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The Full text of the article published in Mathrubhumi, 1 January 2026 രാജ്യാന്തരരംഗം വളരെ കലുഷിതവും സംഘർഷാത്മകവുമായി മാറിയ ഇരുപത്തൊന്നാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ 25 വർഷങ്ങളാണ് കഴിഞ്ഞുപോയത്. പുതിയ വർഷത്തിലേക്കു കടക്കുമ്പോൾ ഈ ചരിത്രകാലയളവ് ഏൽപ്പിച്ച ബാധ്യതകളും ആഘാതങ്ങളും പെട്ടെന്നൊന്നും അവസാനിക്കുമെന്ന് കരുതാനാവില്ല. ‘ശീതയുദ്ധാനന്തരലോക’മെന്ന വിശേഷണം തീർത്തും അപ്രസക്തമാക്കിയ [...]
The Ukraine War in Search of an Elusive Resolution
Just days after Donald Trump’s headline-making encounter with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington—where he was joined by key European leaders—for a round of talks at the White House. The back-to-back meetings indicated [...]
സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തിന്റെ ‘വില’യും വിലങ്ങുകളും
“ലോക വിപണിയെ ഭരിക്കുന്ന ഇന്ത്യ’ ആരുടെ ഔദാര്യത്തിൽ?ട്രൂകോപ്പിതിങ്കിൽ വന്ന ലേഖനത്തിന്റെ (ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 15, 2025) പൂർണരൂപം'ദേശീയവികാരം' ഇരുതല മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ഒന്നാണ്. അത് ഒരേസമയം നമ്മുടെ വേണ്ടപ്പെട്ടവരോടുള്ള ഐക്യത്തിന്റെ വികാരവും, അല്ലാത്തവരോടുള്ള വിരുദ്ധവികാരവുമാണ്. ഒരു ഭാഗത്ത്, അത് ഉള്ളവരെ ഒന്നിച്ചു നിർത്തുന്ന ഒരു "ദയാബോധം" എന്ന വികാരമാണ് ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നത്. സാമ്പത്തികസംഘർഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നോ [...]
Unshackled, Yet Bound: India’s Fight for True Independence in the Age of Global Capitalism
India’s freedom was not handed down—it was wrested from the grip of empire through long drawn-out resistance, sacrifice, and defiance. It was never just about driving out foreign rulers. It was about reclaiming the right to [...]
The Anger, the Wit, and the Freedom of John Abraham
Photo by Razak Kottakkal “The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there’s plenty of anger left,” Ingmar Bergman once said. In Kerala’s film world, if there was anyone in whom anger [...]
Killing the Messenger: The War on Journalists in Gaza and Beyond
“Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history, and some of us pay the ultimate price.” – Marie Colvin Published in Countercurrents, 11 August 2025 In [...]
Current Affairs
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The Taliban-In-Kabul: Between ‘Trust-Deficit’ And ‘Crisis As Opportunity’ – OpEd
First Published in Eurasia Review, 23 August 2021 The unfolding events in Afghanistan amid persisting uncertainty and growing anxiety in Kabul have a very complex, yet diverse responses—from state to nonstate actors, from thinktanks to political [...]
Spectres of Nuclear ‘MAD’ness: Between Deterrence and Survival
First published in Eurasia Review, 8 August 2021 With the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in place, is there an optimistic scenario of a nuclear-weapon free world? This might certainly be a [...]
Sherni and the ‘Hunting Tale’
You would have gone to the forest 100 times, but could spot a tiger only once. But, be rest assured, the tiger would have spotted you 99 times. Published in GSC Dossier, 30 July 2021; and [...]
Global South Colloquy
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Spectre of Jihadi violence in France
K.M. Seethi First Published in Global South Colloquy, 19 October 2020 The gruesome murder of a French school teacher in a Paris suburb on Friday is yet another pointer to the spirit of Jihadi Islam being [...]
Akkitham: An Exemplar of humanist-aesthetic
K.M. SEETHI First published in Global South Colloquy, 15 October 2020 When once for my fellowmen I shed a drop of tear, The hale of a thousand suns Arises in my soul When once for [...]
Blasphemy Estate: The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan
The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan Published in Global South Colloquy, 15 September 2020; Countercurrents, 15 September 2020 The deep state in Pakistan is no more a mere conglomerate of civil bureaucracy, army, intelligence, [...]
Countercurrent
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National Awards: Ethics of Conferment and Politics of Selection
K.M. Seethi First Published in Countercurrents, 27 January 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/01/27/national-awards-ethics-of-conferment-and-politics-of-selection/?fbclid=IwAR1CPHVDvRR-TQ_DKE1Q7aSA_yAzIu7oE4ztjprJNtIfcNXOlpIctutkEsU As expected, the announcement of the national awards for 2019 again brought forth a storm of controversy in India. This time it has drawn special [...]
‘Hartal Raj’ under the Sangh Hegemony
‘Hartal Raj’ under the Sangh Hegemony KM SEETHI Image Credit: AFP First Published in Countercurrents, 4 January 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/01/04/hartal-raj-under-the-sangh-hegemony/ Kerala still appears to have been languished in a self-imposed prison of hartals in spite of all [...]
Why Vakkom Moulavi Matters Today?
Why Vakkom Moulavi Matters Today? Problems of Engaging Modernity and the Muslim Reform Movement in Kerala K.M. Seethi This article is written in commemoration of the 145th anniversary (28 December) of Vakkom Moulavi who played a [...]