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Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report for Greater Nicobar International Airport- Violates the A&N PAT Regulation, 1956
To Social Welfare Dept A&N Administration Sir, I refer to the "Social Impact Analysis" study published by you at https://www.andaman.gov.in/admin-pannel/whatsnew/1-2433-Draft%20SIA%20Report.pdf.In that connection, I had already raised objections against the legality of the study vide my letter dated 8-6-2024 (https://countercurrents.org/2024/06/social-impact-assessment-sia-report-for-greater-nicobar-international-airport-violates-the-an-pat-regulation-1956/). Prima facie, the…
The G7 loses ground to BRICS
One hidden transformation of the international system in the most recent years has been the hijacking of the G7 by Washington as its ‘kitchen cabinet’ in the transatlantic system. The G8’s ‘shrinkage’ to G7 in March 2014 following the coup…
India’s Changing Role in the Israel and Palestine Conflict
The discourse of geopolitics changed after the Cold War and became more about the politics of ideology than the traditional theory of expanding territories for resources and markets. This paradigm shift in geopolitics explains how ideology became a determining factor…
Kashmiri Language on the Brink of Glottophagy
Have you ever pondered over how and why some languages get replaced by other languages? This phenomenon and process of replacement of one language by other one is termed as glottophagy. Glottophagy literally means "language eating" from the Greek words…
Deteriorating Climate Change Costs, The Violation of Fundamental Human Rights
The impact of climate change on human rights has become a major concern around the world. This is because it threatens the very existence of people, especially in poor countries. The human cost of climate change in these countries is…
Why the Senate Must Reject the Dangerous Antisemitism Awareness Act
Totalitarianism rarely shows its true face when it arises. Instead, it often pretends to stand for good and decent values. A new bill claims to fight antisemitism, something all decent people oppose. But antisemitism—that is, bias and discrimination against Jews…
Air Conditioning – Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It
The odds are that the entire continental United States will swelter through a hotter-than-normal summer this year. And no surprise there. It seems as if that’s been the forecast every spring for years now. But this summer promises to eclipse even the…
Sinophobia: Communist as a Pejorative
From the Red Scare of the 1920s to the McCarthyism of the 1950s to the Reagan Crusade against the Evil Empire of the 1980s, the American people have been subjected to a relentless anti-communist indoctrination. It is imbibed with their…
UN commission finds Israel guilty of “extermination,” “crimes against humanity,” killing Palestinians and Israeli hostages
The Israeli government and military have committed systematic “crimes against humanity,” including “extermination,” during their eight-month-long assault on Gaza, a key United Nations commission found in a report published Wednesday. The report is the first in-depth investigation by the United Nations into…
Starvation Returns to North Gaza With Vengeance
“The reality on the ground is more difficult than the image” says Anas Al Sharif. Starvation is hitting north Gaza in a new and vicious manner, he points out as he films starving children and women. “Three-year-old Amjad Al Qanouh suffers…
India
Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report for Greater Nicobar International Airport- Violates the A&N PAT Regulation, 1956
To Social Welfare Dept A&N Administration Sir, I refer to the "Social Impact Analysis" study published by you at https://www.andaman.gov.in/admin-pannel/whatsnew/1-2433-Draft%20SIA%20Report.pdf.In that connection, I had already raised objections against the legality of…
India’s Changing Role in the Israel and Palestine Conflict
The discourse of geopolitics changed after the Cold War and became more about the politics of ideology than the traditional theory of expanding territories for resources and markets. This paradigm…
Recalling the day Indira Gandhi’s election was set aside: A verdict of “great courage,” but which led to Emergency of 1975
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's election was set aside by the Allahabad High Court’s Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha on June 12. It was on this day in 1975 that the Court passed…
Future of Modi 3.0 Government in India
The results of the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha show that people of India asserted their prowess to defend the Constitution and the secular democratic character of the republic.…
The 2024 India Election: A Triumph of Democracy, not Secularism
Mr. Narendra Modi has been sworn in on June 9, 2024, as the prime minister of India for a third consecutive term. The 73-year-old is only the second prime minister,…
NDA in Power 2024: Whither Hindu Nationalism?
The failure of BJP to get past 272 has brought back the NDA into the forefront. While Vajpayee came to power and led the NDA Government in 1998, still there…
World
The G7 loses ground to BRICS
One hidden transformation of the international system in the most recent years has been the hijacking of the G7 by Washington as its ‘kitchen cabinet’ in the transatlantic system. The…
Why the Senate Must Reject the Dangerous Antisemitism Awareness Act
Totalitarianism rarely shows its true face when it arises. Instead, it often pretends to stand for good and decent values. A new bill claims to fight antisemitism, something all decent…
Sinophobia: Communist as a Pejorative
From the Red Scare of the 1920s to the McCarthyism of the 1950s to the Reagan Crusade against the Evil Empire of the 1980s, the American people have been subjected…
They’re Arresting the Wrong People Inside of Congress
I was arrested again inside of Congress for speaking out against US-backed genocide. Myself and others were brutally tackled and carried out of the room by Capitol Police. I was…
On a Night Flight to Phoenix, 1988
This writer has been a student of the Holocaust since childhood, with my Poem/Plaque " Never Again" in the Wiesenthal Holocaust museum in Los Angeles. I recently found out, through…
The EU Elections: The March of the Right
The EU elections over June 6 to June 9 have presented a chaotically merry picture, certainly for those on the right of politics. Not that the right in question is…
Globalisation
Comparing How the West and China Offer Loans to Developing Countries
Established Western economic institutions are facing a formidable challenge from Chinese newcomers, each side offering distinct and competitive lending strategies with far-reaching consequences for global infrastructure and development. In October…
It’s Not Capitalism… It’s MONEYISM!!
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things…
Why Garment Workers in Bangladesh are on Strike
Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H & M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others. Nearly 4.0 million workers, mostly women toil…
Tossing Neoliberalism into the Dumpster
It’s official, according to a speech by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the United States is jumping off the neoliberal globalization bandwagon (a root cause of domestic extremism) and it…
Corporatizing the World One Small Company at a Time
I remember when my small town lost its last family owned and run pharmacy — a beautiful, old, turn of the century store and a high quality company that the…
Corporatisation: Destroying Rural Economy
One of the most significant commitments of last five decade of twentieth century has been to economic growth and trade expansion, and we have been spectacularly successful…
Human Rights
Bridging the Gap Between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Sharia Law: A Path Towards Harmonization
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and Sharia law are two significant frameworks that guide human rights practices and ethical standards globally. However, they often appear to be in…
Rights Activists Are Denied Access To Bastar Region
On the Intimidation and Turning Back of Democratic Rights Activists Who Seek to Investigate the Ground Situation in Bastar. The Indian state continues to ensure an information blackout regarding the…
NHRC Deferred for Third Time: A Major Setback for India
The Sub Committee of Accreditation of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) decided to defer the accreditation of India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC-India) for the second…
Custodial Torture Claims the Life of Juvenile: A Mother’s Quest for Justice
As the world welcomed the New Year in 2023, Ms. Priya Palani endured an unimaginable tragedy the loss of her eldest son, Gokul Sri, under mysterious and brutal circumstances. Ms.…
National Human Rights Commission: Accreditation by the United Nations
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC, hereafter) was created under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (PHRA, hereafter) to provide for the…
Gautam Navlakha’s letter on release from custody
I wish to thank the Supreme Court for upholding the bail granted to me by the Bombay High Court. It proved to be a long wait but well worth it.…
Imperialism
What is the Missing Crucial Component in US Foreign Policy?—People
Despite worldwide concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and despite the USA being the only country in the world in a strong enough position to put adequate pressure…
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Killing Us All
by David Vine & Theresa (Isa) Arriola We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and…
Popular Unity to Free America
Last week, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown told the NYT that US/NATO troops on the ground in Ukraine is 'inevitable'.This is despite the fact that…
Despite Blood on Its Hands, The Pentagon Once Again Fails to Make Amends
There are constants in this world — occurrences you can count on. Sunrises and sunsets. The tides. That, day by day, people will be born and others will die. Some…
Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq
“To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me… The time I spent in Abu Ghraib — it ended my life. I’m only half a human now.” That’s…
US War Against Yemen Heats Up
The US war against Yemen is slowly but surely heating up. With more and bigger bombs the US is doing the only thing it knows how when what it is…
Communal Harmony
Hate Speech in India: How to Promote Amity?
India has been ruled by Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party for the last one decade. BJP in turn is progeny of RSS, which has a goal of Hindu Rashtra. It…
After Four Years of Delhi Riots: In Search of Healing and Justice
by Swati Draik, Sumit Kumar Gupta and Badre Alam Khan A memorial tribute on the fourth anniversary of the Delhi 2020 communal carnage was organized by Karwan-e- Mohabbat (people campaign…
Indian Society: Unity in Diversity
For the singular thing about India is that you can only speak of it in the plural.-Shashi Tharoor One feature that is most often noticed about India is its unity…
The Rise of Islamophobia: Future of Indian Muslims
Introduction In 2002, at a difficult period for secular India, a horrific tragedy took place. a terrible episode of targeted murder, particularly of Muslims, that occurred when Gujarat's chief minister,…
Observe Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day As A Day Of National Unity, Communal Harmony, Non-Violence And Peace
People’s Initiative to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on the 30th of January 2024, as a Day of National Unity, Communal Harmony, Non-Violence & Peace.In…
Restoring the Inclusive Idea of India in the Times of Sectarian Nationalism
Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that the role of Pulwama and Balakot was very much there in the victory of Modi-BJP in the previous 2019 General elections.…
Climate Change
Deteriorating Climate Change Costs, The Violation of Fundamental Human Rights
The impact of climate change on human rights has become a major concern around the world. This is because it threatens the very existence of people, especially in poor countries.…
Air Conditioning – Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It
The odds are that the entire continental United States will swelter through a hotter-than-normal summer this year. And no surprise there. It seems as if that’s been the forecast every spring for…
Navigating the Energy Transition: Renewables Abound, but Grid Challenges Loom
Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it. 2023 stands out as a year in which climate records were set. It also showed us that we have put the…
Biden Should End the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Secret Weapon
Using a little-known provision of trade agreements, oil and gas corporations are able to pit their profits against democracies and our climate. It’s time to end the practice. There is…
Making War on Planet Earth
Honestly, doesn’t it befuddle you? I mean, don’t you think we humans are kinda mad? And worse yet, at some deep level, we simply can’t seem to stop. All too…
Goodbye Oil & Gas – Hello Thermal Bricks
The world of energy struggles with the nearly impossible task of getting off fossil fuels. This requires thinking outside of the box, something revolutionary bustling with energy that bails us…
Environmental Protection
The Final Stand for Rainforests: Animals, Plants and Peoples
As the 2024 UN Summit of the Future approaches, we the citizens of this planet face an imminent call to action to safeguard our planet's rainforest and wetland ecosystems. These…
The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act Decision Threatens the Nation’s Rivers
Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines. It’s impossible to underscore the importance of healthy rivers: Much of the drinking water supply in the United States…
We live in troubled times: State of the environment and suggested programmes
We live in troubled times—wars, caste conflicts, water scarcity, poverty, global warming, etc. Our problems can be clubbed into two categories—environmental problems (water pollution), and problems associated with inequality--economic (poverty),…
World Environment Day 2024: Celebrating Our Land, Our Future, and Generation Restoration
World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5, is not just another day on the calendar—it's a significant global event dedicated to raising awareness and promoting action for environmental protection.…
Two Extremely Rich Countries—Norway and Japan—Continue Horrible Cruelty to Whales
When a whale is sighted, a gun is used to fire a harpoon with tipped grenade at it. As the weapon enters the body of the whale, the grenade explodes…
A Lone Dayak Community’s Last Stand Against Palm Oil
The Dayak peoples of Borneo have been fiercely resisting the encroachment of palm oil plantations on their ancestral lands for many decades. This article by Dayak Ethnographer Dr Setia Budhi…
Counter Solutions
Facing a Surge in Wildfires, the U.S. Government Turned to Native Wisdom and Advanced Archaeology
Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories with long-term archaeological datasets, demonstrating the value of integrating an understanding of the past…
The 31 Commandments Of Gaia
Deus sive Natura 1) Gaia is both a complex planetary ecological system and a Goddess. This may seem paradoxical even contradictory but it is not. It depends how you approach…
A Make-or-Break Moment in Humanity’s Perilous Journey
The polycrisis marks a historic inflection point in the story of civilization. Once we’re past a rapidly approaching moment, society won’t be able to maintain business as usual, even with…
How a Neighborhood Co-op Started by Teens Helped Communities Around the U.S. Adopt Solar Power
The nonprofit Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is one group working to help communities move away from fossil fuels toward solar power. In our time of climate crisis, there is an…
Territorialisation of Land
In the early seventh century in rural England, the process of territorialisation has played a major role in the transformation of land into private property in its institutionalised form. This…
Design Thinking Fosters Social Innovation
Design Thinking could be variedly conceived as a methodology, strategy, idea or a worldview, that is essentially customer-centric in its scope and applications. On a granular level, it is borrowing…
Resource Crisis
The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis
ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is…
Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors
In the fight to address climate change, renewable energy companies are often assumed to be Jedi Knights. Valiantly struggling to save the planet, wind and solar interests are thought to…
The Gritty Reality of Solar Power
by Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox Time is fast running out. The world’s affluent nations, with their abundant greenhouse emissions, have to finally drag themselves across the starting line…
Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction
by Don Fitz and the Green Party of St. Louis People the world over are opposing fossil fuel extraction in an incalculable number of ways. It is now clear that…
Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
Thanks to its very name — renewable energy — we can picture a time in the not-too-distant future when our need for non-renewable fuels like oil, natural gas, and coal…
The Growth Of Fascism Or The Fascism Of Growth?
Bear with me, scrupulous historians, as I try to run through some questions and parallels between centuries that I hope will enrich the essential debate on how to confront the…
Patriarchy
Working Women And Empowerment
My Facebook acquaintance recently posted photos of delivered dishes along with the remark, "Seems like women are getting more educated." I became agitated upon realizing that this was directed towards…
Blame Her
From dawn till dusk, and dusk till dawn, she toils within the confines of an unjust patriarchal framework as a grandmother, mother, sister, lover, girlfriend, wife, partner, professional, worker and…
Gender Justice is Very Important Everywhere, but must be Rooted in Local Culture—Not Imposed by the West
Gender justice and equality are very important for humanity’s progress. This is now widely recognized and rightly so. However what needs to be questioned are the claims of the west…
Challenging Heteropatriarchy
Like any other popular movement, the radical message of feminist liberation is always at risk of being diluted by dominant ideologies. In the current conjuncture of neo-fascist resurgence, such dilution…
Combat Patriarchal Mindset at AMU!
The ascendancy of Hindu nationalism in India has led to the sharp demarcation of religio-communitarian boundaries. In response to communal attacks on Islamic identity, the Muslim gentry has reinforced a…
The Political Logic of Militant Feminism
On February 3, 2024, Rishika Singh wrote a report for Indian Express entitled “Indian men are facing a loneliness epidemic and we’re not talking about it enough”. The very title…
Palestine
UN commission finds Israel guilty of “extermination,” “crimes against humanity,” killing Palestinians and Israeli hostages
The Israeli government and military have committed systematic “crimes against humanity,” including “extermination,” during their eight-month-long assault on Gaza, a key United Nations commission found in a report published Wednesday. The report…
Starvation Returns to North Gaza With Vengeance
“The reality on the ground is more difficult than the image” says Anas Al Sharif. Starvation is hitting north Gaza in a new and vicious manner, he points out as…
Gaza Genocide Complicity: 27 Nations Join Genocidal Apartheid Israel & US In RIMPAC Naval Exercises
The mass murder by US-backed Apartheid Israel of Palestinians in the Gaza Concentration Camp (44,000 killed including 16,000 children and 10,000 women by 13 May) is utterly intolerable and unforgivable…
With 215 Missiles Into Israel, Hezbollah Geares For War
Hezbollah fired 215 missiles and rockets into northern Israel, Wednesday, according to different news sources including the Times of Israel. The news of the missiles, trending on the social media,…
Diamonds and Cold Dust: Slaughter at Nuseirat
The ashes had barely settled on a Rafah tent camp incinerated by an Israeli airstrike before the next, gorged massacre presented itself for posterity’s gloomy archive. It was intended as…
America Isolated: Why Some Western Capitals Are Shifting Positions on Gaza
On June 6, Spain joined South Africa’s case at the United Nations top Court, accusing Israel of genocide. This move followed a decision by Madrid and two other western European…
South Asia
An Open Letter To Prime Minister Narendra Modi From SAPAN
June 11, 2024To: Shri Narendra ModiPrime Minister of IndiaNew Delhi, India Dear Prime Minister, We write to you as members of the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan), a collective committed…
A South Asian Union is Essential to Address Future Environmental Challenges
South Asia is a vast land half the size of Continental Europe. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka lie in South Asia and account for 25%…
One Minority Movement’s Inspiring Call for Equality in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan activist Jeewaratnam Suresh was among dozens of people from the Malayaiha, or “upcountry” Tamil community who walked around 124 miles over 15 days in 2023. “I don’t see…
Ravaged by Floods: Afghanistan’s Desperate Plight
Unprecedented flash floods wreak havoc in Afghanistan, leaving devastation in their wake and plunging the nation into crisis. Nearly 315 people have died, and over 1,600 have suffered injuries in…
Students from India and Pakistan jointly created a calendar for World Peace
At a time when geopolitics is all around conflicts and war, particularly due to the Russia-Unkraine and Insrale-Palestine conflict, and the world peace seems to be unstable, students in India…
Pakistan: Indicted Criminals Disguised as Leaders
The Nation Besieged by Few Generals and Political Monsters Pakistan for over 76 years lost its essence of national freedom which was achieved by a people-oriented movement for independence from…
Annihilate Caste
Towards a ‘Suitable’ Ambedkar and a ‘New’ Dalit ! How Ten Years of Modi Regime Has Undermined Constitutional Rights to Dalits
“If the fundamental rights are opposed by the community, no Law, no Parliament, no Judiciary can guarantee them in the real sense of the word”,..“What is the use of fundamental…
All-India Feminist Sisterhood and Solidarity with Radhika Vemula
Dear Radhika garu, Jai Bhim. We, the undersigned members of the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), write to express our unwavering support and solidarity with you, as you are forced to…
The agony of Dalit Christians in the Indian political field
The Supreme Court of India’s Judgment in K.P. Manu v. Chairman, Scrutiny Committee, (2015) 4 SCC 1, para 27 says: “A Church of South India Commission in 1964 investigating the…
Manudharma and Indian Secularism
(Chief Guest speech at DHPS Conference on Manudharma, Dalits and Constitution held on 17-3-2024, Visakhapatnam.) Manudharma, the ancient Hindu code is still haunting the lives of people. The importance and…
Caste Divide on the Wheels: A Tale of Bus Services and Social Justice in the Nilgiris
Pursuant to the news published in The Hindu on 29 February 2024 regarding the Badaga community members refusing to allow bus to ply to SC/ST villages in the Nilgiris, a…
Whether delinking religion and making the Scheduled Castes net as religion neutral is Constitutional?
The Constitution (SC) Order 1950 paragraph 3 issued under Article 341 of the Constitution is religion based, which says, “Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a…
Life/Philosophy
Kashmiri Language on the Brink of Glottophagy
Have you ever pondered over how and why some languages get replaced by other languages? This phenomenon and process of replacement of one language by other one is termed as…
Embracing Wellness: Women’s Empowerment is the Focus of International Yoga Day in 2024
Yoga is a great instrument that can change people's lives by promoting self-empowerment, peace, and wellness. International Yoga Day, which is observed on June 21st every year, raises awareness of…
In Remembrance of FOR member James Lawson
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called him “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.” To Rep. John Lewis, he was “the architect of the nonviolence movement.”…
Can Teething Predict How Fast You Will Grow?
We know that humans live relatively long lives, and we certainly know that we spend a larger proportion of those lives as children than other species. The question remains: how…
The Absence — and Presence — of Daniel Ellsberg: A Year After His Death, He’s Still with Us
On a warm evening almost a decade ago, I sat under the stars with Daniel Ellsberg while he talked about nuclear war with alarming intensity. He was most of the…
Digital Capitalism and its Techno Feudal Order
Feudalism managed to survive in different stages of its history. As a social, economic, political, and cultural system that emerged in the Middle Ages, has shown remarkable resilience by adapting…
Arts/Literature
The River in a Drop: Mirza Ghalib’s Vision of Universal Unity
Qaṭrah meñ Diĵlah dikhāī na de aur juz meñ kulKhel laṛkoñ kā huā dīda-e-bīnā na huā If you cannot perceive the river in a drop or the whole within a…
Surrendering to Sacred Silence: The Apophatic Echoes in Mirza Ghalib’s verse
Hai parē sarḥad-e-idrāk se apnā masjūd Qiblē ko ahl-e-naẓar qibla-numā kahte hain The focus of our devotion transcends the boundaries of cognition;For those who possess true vision, the Kaaba is merely…
Restrained by faith, called by Disbelief: Postcolonial Resonances in Mirza Ghalib’s Verse
Imān mujhe roke hai jo kheenchay hai mujhe kufrKaʿbah mere pīchhe hai kalīsā mere āge Faith restrains me, yet disbelief calls;The Kaaba is at my back, the church before me.…
When Words Sleep: Interpreting Mirza Ghalib’s Verse
Khamoshi mein nihaan khoon gasht'ah lakhon aarzooein hainChiragh-e-murdah hoon mein Be-zubaan ghor-e-gharibaan ka Hidden in my silence are countless unfulfilled desiresI am a dead lamp of the silent graves of…
The Dialectic of Divine Manifestation: A Mystical Reading of Mirza Ghalib’s Verse
Latāfat be kasāfat jalwa paidā kar nahīn saktīChaman zangār hai ā'īna-e bād-e bahārī kā The ineffable requires the tangible to manifest.The garden is the patina on the vernal wind's mirror…
Razi’s Art Exhibition ‘I Think Therefore I Am Confused’ Opened in Kochi
The inauguration of Razi Muhammad's art exhibition 'I Think Therefore I Am Confused' was conducted by the renowned poet Dr. Ratheesh Krishna at the Berth Art Gallery in Mattancherry, Kochi.…
Book Review
Book Review- Free Palestine: End Apartheid Israel, Human Rights Denial, Gaza Massacre, Child Killing, Occupation and Palestinian Genocide” by Gideon Polya
The Intercept recently intercepted a New York Times internal memo sent by their standards editor, Susan Wessling, and international editor, Philip Pan, instructing their journalists not to use certain words…
Fire in the Soul: Nick Lyons
With lilacs in the dooryard blooming a week ago, I was struck by a sense of synchronicity so strong that I stood stone still and sniffed the air for its…
Weaponising Music
Away from the watchful monitoring of electronic and print media, across India’s dusty and sleepy towns a genre of popular culture is clandestinely seizing the public imagination. Acerbic lyrics laced…
How did the World’s Largest Democracy deal with dissent Voices?
Alpa Shah. 2024. The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India. Gurugram, HarperCollins Publishers, India, pp. 561, Rs. 699. When I picked the volume from a bookshop…
Liz Truss and the West: A Failed Former Prime Minister Speaks
It is unfortunate that column space should be dedicated to Britain’s shortest termed prime minister and, arguably, one of its most imbecilic and cringingly juvenile. But given that some people…
Herbert Marcuse – New Left Revival?
World events serve as a stage of constant search for how best to construct and maintain society, which is an underlying theme of some decades ago found in the works…
Editor's Picks
Stories that can bring a positive change deserve to be called news: Binu Mathew
At a time when the Indian media is increasingly being controlled by the rich and dominated by the caste elites, Countercurrents.org has set up an example of giving space to…
A People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy – 2.0
This is an updated version of the “People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy” that Countercurrents.org published on 15th August 2020, where we set out a broad framework on how India should…
Countercurrents.org Resisting Fascism Since 2002; Save This People’s Journal; Make Liberal Financial Contributions for Its Survival. Now!
I have before me the following documents: “Why should Binu Mathew while struggling day and night to make the voices for justice heard, struggle even today with appeals for subscriptions?”…
Netanyahu’s War Cabinet Meeting & its Musings over a People’s Journal and Corporate Press
Netanyahu: Now that a temporary truce is on, brief me about developments at the media front. War Cabinet Member (WCM): Sir, our hit rate is 100% successful. Till 23.11.2023 we…
Adieu, Amma!
My Amma (Malayalam word for Mother) passed away on August 22, 2023 at 3.10 AM. It is always difficult to deal with the passing of a parent, that too one’s…
Farewell to Sasi etta, brother K.P. Sasi
Our beloved K.P.Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day…
COVID Response Watch
Shadow of Covid lingers over the erstwhile Kingdom of Cooch Behar
The princely state of Cooch Behar merged with the Dominion of India on August 8, 1949 and became a part of the State of West Bengal on January 1, 1950.…
Public life in MP disrupted by heavy rains linked to climate change
Roads are crumbling, bridges are collapsing and railway lines are flooded . The surging waters from the rivers are drowning entire villages all around. It has rained so much that…
Hanging by a thread, Sheffield of the East
Sometimes it was a rise in pig iron prices due to disruption of supply chains due to the Covid pandemic. Now you can find the Ukraine War as a reason…
Malnutrition and death of children decreased in the system, increased in reality
In Maharashtra, the administration has been claiming that there is a steady decline in the number of malnutrition and child deaths in the state. But, in recent figures that have…
When Forest Rights meets Right to Education
With the horrors of the deadly virus still in the air, this would appear to be like a remarkable fairy tale in the post-Covid pandemic scenario, almost like a dream…
Uttarakhand In Need of Climate Resilient Agriculture Practices
In the last few years, we have been witnessing erratic, unpredictable and unexpected changes in climate, which are more perceptible in the Himalayan region of the country. These changes are…
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