to mention a few of his contributions to radical political culture in Punjab.

One of our readers Aflatoon Afloo, had posted the following comment on our article History Sheeters (1) – Narendra Damodardas Modi – Was Congress Responsible for India’s Partition?.
विभाजन के मामले में गांधीजी को सरदार और नेहरू के साथ रखना आपके द्वारा जनता की आंख में धूल झोंकना है। कांग्रेस कार्यसमिति में विभाजन के प्रस्ताव के खिलाफ गांधी,बादशाह खान,जेपी और लोहिया थे।सरदार और नेहरू को कुर्सी दिख रही थी देश नहीं। अंग्रेजों के प्रस्ताव को मानना और जिन्ना-सावरकर के द्विराष्ट्र सिद्धान्त को (…)

Pakistan’s two main rightwing religious parties Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) have come under fire after their leaders issued controversial statements in praise of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) leader Hakeemullah Mehsud who was killed by a US drone strike.

It is a work animated by the mapping out of institutions, networks, and lives that are built up, then hollowed out, and finally replaced over a half century of postcolonial development, industrialisation, deindustrialisation, and neo-liberalisation. Within the India-heavy focus of South Asian Studies, this book is part of a welcome new generation of scholarship about Bangladesh.