Shuddhshar always strives to find new ways to satiate the intellectual appetite of its readers. In our Essay section, we aim to build a constellation of columnists from diverse backgrounds who would, from their unique perspectives, produce commentaries on contemporary sociopolitical issues and events that demand rigorous scrutiny, constructive criticism, and sober reflections. We also encourage our readers, especially those who live under the yoke of a repressive state apparatus, to use this platform to speak truth to power by penning columns and engaging in lively discussions in the comments section.
The Football World Cup cannot be reduced to a mere sporting competition. It is also a cultural resource and a site of social meaning-making.
Beyond “22 Players Chasing a Ball”: What the World Cup Really Means Read More »
In India, access to welfare benefits is increasingly being entangled with extensive documentation, household profiling, and citizenship-related verification, which is disproportionately affecting minorities and redefining the meaning of democracy.
Annapurna Bhandar and Its Politics of Discontents Read More »
The future of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is future shaped not by choice, but by necessity.
A Child’s Journey: From Kabul’s Dreams to Survival in Pakistan Read More »
The arrival of the Cockroach Janta Party in India has exposed the exhaustion of respectable civil society as the only authorised grammar of democratic grievance.
People often do what they know is bad for them or fail to do what they know is good. This kind of akrasia or lack of willpower or self-control is now being seen in digital technology—or are we being forced into digital tech against our will?
Technological Akrasia Read More »
The real test for Bengal is not whether Muslims find a party to vote for but whether Bengal can still imagine Muslims as co-authors of its political future.
The Muslim Question and the New Political Order in Bengal Read More »
What does an astounding BJP win mean for West Bengal and for India?
Clarence Thomas’ recent speech extolling the Declaration of Independence and Western civilization while decrying the existential threat of progressivism should instead have acknowledged the similarity between King George’s trespasses against Americans and Trump’s current trespasses.
A Long Train of Abuses and Usurpations Read More »
Europe’s migration debates reveal fissures in Jewish intellectual discourse, forcing Europe to confront its layered history, identity, and sovereignty.
Narratives Wars: How Jewish Scholars in Berlin Interpret Europe’s Migration Debates Read More »
Educational institutions in America, under the current conservative regime, are actively suppressing discussion and knowledge of gender diversity, but the facts of sex/gender around the world indicate that sex/gender is diverse and not completely determined by physical traits (or even necessarily permanent), allowing for more sex/gender categories and a more accepting attitude toward such diversity.
Ex Multis Generibus Una Gens Read More »
Bangladesh must introduce a decolonial turn in public universities by recognizing that knowledge is never neutral and by incorporating the importance of local histories, languages, and social realities into curricula.
