Category Archives: India

The ‘PK’ Movie Spoke Out, It’s Time for the Right Call

By Ausama Anwar: I’ve never been hooked on Bollywood productions. Actually, only a few Hindi movies have attracted me. Lately, I came across a headline describing one of them as the finest production to emerge from decades of Bollywood films. I didn’t care much at first, but then decided to study the extent of technical…

Capitalism as arch-enemy of ecological societies: Adivasis and Kurds

By Dr Felix Padel: This is the transcript of a speech by Dr Felix Padel (a great great grandson of Charles Darwin) delivered to the conference ‘Challenging Capitalist Modernity–Alternative Concepts and the Kurdish Quest‘, on 3–5 February 2012 at Hamburg University. The Kurds represent one of the oldest cultures of Western Asia, and their struggle for justice…

Kurdistan, a forgotten nation of 40 million people

Kamal Chomani

By Kamal Chomani: This article first appeared on the Indian website Kafila.org I have been living in Bangalore, India for about 13 months. I am here to study Masters. India to me, as it is, is incredible. I feel as if I am at home. People here are friendly. My teachers and colleagues are just…