Karl Marx

Venice Film Festival 2020: Romola Garai, Susanna Nicchiarelli discuss bringing their film Miss Marx to spotlight

Susanna Nicchiarelli's historical drama, Miss Marx, profiles Karl Marx’s youngest daughter, Eleanor, an innovative British-born social activist and women’s rights campaigner.

Delhi elections: Liberals are hailing AAP's triumph, but Indian democracy's foundations have already crumbled

What passes for democracy in India is a colourless simulacrum of the thing itself: an argument over the possession of a power that has been gutted of all pretence that there ought to be some kind of equality amongst all those who participate in it.

Terming loneliness an 'epidemic' is unhelpful; solutions lie in knowing value of community, tending to our bodies

Before 1800, the word loneliness was not particularly emotional, it simply connoted the state of being alone. The lexicographer Thomas Blount’s Glossographia (1656) defined loneliness as “one; an oneliness, or loneliness, a single or singleness”.

JNUSU election presidential candidate Jitendra Suna is at vanguard of battle against oppression in India

The story of Jitendra Suna, who is contesting as a presidential candidate in the 2019 JNUSU election is an attractive story for the media, particularly since he comes from an 'untouchable' caste

'Does this logic apply to Harry Potter books too?': Twitter in splits after Bombay HC judge terms 'War and Peace' 'objectionable material'

A Bombay High Court observation is being ridiculed on social media, after a single-judge bench questioned rights' activist Vernon Gonsalves motive behind keeping (and reading) Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, War and Peace

"Why did you have copy of 'War and Peace'?": Bombay HC judge asks Bhima Koregaon case accused to explain possession of Leo Tolstoy classic

The Bombay High Court hearing a bail plea of Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case accused Vernon Gonsalves on Wednesday questioned his motive behind keeping copies of some books and CDs whose titles prima facie indicated they contained material against the State

28-year-old Pune engineer expresses desire to apply as new Congress president for party's 'revival'

While the Congress is yet to decide on its new president after Rahul Gandhi made his resignation public, a 28-year-old electronics engineer from Pune has expressed his desire to apply for the post

India and the Indian: Genes are the root of nationalism but don't determine our destiny, writes Praveen Swami

Animal impulses drive powerful nationalism, but their triumph is far from inevitable if humans are willing to carefully reflect on why we behave in the ways we do.

Mrs and Marx: A new play delves into the domestic life of the ‘The Father of Communism’ and his relationship with his wife

In their play Mrs and Marx, artistes Satchit Puranik and Michaela Talwar wanted to demystify and humanise Karl Marx. As part of their prep, they read the letters the couple wrote to each other, which speak of their deep love for one another, and discussions on ways to make ends meet

The savage in the mirror? It’s We the People

This Republic Day, as we celebrate the promise of democratic India, this one fact is inescapable: savage violence is our national language.