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Bolstering Nepal-China Connectivity: Kathmandu goes beyond a Zero-sum Game in South Asia
K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 9 September 2018. https://countercurrents.org/2018/09/09/bolstering-nepal-china-connectivity-kathmandu-goes-beyond-a-zero-sum-game-in-south-asia/ Nepal and China have made a significant step in bilateral relations by finalizing the text of the protocol to the proposed agreement that would help facilitate [...]
2+2 Dialogue = Withering Away of India’s ‘Strategic Autonomy’?
K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 6 September 2018 The outcome of the 2+2 Dialogue between the Foreign and Defence Ministers of India and the United States held in New Delhi is on expected lines. It is [...]
‘New’ Kerala: From ‘Hortus Malabaricus’ to the ‘Gadgil Report’
‘New’ Kerala: From Hortus Malabaricus to the Gadgil Report K.M. Seethi ‘Dutch treat’ and ‘Dutch courage’ are (often informal and sometimes carrying a pejorative connotation) referred to the two specific instances of how people find themselves [...]
The Bay of Bengal Community in times of Natural Disasters
The Bay of Bengal Community in times of Natural Disasters KM SEETHI First appeared in Countercurrents, 30 August 2018 4th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit is being held in [...]
Dreams of a ‘New Kerala’: Crisis as Opportunity
Dreams of a ‘New Kerala’: Crisis as Opportunity K.M. Seethi Written for The Woke Journal The South Indian State of Kerala is now in the midst of a paradigm-reassessment in the wake of floods and landslides [...]
ഇനിയും മരിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത ‘സ്വതന്ത്ര്യം’
ഇനിയും മരിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത 'സ്വതന്ത്ര്യം' കെ. എം. സീതി കൃതി: ഉണ്ണി.ആർ, ബെന്യാമിൻ ((എഡി.) "സ്വാതന്ത്രത്തിന്റെ മാനിഫെസ്റ്റോ" (2018) ‘സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം’ കാല-ദേശാന്തരങ്ങളിൽ സർവസമ്മതമായി ചിട്ടപ്പെടുത്താത്ത ഒരു വ്യവഹാര ഭൂമികയാണ്. മനുഷ്യൻ സ്വന്തം ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്നും വ്യക്തി ബന്ധങ്ങളിലേക്കും, സമൂഹത്തിലേക്കും, രാജ്യാന്തര മണ്ഡലങ്ങളിലേക്കും ആവശ്യാനുസരണം വിന്യസിക്കുന്ന രാഷ്ട്രീയ ഊർജ്ജം കൂടിയാണത്. കത്തിച്ചാൽ ആളിക്കത്താവുന്ന [...]
Current Affairs
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Kerala’s Remittance Economy: Impending Crisis
Kerala’s Remittance Economy: Impending Crisis K.M. SEETHI Countercurrents, 5 February 2018 The ‘insider-outsider’ problematic of diaspora gives every Malayali’s life a degree of tension and uncertainty today. For the six million remittance-dependent population of Kerala, no [...]
Can the subaltern speak for himself?
Can the subaltern speak for himself? K.M.Seethi First Published in The Hindu, January 27, 2016 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Can-the-subaltern-speak-for-himself/article14021582.ece The outrage in the wake of Rohith Vemula’s ‘social murder’ in the campus of the University of Hyderabad raises [...]