Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

  An Open Appeal to India’s Security Forces: Stand with Democratic Dissent Posted on 9th October, 2026 (GMT 06:55 hrs) ABSTRACT On 10 October 2026, as unarmed citizens, students and opposition voices gather at Jantar Mantar in peaceful civil disobedience, the State has assembled more than 40,000 Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces personnel, detention centres, facial-recognition cameras and metro closures against them. Once in a Blue Moon Academia appeals to those in uniform, not as adversaries but as fellow citizens, to let conscience precede command, to refuse the police state the last word, and to stand with the constitutional right to dissent. Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA), committed to a moneyless, partyless democratic commons, stands in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the opposition, youth and women who are, at this hour, courageously resisting and confronting the BJP-RSS and the mechanisms of fascist domination through which the present rulin...

  DHFL Victims, Are We Still Ready to Fight for It? Posted on 6th December, 2025 (GMT 07:25 hrs) Remembering 6th December 1992 — a black day in the history of the Indian Republic, marked by the demolition of the Babri Masjid by Hindutva terrorists, followed by the apex judiciary’s outright refusal to acknowledge the site of vandalism. ABSTRACT This article argues that the DHFL collapse is not merely a corporate failure or legal dispute but a political event symptomatic of India’s deepening cronyist order, where executive power, judicial alignment, and corporate interests appear increasingly intertwined. Through comparative analysis of recent successful pressure-group interventions—such as the farmers’ movement and the pushback against Sanchar Saathi—the article highlights how public mobilization, not institutional goodwill, remains the only effective counterweight to state-corporate consolidation. It further examines the erosion of judicial independence, shrinking civil libert...