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Environment

  • Amazon Rainforest Will Collapse by 2064, New Study Predicts
    Tiffany Duong | January 11, 2021
  • Towards Greener and Cleaner Cities, With Special Care For The Poor
    Bharat Dogra | January 6, 2021
  •  Will the government hold Big Polluters liable for air pollution, preventable diseases, and untimely deaths?
    Sandeep Pandey | January 2, 2021

Featured Stories

  • This undated file image was provided by attorneys for Lisa Montgomery – AP She was the first and only woman to be put to death by the federal government since 1953.

    Death by lethal injection: An inhumane way to die

    by Zeenat Khan — January 15, 2021

    Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders – Albert Camus What could be worse than death? The answer perhaps would be to know exactly when one is going to die. Locked up in a condemned cell, time crawls like a snail for someone who is on death row. Every waking hour of the day and night, the thought of[Read More…]

  • Encroaching Identity

    Encroaching Identity

    by Neha Rai — January 15, 2021

    During the hearing of the farmer movement, the Supreme Court expressed concern towards the elderly and women and asked them to withdraw from the movement which is revealing the court patriarchal mentality towards women as well as the movement.  Supreme court is directly trying to disturbed unity and organization of the movement. Chief justice of India said That “We do not[Read More…]

  • Photo by George M. Groutas

    Yearnings for Alternative Food and Farming Systems

    by Bharat Dogra — January 15, 2021

               “Men who can graft the  trees and make the seed fertile and big can find no way to let the hungry people eat their produce . Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby their fruits may be eaten. And the failure hangs over the State like a great sorrow.” – John Steinbeck[Read More…]

  • Preview signals Biden’s foreign policy shifts

    Preview signals Biden’s foreign policy shifts

    by M K Bhadrakumar — January 15, 2021

    In his first media interview, the incoming US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has given a preview of Joe Biden administration’s foreign policy directions in regard of Russia, Iran and China. Major shifts can be expected in the policies toward both China and Iran while selective engagement of Russia is on cards. First, Russia. Sullivan noted that it was “most[Read More…]

  • Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific

    Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific

    by Dr Binoy Kampmark — January 15, 2021

    The feeling from Rory Medcalf of the Australian National University was one of breathless wonder.  “The US government,” he wrote in The Strategist, “has just classified one of its most secretive national security documents – its 2018 strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific, which was formally classified SECRET and not for release to foreign nationals.” Washington’s errand boys and girls in[Read More…]

  • Photo Credit: thetruthseeker.co.uk Nuland and Pyatt planning regime change in Kiev 

    Will the U.S. Senate Confirm Coup Plotter Nuland?  

    by Medea Benjamin — January 15, 2021

    Written by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies and Marcy Winograd Who is Victoria Nuland? Most Americans have never heard of her because the U.S. corporate media’s foreign policy coverage is a wasteland. Most Americans have no idea that President-elect Biden’s pick for Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs is stuck in the quicksand of 1950s U.S.-Russia Cold War[Read More…]

  • Two Principles of Racial Equity that Outrage US Liberals

    Two Principles of Racial Equity that Outrage US Liberals

    by Don Fitz — January 15, 2021

    The May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a civil rights explosion.  It ignited pushes to demilitarize the police, reallocate police over-funding to necessary social services, end economic and power divides, and replace symbols of oppression with recognition of those who have suffered and resisted. In University City, one of the oldest and more progressive suburbs of[Read More…]

  • Hold On To That Fear

    Hold On To That Fear

    by Mike Ferner — January 15, 2021

    Dear Congresspersons and Senators, This letter is about that nauseating, trembling fear you felt when that hate exploded at you on January 6. Please don’t forget it. Journal about it before it fades. Tolerate the nightmares. Keep pen and paper on your nightstand to record what woke you from screaming fits. Don’t block it out. Don’t let it go. If[Read More…]

  • Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on a Failing Planet?

    Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on a Failing Planet?

    by Michael T Klare — January 15, 2021

      Soon-to-be President Joe Biden will instantly face a set of extraordinary domestic crises — a runaway pandemic, a stalled economy, and raw political wounds, especially from the recent Trumpian assault on the Capitol — but few challenges are likely to prove more severe than managing U.S. relations with China. While generally viewed as a distant foreign-policy concern, that relationship[Read More…]

  • In Conversation with Prof K S Chalam

    In Conversation with Prof K S Chalam

    by Vidya Bhushan Rawat — January 15, 2021

    Dr. K.S.Chalam, Ex-In charge Chairman, U.P.S.C a Constitutional position (equivalent to Supreme Court Judge) during 2005-2011, is a well-known Political Economist, Educationist and a Scholar of Dravidian Studies. Prof K.S.Chalam is known throughout the country as the facilitator of Academic Staff College concept and was likewise recognised for his Studies on Higher Education, Political Economy of Development. At UPSC, he[Read More…]

World

Preview signals Biden’s foreign policy shifts

Preview signals Biden’s foreign policy shifts

January 15, 2021 — M K Bhadrakumar

In his first media interview, the incoming US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has given a preview of Joe Biden administration’s foreign policy directions in regard of Russia, Iran and China. Major shifts can be expected in the policies toward both China and Iran while selective engagement of Russia is on cards. First, Russia. Sullivan noted that it was “most[Read More…]

  • Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific

    Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific

    January 15, 2021 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  • Photo Credit: thetruthseeker.co.uk Nuland and Pyatt planning regime change in Kiev 

    Will the U.S. Senate Confirm Coup Plotter Nuland?  

    January 15, 2021 — Medea Benjamin
  • Two Principles of Racial Equity that Outrage US Liberals

    Two Principles of Racial Equity that Outrage US Liberals

    January 15, 2021 — Don Fitz
  • Hold On To That Fear

    Hold On To That Fear

    January 15, 2021 — Mike Ferner

India

International Support Continues for Protesting Farmers in India

International Support Continues for Protesting Farmers in India

January 14, 2021 — Colin Todhunter

On 5 January, British MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi wrote a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to convey to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “heartfelt anxieties” of MPs’ constituents (many emanating from Punjab) regarding the treatment of protesting farmers in India. The letter was signed by more than 100 MPs and Lords and had cross-party support. Dhesi stated that[Read More…]

  • Reason Wounded—Government and Judiciary Miss the Essence of Farmer Protests

    Reason Wounded—Government and Judiciary Miss the Essence of Farmer Protests

    January 13, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Love Jihad, Conversions and Laws curbing Freedoms

    Love Jihad, Conversions and Laws curbing Freedoms

    January 13, 2021 — Dr Ram Puniyani
  • Jats: A brief history

    Jats: A brief history

    January 13, 2021 — Jaspreet Kaur
  • No time to ‘celebrate’ on Supreme Court’s stay on three farm laws

    No time to ‘celebrate’ on Supreme Court’s stay on three farm laws

    January 12, 2021 — Vidya Bhushan Rawat

Globalisation

 Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’

 Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’

November 28, 2020 — Colin Todhunter

The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of rich and powerful land speculators and agribusiness corporations. Smallholder farmers are being criminalised and even made to disappear when it comes to the struggle for land. They are constantly exposed to systematic expulsion. In 2014, the Oakland Institute found that institutional investors, including[Read More…]

  • Globalization and health: A glimpse into the developing nations

    Globalization and health: A glimpse into the developing nations

    October 27, 2020 — Dr Krati Shrivastava
  • Image by Eric Westbrook

    Globalization in health: An upside or a roadblock?

    October 15, 2020 — Dr Sudhamshi Beeram
  • Globalization: a multifaceted exchange platform of healthcare

    Globalization: a multifaceted exchange platform of healthcare

    September 21, 2020 — Dr Chandrima Chatterjee
  • Odds are against us, but we are not alone

    Odds are against us, but we are not alone

    September 19, 2020 — Chandan

Human Rights

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and Australia’s Complicity

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and Australia’s Complicity

January 13, 2021 — Dr Binoy Kampmark

Australia’s Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, said little in the statement from her department, which was a good thing, as it might have been dangerously useful.  The finding of a UK court on whether Julian Assange would be extradited to the United States was made “on the grounds of his mental health and consequent suicide risk.”  She does not care to[Read More…]

  • JatiIndia Flag of Atrocities Caste, Present and Future: Masrat Zahra

    JatiIndia Flag of Atrocities Caste, Present and Future: Masrat Zahra

    January 10, 2021 — Priti Gulati Cox
  •  The US and UK may not will Assange’s death, but everything they are doing makes it more likely

     The US and UK may not will Assange’s death, but everything they are doing makes it more likely

    January 8, 2021 — Jonathan Cook
  • Proxy Jailor: Denying Assange Bail

    Proxy Jailor: Denying Assange Bail

    January 7, 2021 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  • “It’s not as bad as Iwo Jima, I suppose”: The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict

    “It’s not as bad as Iwo Jima, I suppose”: The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict

    January 5, 2021 — Dr Binoy Kampmark

Imperialism

POW Nation – When Will America Free Itself From War?

POW Nation – When Will America Free Itself From War?

January 13, 2021 — William J Astore

“POWs Never Have A Nice Day.”  That sentiment was captured on a button a friend of mine wore for our fourth grade class photo in 1972.  That prisoners of war could never have such a day was reinforced by the sad face on that button.  Soon after, American POWs would indeed be released by their North Vietnamese captors as the American war[Read More…]

  • The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

    The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

    January 8, 2021 — Nick Turse
  • “It Was a Stupid War Anyone Who Went Was a Sucker” A US President Reportedly Enlightened Americans 

    “It Was a Stupid War Anyone Who Went Was a Sucker” A US President Reportedly Enlightened Americans 

    January 2, 2021 — Jay Janson
  • Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq: The Lessons of Two Failed Wars

    Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq: The Lessons of Two Failed Wars

    December 22, 2020 — Andrew Bacevich
  •       Baz Ratner/Reuters US troops in Afghanistan, June 2011

    It’s Almost Twenty Years Since 9/11 – Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?

    December 18, 2020 — Rebecca Gordon

Communal Harmony

Indian Communalism – A Deep Dive

Indian Communalism – A Deep Dive

December 24, 2020 — Hemanty Tudu

Written by Hemanty Tudu and Vidhyam Introduction Communal harmony has barely been upheld in recent Indian history. It is always one issue or the other that gets attached to religion and then the communal terrorism commences. Kashmir, Ayodhya, mob lynching, elections, these all had their fair share in creating tensions in the name of religion. It is high time we[Read More…]

  • Choosing My Religion: ‘Freedom of Religion Laws’ to Curb Liberty

    Choosing My Religion: ‘Freedom of Religion Laws’ to Curb Liberty

    December 24, 2020 — Dr Ram Puniyani
  • Minority Rights Central To India’s Democracy Fiber

    Minority Rights Central To India’s Democracy Fiber

    December 24, 2020 — Shiv Dutt Barhat
  • Do we really practice Communal Harmony?

    Do we really practice Communal Harmony?

    November 25, 2020 — Shreshth Virmani
  • Why Are Activists and Scholars Devoted to Inter-Faith Harmony  Being  Accused of the Opposite

    Why Are Activists and Scholars Devoted to Inter-Faith Harmony  Being  Accused of the Opposite

    November 25, 2020 — Bharat Dogra

Climate Change

An Exhausted Planet Limps Into 2021

An Exhausted Planet Limps Into 2021

January 13, 2021 — Robert Hunziker

Early this new year, the Alliance of World Scientists (13,700 strong) delivered a biting report, not mincing words: “Scientists now find that catastrophic climate change could render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable consequent to continued high emissions, self-reinforcing climate feedback loops and looming tipping points.” (Source: William J. Ripple, et al, The Climate Emergency: 2020 in Review, Scientific[Read More…]

  • Our Suicidal War Against Nature

    Our Suicidal War Against Nature

    January 6, 2021 — John Scales Avery
  • How to Face Climate Change Challenge While Enhancing Welfare of Farmers At The Same Time

    How to Face Climate Change Challenge While Enhancing Welfare of Farmers At The Same Time

    January 2, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • ‘In South Asia, marginal farmers are disproportionately affected by climate change’

    ‘In South Asia, marginal farmers are disproportionately affected by climate change’

    December 30, 2020 — Dr Kashi Kafle
  • Religion Meets Climate Change

    Religion Meets Climate Change

    December 29, 2020 — Robert Hunziker

Environmental Protection

Amazon Rainforest Will Collapse by 2064, New Study Predicts

Amazon Rainforest Will Collapse by 2064, New Study Predicts

January 11, 2021 — Tiffany Duong

The future of the world’s largest rainforest looks bleak. A new report for Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development concluded that the Amazon rainforest will collapse and largely become a dry, shrubby plain by 2064. Development, deforestation and the climate crisis are to blame, study author and University of Florida geologist Robert Toovey Walker found, UPI reported. Walker reviewed recent research, offering that heavy development in Amazonian[Read More…]

  • Towards Greener and Cleaner Cities, With Special Care For The Poor

    Towards Greener and Cleaner Cities, With Special Care For The Poor

    January 6, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  •  Will the government hold Big Polluters liable for air pollution, preventable diseases, and untimely deaths?

     Will the government hold Big Polluters liable for air pollution, preventable diseases, and untimely deaths?

    January 2, 2021 — Sandeep Pandey
  • Wider Social Benefits Apart, Ecologically Protective Farming Can Also Be Economically Attractive

    Wider Social Benefits Apart, Ecologically Protective Farming Can Also Be Economically Attractive

    January 2, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • The Promise and the Limitations of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

    The Promise and the Limitations of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

    January 1, 2021 — Bharat Dogra

Counter Solutions

Photo by George M. Groutas

Yearnings for Alternative Food and Farming Systems

January 15, 2021 — Bharat Dogra

           “Men who can graft the  trees and make the seed fertile and big can find no way to let the hungry people eat their produce . Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby their fruits may be eaten. And the failure hangs over the State like a great sorrow.” – John Steinbeck[Read More…]

  • Contribution of Farming to Checking Climate Change Can be Immense, and Traditional Wisdom Can Contribute Much

    Contribution of Farming to Checking Climate Change Can be Immense, and Traditional Wisdom Can Contribute Much

    January 2, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Need to Check Wasteful Food Processing and Promote Rural Livelihoods With Small and Cottage Industries

    Need to Check Wasteful Food Processing and Promote Rural Livelihoods With Small and Cottage Industries

    December 22, 2020 — Bharat Dogra
  • Better Understanding Needed of Close Link Between Soil Health and Nutrition

    Better Understanding Needed of Close Link Between Soil Health and Nutrition

    December 21, 2020 — Bharat Dogra
  • Let  Millions of Kitchen-Gardens Bloom

    Let  Millions of Kitchen-Gardens Bloom

    December 20, 2020 — Bharat Dogra

Resource Crisis

Fossil Fuel Production Is Reaching Limits in a Strange Way

Fossil Fuel Production Is Reaching Limits in a Strange Way

October 16, 2020 — Gail Tverberg

Strangely enough, the limit we seem to be reaching with respect to fossil fuel extraction comes from low prices. At low prices, the extraction of oil, coal, and natural gas becomes unprofitable. Producers go bankrupt, or they voluntarily cut back production in an attempt to force prices higher. As the result of these forces, production tends to fall. This limit comes long[Read More…]

  • Business-as-usual porn – or, We need to talk about collapse

    Business-as-usual porn – or, We need to talk about collapse

    July 19, 2020 — Chris Smaje
  • Malthus Revisited

    Malthus Revisited

    June 28, 2020 — John Scales Avery
  • COVID-19 and oil at $1: Is there a way forward?

    COVID-19 and oil at $1: Is there a way forward?

    April 21, 2020 — Gail Tverberg
  • Collapse: The Coronavirus is not a Cause, it is a Trigger

    Collapse: The Coronavirus is not a Cause, it is a Trigger

    April 17, 2020 — Ugo Bardi

Alternative Energy

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

November 6, 2020 — Simon Evans

The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries. That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020. The 464-page outlook, published today by the IEA, also outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of coronavirus and the “highly uncertain” future of global energy use[Read More…]

  • SMART? – Solar In Massachusetts

    SMART? – Solar In Massachusetts

    June 22, 2020 — Roy Morrison
  • The Beginning of the End for Oil? Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

    The Beginning of the End for Oil? Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

    April 28, 2020 — Michael T Klare
  • A Future Without Fossil Fuels?

    A Future Without Fossil Fuels?

    March 17, 2019 — Bill McKibben
  • The real Energy Return of Crude Oil: smaller than you would have imagined

    The real Energy Return of Crude Oil: smaller than you would have imagined

    March 9, 2019 — Luciano Celi

Patriarchy

Encroaching Identity

Encroaching Identity

January 15, 2021 — Neha Rai

During the hearing of the farmer movement, the Supreme Court expressed concern towards the elderly and women and asked them to withdraw from the movement which is revealing the court patriarchal mentality towards women as well as the movement.  Supreme court is directly trying to disturbed unity and organization of the movement. Chief justice of India said That “We do not[Read More…]

  • Honor Killing – An Overview

    Honor Killing – An Overview

    January 2, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham
  • Handling An Acid Attack

    Handling An Acid Attack

    December 31, 2020 — Dr Bapuji M
  •  Women’s Woe: Masking Insidious Domestic Abuse under Covid-19 Crisis

     Women’s Woe: Masking Insidious Domestic Abuse under Covid-19 Crisis

    December 27, 2020 — Divya Sharma
  • Domestic Violence in India: Has anything changed?

    Domestic Violence in India: Has anything changed?

    December 25, 2020 — Shrey Banka

Palestine

Covid-19 under Apartheid: How Israel Manipulates Suffering of Palestinians

Covid-19 under Apartheid: How Israel Manipulates Suffering of Palestinians

January 13, 2021 — Dr Ramzy Baroud

  Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, among many organizations, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to bar Palestinians from receiving the vaccine. The rights group described the Israeli action as evidence of the “institutionalized discrimination[Read More…]

  • ‘One State is a Game Changer’: A Conversation with Ilan Pappe and Awad Abdelfattah on the One Democratic State Campaign 

    ‘One State is a Game Changer’: A Conversation with Ilan Pappe and Awad Abdelfattah on the One Democratic State Campaign 

    January 11, 2021 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • 2021: Palestine’s Chance of Fighting Back

    2021: Palestine’s Chance of Fighting Back

    January 7, 2021 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • Gaza Bombing On Christmas

    Gaza Bombing On Christmas

    January 1, 2021 — Yanis Iqbal
  • Patterns of Occupied Palestine: Goodbye Trump, Hello Status Quo

    Patterns of Occupied Palestine: Goodbye Trump, Hello Status Quo

    January 1, 2021 — Priti Gulati Cox

South Asia

United States of South Asia

United States of South Asia

January 14, 2021 — S P Udayakumar

In more ways than one, South Asia has been pushed back to the 1940’s. If we were to take stock of the situation in the entire subcontinent, we can easily find out that we have made little progress and have got stuck in the status-quo mud for the past three-quarters of a century. Besides providing a binding social order, the[Read More…]

  • Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli (R) received the vice-minister of International Department of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Guo Yezhou (L) at Kathmandu, Dec. 27, 2020

    China’s mission to Nepal gains traction

    January 11, 2021 — M K Bhadrakumar
  • Bhutto and the Bomb-Fundamentalism in Pakistan

    Bhutto and the Bomb-Fundamentalism in Pakistan

    January 10, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham
  • The Faltering Judiciary in South Asia

    The Faltering Judiciary in South Asia

    January 9, 2021 — Dr Kalam Shahed
  • The Case of the Khache: Connected Histories, Diaspora Ambivalence and the Sense of Ambiguity

    The Case of the Khache: Connected Histories, Diaspora Ambivalence and the Sense of Ambiguity

    January 8, 2021 — Aindrila Chakraborty

Annihilate Caste

State And Annihilation Of Caste

State And Annihilation Of Caste

January 6, 2021 — Nagesh Chaudhari

    Indian state is part of Indian society and Indian society is built on caste based social order. That way state or the government can do very little to destroy the caste system because as the state is built on the caste and the caste society is controlled by the top castes – the state cannot go against the system[Read More…]

  • Caste System in India: from the eyes of a Retired IPS Officer turned Social Activist

    Caste System in India: from the eyes of a Retired IPS Officer turned Social Activist

    December 24, 2020 — Siddharth Modi
  • JatiIndia Flag of the Week

    JatiIndia Flag of the Week

    December 24, 2020 — Priti Gulati Cox
  • Colonial Past of hatred against Criminal Tribes community

    Colonial Past of hatred against Criminal Tribes community

    December 23, 2020 — Vaishali
  • Photo Credit: John J Akash

    Revisiting Keezhvenmani after 50 years; The Smoldering coal-Then and now

    December 21, 2020 — Deivendra Kumar A

Life/Philosophy

This undated file image was provided by attorneys for Lisa Montgomery – AP She was the first and only woman to be put to death by the federal government since 1953.

Death by lethal injection: An inhumane way to die

January 15, 2021 — Zeenat Khan

Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders – Albert Camus What could be worse than death? The answer perhaps would be to know exactly when one is going to die. Locked up in a condemned cell, time crawls like a snail for someone who is on death row. Every waking hour of the day and night, the thought of[Read More…]

  • In Conversation with Prof K S Chalam

    In Conversation with Prof K S Chalam

    January 15, 2021 — Vidya Bhushan Rawat
  • We Need Multi-Disciplinary Approach For Better Understanding of Crucial Issues

    We Need Multi-Disciplinary Approach For Better Understanding of Crucial Issues

    January 15, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Protests as a marker of Social change

    Protests as a marker of Social change

    January 14, 2021 — Shashwati Ghose
  • Today India Needs Both Gandhi and Bhagat Singh, and the Unity of Their Followers More Than Ever Before

    Today India Needs Both Gandhi and Bhagat Singh, and the Unity of Their Followers More Than Ever Before

    January 14, 2021 — Bharat Dogra

Arts/Literature

Covid-19 lockdown: Confronted with hardships, 15-year-old Sania chose to rap

Covid-19 lockdown: Confronted with hardships, 15-year-old Sania chose to rap

January 8, 2021 — Jonita Colaco

Written by Arun Kumar & Jonita Colaco   ‘Will there be singing in the times of darkness Yes there will be singing about the darkness’                                            — Bertolt Brecht   Par kabhi socha hai Jo Govandi mein rehete hain Unka kya hota hai Vote dene wala Har ghareeb rota hai, kyun? This is an excerpt from 15-year-old Sania Mistree’s rap[Read More…]

  • Give Praise Whenever You Can

    Give Praise Whenever You Can

    January 7, 2021 — Gary Steven Corseri
  •  The Mexican Wall

     The Mexican Wall

    January 5, 2021 — Thampy Antony
  • C.R. Park, Delhi: Winter

    C.R. Park, Delhi: Winter

    January 2, 2021 — K Satchidanandan
  • Ram Aur Shyam

    Ram Aur Shyam

    January 1, 2021 — Ra Sh

Book Review

Two Streams of Freedom Movement Often Supported and Complemented Each Other

Two Streams of Freedom Movement Often Supported and Complemented Each Other

January 14, 2021 — Bharat Dogra

An aspect of freedom movement of India which deserves to be better known in India, particularly among youth, is that various streams of freedom movement in  India often supported and complemented each other. This is particularly true of the two most important streams, one identified mainly with Mahatma Gandhi and the other predominantly with  Shahid Bhagat Singh. In a very[Read More…]

  • Mistress of Melodies

    Mistress of Melodies

    January 13, 2021 — Rakhi Dalal
  •  Recalling Gandhi: Resisting without violence

     Recalling Gandhi: Resisting without violence

    January 11, 2021 — Rosamma Thomas
  • Cultural Aspects Of The Jharkhand Movement

    Cultural Aspects Of The Jharkhand Movement

    January 11, 2021 — T Vijayendra
  • Crossing Borders Into Parallel Worlds

    Crossing Borders Into Parallel Worlds

    January 7, 2021 — Gregory Barrett

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