Ed’s Note

  • Ed’s Note: On The Intoxication of Power

    Ed’s Note: On The Intoxication of Power

    The art of sowing seeds of division among people, nations, can best be learnt from the colonial-thinking, imperialist West. Be it the Sykes-Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, the San Remo Conference in 1920 or the South Asian ‘Independence’ in 1947; recent history is replete with examples how the Europeans (and...
  • Let Peace Be a Form of Resistance…

    Let Peace Be a Form of Resistance…

    Seated in my chauffeur-driven car (disclaimer: as I am visually impaired and do not drive after daylight), I told my 17 and 15 year old children to refrain from discussing India and Pakistan. Living in a multi-cultural country from where we or rather I, have spoken about issues that...
  • Rambles and Raves

    Rambles and Raves

    Reality what does it mean? It is something we create. It is our perception of the world… as we see it, as we speak it… as we feel it. OR, is it something that exists, it is there, a substance, a manifestation borne out of accidents, actions, narratives, optics,...
  • In The Throes Of Uneven Gains

    In The Throes Of Uneven Gains

    The world has witnessed massive upheavals over the past three decades. The exponential increase in globalization has, by extension, triggered a ripple effect on politics, economy, health, innovation, and most importantly, food security and climate change. Then major economic recessions and COVID-19 happened, which planted severe dents across economies....
  • On The Myth of Womanhood

    On The Myth of Womanhood

    On a pedestal is a woman placed and into a deity made – just like Durga with her larger than life persona, the epitome of ultimate feminine power and her innumerable stories of patience, wrath, grace, fortitude, humility and penance. Mythic is what womanhood has been made into; emblematic...
  • On Unwell Women, Male Entitlement And Their Visionary Wokeness

    On Unwell Women, Male Entitlement And Their Visionary Wokeness

    A Woman’s body… piece by piece, inch by inch, navigated, investigated, desecrated! From the sacrilegious murder of the Greco-Egyptian philosopher, astronomer and one of the first female mathematicians, Hypatia, on the streets of Alexandria by the parabalani – a volunteer militia of monks serving as the archbishop’s henchmen –...
  • Editorial: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact

    Editorial: Celebrating 10 Years of Impact

    This editorial is part of Ananke's 10th anniversary special edition celebrating the platform's work. You can view the eZine here.   It was a decade ago that the idea of Ananke was born. The birth of a new idea is always a moment of excitement and fear – even...
  • ‘I’m Speaking’ (Mr. Trump)

    ‘I’m Speaking’ (Mr. Trump)

    Let’s get one thing straight, the Kamala Harris debacle – if one can call it that – is not because of her being a woman. Granted, it may have played a part in the US elections 2024 specifically for the voters, but surely a very miniscule part. This assertion...
  • Editorial: Monsters of Mayhem 

    Editorial: Monsters of Mayhem 

    There is not a moment that goes by when the infallible Western media is not ready to judge, patronize or pounce and vilify states across the Global South or in the Middle East about their ‘wrong-doings.’ Be it events of any kind, diplomatic relationships, human rights issue; the list...
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