Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

  Why India Needs a No Kings Movement: From Fascist Corporatocracy to Partyless Democracy Posted on 30th October, 2025 (GMT 11:30 hrs) A Brief Reflection On Power, Corporatocracy, And The Dream Of A Partyless Democracy Authored by  Partyless Society⤡ ABSTRACT This essay traces the global and Indian convergences of authoritarian populism, corporate capture, and digital surveillance through the metaphor of kingship. Beginning with the “No Kings” movement in the U.S., it reinterprets democracy as an anti-monarchical ethic — a practice of shared sovereignty rather than submission to personality cults. Through Modi’s curated spectacle of power, the text exposes India’s descent into corporatocracy, pseudology, and ecological tyranny. It ultimately envisions a “partyless democracy” rooted in decentralization, mutual care, and invisible leadership — a republic without kings, parties, or masters. The “No Kings” protests emerged as a massive, decentralized democratic uprising that ...

  Why Today’s India Cannot Deny Its Undeclared Emergency Posted on 24th August, 2025 (GMT 07:50 hrs) Authored by  Partyless Society⤡ ABSTRACT This article examines the concept of an “undeclared emergency” in contemporary India under Narendra Modi’s regime, situating it against the backdrop of declared Emergency (1975–77). While declared Emergency was openly authoritarian and time-bound, today’s context is marked by a much more diffuse and insidious erosion of democratic institutions, legal safeguards, and civil liberties—achieved without formal proclamation. The article highlights continuities and ruptures across political, economic, and social dimensions: from the manipulation of electoral processes, enabling economic bankruptcies to enrich a select few, the subversion of the judiciary to the deployment of majoritarian nationalism and the criminalization of dissent. Unlike the past, the current phase relies on bureaucratic coercion, surveillance, and ideological consolid...