Last week, 50+ people from various institutions from India, Italy and Australia gathered at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru to learn and discuss the Sraffa-Keynes approach to doing Economics. We had 4 days of fantastic historical, theoretical, and empirical discussions in a lovely campus.

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Prof. Radika Desai on Imperialism. Definitely not to miss!

John Maynard Keynes was one damn tall man. While Marx and I share the same height! 😂

Probably my last grand Iftaar in JNU with the last batch of people I feel genuine love to and genuinely loved back. This special university and these special events will not be the same anymore. Bittersweet :')

never surrender

New weekly column - what I've read this week.

Featuring the AI Con, the end of Europe’s peace dividend, China’s race to control valuable natural resources, and the real Russian economy…
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My Marxian economics 101 compulsory readings :) Lenin's Imperialism should also be included but I don't have a hard copy right now :(

Let me know which other readings you deem necessary for a 101 Marxian econ course!

While the world awaits the Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire, Israel violates its signature on the Gaza ceasefire, committing the same war crime of starving the Palestinian population and refusing to enter the 2nd phase it agreed to. And the West? Nothing! www.npr.org/2025/03/02/n... x.com/yanisvaroufa...

International working women's day ✊🏻 Time to remember that struggles against patriarchy and other gendered forms of suppression and control are part and parcel of the struggle against class societies. Capitalism doesn't just survive on wage labour but substantially on unpaid labour of women.