The claim that heterosexuality is “natural,” this essay argues, persists not because it is self-evident, but because it is continually reproduced as such. What often appears as common sense – that men and women are inherently different, that they are naturally drawn to each other, and that society is organized […]
Author: Shantam Nidhi
Free Market as Travesty: A Historical Indictment of Market Fundamentalism
The idea that the free market is a natural, efficient, and self-regulating system is not a conclusion derived from history. It is an ideological claim sustained in spite of history. When examined across centuries and geographies, the empirical record does not show markets emerging from freedom, producing stability, or distributing […]
“Public Universities Cannot Be Turned into Platforms for Communal Ideology”
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) has strongly criticised the manner in which the visit of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat to the University of Lucknow was conducted, citing heavy police deployment, intelligence presence, and reported pre-emptive action against student leaders. According to AISA, a public university is a constitutional space […]
