Robert Thorp Award – 2013
Marked by Insight and Foresight
K. Balagopal on Caste, Class, and the State – Nivedita Menon (22.04.2024, The India Forum)
The writings between the 1980 and 2003 of K. Balagopal, the scholar and democratic rights activist who died too early, emphasised caste’s role in fuelling fascism in India. Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the StateBy K Balagopal, Curated and introduced by V. GeethaSouthSide Books, 2023, 242 pages, Rs. 400 We are situated at […]
K. Balagopal’s Incisive Essays on Caste, Communalism and Rise of State Authoritarianism in India – Jairus Banaji
(10.02.2024, The Wire)
K. Balagopal was a civil rights activist and left-wing intellectual who was mainly active in Andhra Pradesh from the 1980s until his death in 2009. In the nineties, he became increasingly critical of the People’s War Group, with which he had been associated, and developed those criticisms at length in a famous Telugu essay called The […]
Remembering the Delhi Days – Naresh Kumar Sharma
(31.10.2009; EPW)
How can late K. Balagopal’s learnings on the ground benefit academia today – Anamika Das
(Forward Press, 5 November 2022)
How can late K. Balagopal’s learnings on the ground benefit academia today In his writings, Balagopal has revisited the concept of ‘universal’ in a way which I believe, can be visited by us, students and academics, and which may carry the potential to resolve interdisciplinary antagonisms, writes Anamika Das. I have been a student of […]
Fascist Assault On The Working Class – Clifton D’ Rozario
(Liberation, Central Organ of CPI(ML), 22 October 2022)
Fascist Assault on the Working Class – Clifton D’Rozario Talk given at the 13th Balagopal Memorial Meeting held on 9th October 2022 at Hyderabad and organised by Human Rights Forum (HRF) (Published in Liberation, Central Organ of CPI(ML) on 22 October 2022) One does not go to a convention against fascism to get hold of […]
Remembering Balagopal – Arvind Narrain
(Gauri Lankesh News, 19 June 2021)
Gauri Lankesh News, 19 June 2021
