Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)

  A Solidarity Statement for Sonam Wangchuk, Satyagrahi of the Anthropocene Posted on 14th July, 2026 (GMT 19:15 hrs) ABSTRACT On the 17th day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, Sonam Wangchuk continues his non-violent resistance for justice, dialogue, and ecological protection of Ladakh. Echoing Jatin Das’s 1929 martyrdom and G.D. Agarwal’s sacrifice for the Ganga, Wangchuk’s ātmaśakti exposes the Indian state’s moral deafness and hypocrisy in the face of genuine satyagraha. Invoking Tagore’s fiery Bhairava hymn — “sarva kharvatāre dahe tava krodhadāha” — this post calls for solidarity with a man who has become the moral centre of a republic that has abandoned its conscience. I. The Seventeenth Day As we write, Sonam Wangchuk — engineer, educator, glacier-keeper of Ladakh — is on the seventeenth day of an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. He has lost more than eight kilograms; his muscles have begun to consume themselves; his blood pressure falls...

  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...