Sharjeel Imam The onus of defeating right-wing extremists already falls on Muslim voters. Now liberals expect them to abandon a winning candidate in favour of a social-media celebrity, Kanhaiya Kumar. This ‘fight against fascism’ in the general election has led to bizarre developments. In Begusarai, the ‘anti-fascist’ intellectual lobby has put all its weight behind an emerging star, Kanhaiya Kumar,...

Jashwanth Jessie Not many people know that my friend Rohith Vemula was once a diehard supporter of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Before he joined the Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) at the University of Hyderabad, he was a firebrand leader of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), affiliated to the CPI(M). His disillusionment with the communists happened when he...