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What Marxism taught me about the world around me
Marxist Legacy: Explore a family's deep-rooted political consciousness in Kannur, Kerala, and their enduring spirit of collective action and social justice.
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My 2017 interview with Mark Tully (1935-2026) on the demolition of the Babri Masjid which he witnessed firsthand
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Mark Tully: The Witness
Mark Tully: The Witness
https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/ayodhya-25-years-later/mark-tully-the-witness
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The class angle: air pollution in India has evolved into a deeply unequal political crisis. The affluent privatise survival through air purifiers, air-filtered private cars and access to expensive healthcare while the poor inhale the full force of toxic air
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Air Pollution: Breathing Death
Delhi's air pollution crisis is worsening, with residents facing severe health risks from toxic smog. Yasmin Kidwai's near-death experience underscores the urgent need for systemic solutions as respir...
https://openthemagazine.com/india/air-pollution-breathing-death
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Where I speak about Venezuela, Latin American politics, history, Cuba, American propaganda, an empire’s decline and it dangerous regime change exercises
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What Marxism taught me about the world around me
Marxist Legacy: Explore a family's deep-rooted political consciousness in Kannur, Kerala, and their enduring spirit of collective action and social justice.
https://openthemagazine.com/politics/full-marx-and-historical-imagination
2 months ago
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Farewell to
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: "Driving Home for Christmas", one last time
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Farewell to Chris Rea: "Driving Home for Christmas", one last time
Chris Rea Passes: Iconic 'Driving Home for Christmas' Singer Leaves Lasting Legacy.
https://openthemagazine.com/entertainment/farewell-to-chris-rea-driving-home-for-christmas-one-last-time
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In her new book, Ananya Vajpeyi gives travel a new meaning
The author takes you on a guided, intellectual tour through cities she knows well
https://openthemagazine.com/books/in-her-new-book-ananya-vajpeyi-gives-travel-a-new-meaning
3 months ago
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A review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’
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5 months ago
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Tanuja Pandey, poster girl of Nepal’s Gen Z protests, seeks justice for fallen comrades - Open The Magazine
Tanuja Pandey, who turned 25 on September 15, is now one of the most prominent Gen Z names in Nepal, along with Rakshya Bam, Sudan Gurung, Balen Shah and others, for toppling a government through thei...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/tanuja-pandey-poster-girl-of-nepals-gen-z-protests-seeks-justice-for-fallen-comrades/
5 months ago
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Remembering the Indian communist and freedom fighter who coined the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ and first demanded ‘Poorna Swaraj’ from British rule.
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Hasrat Mohani: Mystic As Rebel - Open The Magazine
SEATED IN HER HOME IN A TONY HOUSING society of Delhi’s Friends Colony, author Rakhshanda Jalil—currently working on a biography of Hasrat Mohani (1875-1951) titled ‘ The Pesky Nationalist ’—speaks of...
https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/hasrat-mohani-mystic-as-rebel/
7 months ago
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New White House tariff policy on India “foolish”, bad for bilateral ties, says Scott Horton. The American author/radio host is a trenchant critic of American foreign policy and US-led military interventions
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New White House tariff policy on India “foolish”, bad for bilateral ties: Scott Horton - Open The Magazine
Noted American author, political commentator, war expert and accomplished podcaster Scott Horton says that the Trump administration’s new tariff policy — particularly the one targeting countries like ...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/new-white-house-tariff-policy-on-india-foolish-bad-for-bilateral-ties-scott-horton/
7 months ago
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In a surprise move, Jammu & Kashmir govt bans 25 books for ‘radicalising’ youth
The authors whose books are banned include Professor Sumantra Bose, AG Noorani, Arundhati Roy, Tariq Ali, Christopher Snedden, Victoria Schofield, Stephen P Cohen, among others
https://ullekhnp.com/2025/08/07/in-a-surprise-move-jammu-kashmir-govt-bans-25-books-for-radicalising-youth/
7 months ago
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Author Thomas Suárez presents peace framework for the Palestine-Israel crisis - Open The Magazine
Multi-talented London-based historical researcher and cartographic historian Thomas Suárez says that since Gaza has been made uninhabitable by Israeli forces by indiscriminately razing the occupied ar...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/author-thomas-suarez-presents-peace-framework-for-the-palestine-israel-crisis/#goog_rewarded
8 months ago
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New docu ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ lifts the veil on crimes against humanity
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New docu ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ lifts the veil on crimes against humanity
A new documentary aired on Mehdi Hasan’s Zeteo shows that doctors in Gaza are primary targets for arrests and torture
https://ullekhnp.com/2025/07/03/gaza-doctors-under-attack-documentary/
8 months ago
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New documentary 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' lifts the veil on crimes against humanity
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'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' lifts the veil on crimes against humanity - Open The Magazine
Early on July 3, 2:30 am Indian time, Zeteo, a news organisation founded by former MSNBC journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, released the much-awaited documentary, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. This...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/new-docu-gaza-doctors-under-attack-lifts-the-veil-on-crimes-against-humanity/
8 months ago
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Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), who ended RSS’s political untouchability, wanted Indira Gandhi to insert ‘socialism’ in the Constitution since 1969, and had argued for a ‘secular’ state
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Jayaprakash Narayan, who ended RSS’s untouchability, wanted Indira Gandhi to insert ‘socialism’ in the Constitution, and argued for a ‘secular’ state
Since the 1940s, the architect of Sampoorna Kranti was obsessed with the insertion of socialism in the preamble and had demanded that India be a secular state to framers of the Constitution, accord…
https://ullekhnp.com/2025/06/30/jayaprakash-narayan-who-ended-rsss-untouchability-wanted-socialism-in-the-constitution-and-argued-for-a-secular-state/
8 months ago
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For us kids, Indira Gandhi was a dirty word
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A childhood memory of Emergency in our ancestral home in Kannur - Open The Magazine
The first vivid memory I have of that period is of my father returning home without his thick moustache. He had been underground (or olivil, as they say in Malayalam) with an arrest warrant hanging ov...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/a-childhood-memory-of-emergency-in-our-ancestral-home-in-kannur/
8 months ago
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Iran’s parliament has approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after US strikes, and now the Supreme National Security Council has to finalise the decision My story from June 16 on what a closure of this strategic waterway means for the world
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What’s common between Israel and Pakistan’s nuclear programmes? Israel & Pakistan both stole crucial centrifuge blueprints from Urenco, and both helped other countries develop nuclear bombs through illegal sales of design and technology, thus aiding proliferation
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What’s common between Israel and Pakistan’s nuclear programmes? - Open The Magazine
Even as Israel launched military strikes at Iran on June 13 alleging that the latter was in the final stages of enriching uranium to a level that it could be used for a military offensive, what comes ...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/whats-common-between-israel-and-pakistans-nuclear-programmes/
8 months ago
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The biggest diplomatic challenge for India How Pakistan’s state-run think-tanks and diaspora are reshaping global research and posing a diplomatic challenge to India
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Funding The Fault Lines - Open The Magazine
AT A TIME when India has sent seven outreach delegations—comprising lawmakers and experts—to 33 countries to strengthen its case against cross-border terrorism in the aftermath of a limited war with ...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/funding-the-fault-lines/
9 months ago
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10 months ago
🚨 Has anyone else been watching the new Netflix series “Turning Point: The Vietnam War”? It’s really good and shares viewpoints many have never seen, heard, or understood. Highly recommend you watch it
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Watch Turning Point: The Vietnam War | Netflix Official Site
This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.
https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81756795?s=i&trkid=264293154&vlang=en
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"Following the Taliban’s capture of Kabul numerous reports indicated that US-made arms, including M4 & M16 rifles, worth billions of dollars, had fallen into Taliban hands. The Taliban reportedly began selling off these arms to various groups"
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It is "possible" that M4 rifles used by Pahalgam terrorists came from Afghanistan: Expert - Open The Magazine
London-based Australian journalist and Afghanistan expert Lynne O’Donnell, who reported extensively from Afghanistan until she was detained and harassed by the Taliban in mid-2022, has said it is “p...
https://openthemagazine.com/special/it-is-possible-that-m4-rifles-used-by-pahalgam-terrorists-came-from-afghanistan-expert/
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Ukraine Encroaches on ‘Friendly’ Moldova
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Ukraine Encroaches on ‘Friendly’ Moldova
Ullekh NP reports on fears in Moldova that the Zelensky government in Ukraine, in its search for hydro power on the lower Dniester River, is starting to claim a chunk of its neighboring ally. By...
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/24/ukraine-encroaches-on-friendly-moldova/
10 months ago
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Ukraine has encroached westwards over the past year on its friendly neighbour Moldova, a country that has stood by Kyiv against the Russians and sheltered thousands fleeing the war, to build hydroelectric dams in a bid to overcome a crippling power shortage.
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Ukraine silently encroaches on ‘friendly’ Moldova - Open The Magazine
Ukraine has encroached westwards over the past year on its friendly neighbour Moldova, a country that has stood by Kyiv against the Russians and sheltered thousands fleeing the war with Moscow, to bui...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/ukraine-silently-encroaches-on-friendly-moldova/
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Ukraine silently encroaches on ‘friendly’ Moldova - Open The Magazine
Ukraine has encroached westwards over the past year on its friendly neighbour Moldova, a country that has stood by Kyiv against the Russians and sheltered thousands fleeing the war with Moscow, to bui...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/ukraine-silently-encroaches-on-friendly-moldova/
11 months ago
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#MarioVargasLlosa
Colossus of the Latin American Novel The Nobel Prize-winning author, who died Sunday, has lately been critical of the West and American foreign policy in Latin America
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Mario Vargas Llosa, the colossus of the Latin American novel - Open The Magazine
For those of us who grew up reading Mario Vargas Llosa in the 1990s, no analysis of his oeuvre is possible without a comparison with his former mentor and friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, whom Llosa lat...
https://openthemagazine.com/feature/mario-vargas-llosa-the-colossus-of-the-latin-american-novel/
11 months ago
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Exclusive: Columbia University professor Jeffrey D Sachs says US president Donald Trump is bullying universities at the behest of the Israel Lobby
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Jeffrey Sachs decries pressure on universities from the White House - Open The Magazine
Columbia University professor and acclaimed economist Jeffrey D. Sachs says that while university donors tend to be more respectful of political dissent on American campuses, it is the Donald Trump ad...
https://openthemagazine.com/features/jeffrey-sachs-decries-pressure-on-universities-from-the-white-house/
11 months ago
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A review of my new book ‘Mad About Cuba’ by Ameer Shahul
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
@Telegraph: 🇪🇸 Spain’s Left-wing prime minister has called on the world to rebel against the threat to democracy posed by what he called the “Silicon Valley techno-caste”
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/21/spain-fight-trump-silicon-valley-techno-caste-musk-media-us/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/21/spain-fight-trump-silicon-valley-techno-caste-musk-media-us/
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A review of my book ‘Mad About Cuba’ by Pushpa Kurup
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Kannur to Cuba - Open The Magazine
CUBA, A LITTLE ISLAND in the Caribbean, has defied its mighty neighbour, the US, for over six decades. Ever since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Marxists in Kerala have been fascinated by Cuba. They wa...
https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/kannur-to-cuba/#:~:text=The%20book%20combines%20a%20delightful,the%20Marxists%20utter%20the%20name
about 1 year ago
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Prensa Latina recently interviewed me about my book ‘Mad About Cuba’
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Confesiones de un malayali que viajó a Cuba - Especiales | Publicaciones - Prensa Latina
Nueva Delhi (Prensa Latina) El periodista indio Ullekh N.P., a quien su motivación personal y profesional lo llevó a Cuba en 2023, aseguró que es necesario viajar a la isla para conocer la realidad de...
https://publica.prensa-latina.cu/pub/confesiones-de-un-malayalai-que-viajo-a-cuba
about 1 year ago
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Where I speak with Abhinandan Sekri of The Newslaundry on my book ‘Mad About Cuba’
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about 1 year ago
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A Malayali journalist's book after his dream-come-true visit to Cuba - Sapan News Network
Paying homage to his dream country in a recently published book, Indian journalist Ullekh N.P. takes readers on a historical, cultural and political journey of Cuba, peppered with research, articles, ...
https://sapannews.com/2025/01/15/a-malayali-journalists-book-after-his-dream-come-true-visit-to-cuba/
about 1 year ago
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A review my new book ‘Mad About Cuba’
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Mad About Cuba: A Malayali’s journey through history, economics & revolution
Ullekh NP's book Mad About Cuba: A Malayali Revisits the Revolution offers an engaging travelogue interwoven with history, economics, and politics.. Mad About Cuba, A Malayali Revisits the Revolution,...
https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/news/2025/01/09/mad-about-cuba-malayali-revisits-revolution-ullekh-np-book-review.amp.html
about 1 year ago
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Day of Solidarity Poster with Congo, featuring an image of Lumumba. Cuba, 1972.
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A review of my new book ‘Mad About Cuba’ in
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A Malayali journalist's book after his dream-come-true visit to Cuba - Sapan News Network
Paying homage to his dream country in a recently published book, Indian journalist Ullekh N.P. takes readers on a historical, cultural and political journey of Cuba, peppered with research, articles, ...
https://sapannews.com/2025/01/15/a-malayali-journalists-book-after-his-dream-come-true-visit-to-cuba/
about 1 year ago
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A review of my new book ‘’Mad About Cuba’ by Pushpa Kurup
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Kannur to Cuba - Open The Magazine
CUBA, A LITTLE ISLAND in the Caribbean, has defied its mighty neighbour, the US, for over six decades. Ever since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Marxists in Kerala have been fascinated by Cuba. They wa...
https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/kannur-to-cuba/
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Ullekh NP via
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Che Guevara’s Undying Spell & Other Tales of Cuba
Ullekh NP begins with Che the revolutionary, whose many sides are yet undiscovered, in these excerpts from his new book, Mad About Cuba: A Malayali Revisits the Revolution. The following is an excerpt...
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/08/che-guevaras-undying-spell-other-tales-of-cuba/
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