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Climate Change in India: On-ground reality and Solutions

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Khalid Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns”: Giving Voice to the Voiceless

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Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists

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In November, 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights...

Environment

  • Development Vs Dispossession: Dhinkia Rejects IOCL Pipeline
    Lekshmi Sujatha | November 23, 2020
  • Spotlight on Diwali: Environment or Entertainment?
    Bishaldeep Kakati | November 11, 2020
  • Serious Threat to Food and Farming – GM Lobby Plans New Offensive With Gene Edited Crops
    Bharat Dogra | November 3, 2020

Featured Stories

  • We, the farmers of this country…

    We, the farmers of this country…

    by Smitha M — December 4, 2020

    You shove us, you beat us, you bury us alive. Yet we, the farmers of this country are reborn like that one resolute corn plant. You cringe, you grin, you plead for our votes and notes. If WE made you win, WE can make you fall too! We’re the fields, we, the crops, then why are we the prisoners of[Read More…]

  • Respect The Democratic Right Of Protest, Repeal The Recent Anti-Farmer Legislations

    Respect The Democratic Right Of Protest, Repeal The Recent Anti-Farmer Legislations

    by People's Union For Civil Liberties — December 4, 2020

    The People’s Union for Civil Liberties is committed to the defence and promotion of civil liberties in India, irrespective of differences regarding the political and economic institutions that maybe suitable for the country. The aim of the PUCL is clearly to uphold and promote by peaceful means the democratic way of life throughout India. To us it is an article[Read More…]

  • Farmer Protests Questions Indian State’s Neo-liberal Policies

    Farmer Protests Questions Indian State’s Neo-liberal Policies

    by Jaspal Singh Sidhu — December 4, 2020

    Ongoing farmer protests that turn into an encirclement of New Delhi, the power-center are no longer confined to the securing of assurance of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat and rice in Punjab and Haryana. They have sharpened the sting against Indian policies of neo-liberalism. These policies have already led to the finance-capital control and privatization of health and education[Read More…]

  • 21 Compelling Reasons Why the Modi Government Should Accept the Demand for Repealing the Three Farm Laws

    21 Compelling Reasons Why the Modi Government Should Accept the Demand for Repealing the Three Farm Laws

    by Bharat Dogra — December 4, 2020

    On Saturday December 5 the Government of India is scheduled to hold the 5th round of talks with protesting farmers’ movements. There are at least 21 compelling reasons why the government should accept the main demand of farmers for repealing the three controversial laws. These reasons relate mainly to the fact that acceptance of this key demand will be good[Read More…]

  • Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists

    Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists

    by Prudhviraj Rupavath — December 4, 2020

    In November, 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists were booked by the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana police under UAPA and charged with sedition for alleged “maoist links”. In late-November, police officials in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana booked 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and under sedition charges for alleged “maoist[Read More…]

  • Case Study: Reverse Domestic Violence

    Case Study: Reverse Domestic Violence

    by Arif Khan ACA — December 4, 2020

    Mansur Durrani’s Wife Gets One Month Jail! Forgiven!! We read the words “domestic violence” and our default understanding is a husband bashing up his wife. There is no denying that a vast majority of domestic violence cases put wives at the receiving end. More so in families where alcohol consumption is prevalent. But there is also an increasing trend of[Read More…]

  • Ready or Not, Here They Come

    Ready or Not, Here They Come

    by Andrea Mazzarino — December 4, 2020

    A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Bringing the Troops Home from Afghanistan and Iraq By the end of this year, the White House will reportedly have finally brought home a third of the 7,500 troops still stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq (against the advice of President Trump’s own military leaders). While there have been stories galore about the global security implications of this plan, there has[Read More…]

  •  A Comparison of Respect for the Sanctity of Mosques in France, the US, and China

     A Comparison of Respect for the Sanctity of Mosques in France, the US, and China

    by Kim Petersen — December 4, 2020

    France has seen a spate of attacks carried out by radicalized Muslims. The attacks and killings must be denounced. But more so must one denounce the terrorism and killings carried out by the French state against Muslims in its wars abroad. In a move that gives a strong inkling of French values, the French state has targeted 76 mosques for[Read More…]

  • An Open Letter to The Honourable Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court

    An Open Letter to The Honourable Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court

    by Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression — December 4, 2020

    We, as a group working towards achieving a safer and more just society for women, are writing this open letter to you in great dismay at some recent developments in Andhra Pradesh state. As you are aware, the alleged gang-rape case of 11 adivasi women of the Kondh tribe by 13 men of AP Special Police personnel during a raid[Read More…]

  • It Takes Courage To Admit Error: Repealing the new Farm Laws

    It Takes Courage To Admit Error: Repealing the new Farm Laws

    by S G Vombatkere — December 4, 2020

    The Agricultural Trade and Commerce Act, Farmers Price Assurance Act and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act were enacted by the Union Government in October 2020. These laws have triggered nationwide protests, which include huge participation of women farmers. They believe that these laws will make them vulnerable to exploitation by corporations, erode their bargaining power, and weaken government’s MSP system, putting[Read More…]

World

 A Comparison of Respect for the Sanctity of Mosques in France, the US, and China

 A Comparison of Respect for the Sanctity of Mosques in France, the US, and China

December 4, 2020 — Kim Petersen

France has seen a spate of attacks carried out by radicalized Muslims. The attacks and killings must be denounced. But more so must one denounce the terrorism and killings carried out by the French state against Muslims in its wars abroad. In a move that gives a strong inkling of French values, the French state has targeted 76 mosques for[Read More…]

  • Racism and lawfare in the United States

    Racism and lawfare in the United States

    December 3, 2020 — Franklin Frederick
  • The David McBride Case: Whistleblowing, Afghanistan and Australian War Crimes

    The David McBride Case: Whistleblowing, Afghanistan and Australian War Crimes

    December 3, 2020 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  • Picture of Aussie soldier gulping beer from ‘prosthetic leg of dead Taliban fighter’

    Australia’s Afghanistan War Crimes: A Case of Old Habits Die Hard?

    December 3, 2020 — M Adil Khan
  • Insanity reigns — the US, Israel and Iran

    Insanity reigns — the US, Israel and Iran

    December 3, 2020 — Ron Forthofer

India

Respect The Democratic Right Of Protest, Repeal The Recent Anti-Farmer Legislations

Respect The Democratic Right Of Protest, Repeal The Recent Anti-Farmer Legislations

December 4, 2020 — People's Union For Civil Liberties

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties is committed to the defence and promotion of civil liberties in India, irrespective of differences regarding the political and economic institutions that maybe suitable for the country. The aim of the PUCL is clearly to uphold and promote by peaceful means the democratic way of life throughout India. To us it is an article[Read More…]

  • Farmer Protests Questions Indian State’s Neo-liberal Policies

    Farmer Protests Questions Indian State’s Neo-liberal Policies

    December 4, 2020 — Jaspal Singh Sidhu
  • 21 Compelling Reasons Why the Modi Government Should Accept the Demand for Repealing the Three Farm Laws

    21 Compelling Reasons Why the Modi Government Should Accept the Demand for Repealing the Three Farm Laws

    December 4, 2020 — Bharat Dogra
  • Indian farmers challenge return of ‘Company Raj’

    Indian farmers challenge return of ‘Company Raj’

    December 4, 2020 — Satya Sagar
  • Farmers’ Organizations  Can  Strengthen Rural Communities on the Basis of Justice, Environment Protection and Social Reform

    Farmers’ Organizations  Can  Strengthen Rural Communities on the Basis of Justice, Environment Protection and Social Reform

    December 4, 2020 — Bharat Dogra

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

Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists

Rights Organisations Demand Quashing of UAPA, Sedition Charges Against Activists

December 4, 2020 — Prudhviraj Rupavath

In November, 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists were booked by the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana police under UAPA and charged with sedition for alleged “maoist links”. In late-November, police officials in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana booked 67 Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and under sedition charges for alleged “maoist[Read More…]

  • An Open Letter to The Honourable Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court

    An Open Letter to The Honourable Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court

    December 4, 2020 — Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression
  • Over 40 million people captive in modern slavery worldwide: ILO

    Over 40 million people captive in modern slavery worldwide: ILO

    December 3, 2020 — Abdus Sattar Ghazali
  •  The Slow-motion Assassination of Julian Assange – People of Conscience Must Stop It

     The Slow-motion Assassination of Julian Assange – People of Conscience Must Stop It

    November 30, 2020 — Kim Petersen
  • Invoking UAPA against rights activist in AP condemned

    Invoking UAPA against rights activist in AP condemned

    November 29, 2020 — Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakha Sangathan

Imperialism

Ready or Not, Here They Come

Ready or Not, Here They Come

December 4, 2020 — Andrea Mazzarino

A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Bringing the Troops Home from Afghanistan and Iraq By the end of this year, the White House will reportedly have finally brought home a third of the 7,500 troops still stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq (against the advice of President Trump’s own military leaders). While there have been stories galore about the global security implications of this plan, there has[Read More…]

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire Or What It Means to Fall on a Failing Planet

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire Or What It Means to Fall on a Failing Planet

    December 2, 2020 — Tom Engelhardt
  •  Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan: Redacted Brereton Report & 2 Centuries of Australian War Crimes Ignored

     Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan: Redacted Brereton Report & 2 Centuries of Australian War Crimes Ignored

    November 28, 2020 — Dr Gideon Polya
  • Keeping the Empire Running: Britain’s Global Military Footprint

    Keeping the Empire Running: Britain’s Global Military Footprint

    November 25, 2020 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  •       Baz Ratner/Reuters US troops in Afghanistan, June 2011

     Actually Ending the War in Afghanistan

    November 25, 2020 — Andrew Bacevich

Communal Harmony

Do we really practice Communal Harmony?

Do we really practice Communal Harmony?

November 25, 2020 — Shreshth Virmani

India observes communal harmony week from 19th to 25th November. This was started in 1992 by National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an autonomous body under Ministry of Home Affairs. The aim of the week is to promote fraternity, maintain peace & communal harmony, and to run a fundraising campaign for children affected by violence. However, majority do not know[Read More…]

  • 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
  • Faisal Khan’s commitment to peace and harmony, and his unfortunate arrest

    Faisal Khan’s commitment to peace and harmony, and his unfortunate arrest

    November 18, 2020 — Sandeep Pandey
  • Faisal Khan’s commitment to communal harmony and peace is exemplary: His arrest is sad

    Faisal Khan’s commitment to communal harmony and peace is exemplary: His arrest is sad

    November 3, 2020 — Press Release
  • Free Faisal Khan: Take back the malicious and ill motivated FIR!

    Free Faisal Khan: Take back the malicious and ill motivated FIR!

    November 3, 2020 — National Alliance of People’s Movements

Climate Change

Climate Change in India: On-ground reality and Solutions

Climate Change in India: On-ground reality and Solutions

December 3, 2020 — Vineet Narang

Climate Change: National Geographic defines climate change as “the long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns”. The major cause of climate change is accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in Earth’s atmosphere. Human activity like burning of fossil fuels can be attributed to the recent increase in GHG emissions. There have been many international efforts for a coordinated response to[Read More…]

  • Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out

    Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out

    November 21, 2020 — Robert Hunziker
  • Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Photo: USFWS/Flickr cc)

    Trump Administration Rushes to Auction Off Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling Rights Before Biden Inauguration

    November 17, 2020 — Brett Wilkins
  •  A Convergence of Calamities

     A Convergence of Calamities

    November 13, 2020 — Nick Turse
  •  Science Says Stop Gas Exploitation But Climate Criminal US, Australia & Canada Back Increasing Gas Use

     Science Says Stop Gas Exploitation But Climate Criminal US, Australia & Canada Back Increasing Gas Use

    November 10, 2020 — Dr Gideon Polya

Environmental Protection

Development Vs Dispossession: Dhinkia Rejects IOCL Pipeline

Development Vs Dispossession: Dhinkia Rejects IOCL Pipeline

November 23, 2020 — Lekshmi Sujatha

Just as it takes grit and perseverance to break the mighty mountains, standing up to the oppressor demands conviction, solidarity and sustained agitations. Dhinkia, a small village in the costal district Jagatsinghpur of the Odisha state is a living testimony to this. Famous for its sweetest paan (betel vines), the village (also a Gram Panchayat) for decades has seen the[Read More…]

  • Spotlight on Diwali: Environment or Entertainment?

    Spotlight on Diwali: Environment or Entertainment?

    November 11, 2020 — Bishaldeep Kakati
  • Serious Threat to Food and Farming – GM Lobby Plans New Offensive With Gene Edited Crops

    Serious Threat to Food and Farming – GM Lobby Plans New Offensive With Gene Edited Crops

    November 3, 2020 — Bharat Dogra
  • Sawing the Sacred: Felling the Djab Wurrung Directions Tree

    Sawing the Sacred: Felling the Djab Wurrung Directions Tree

    November 2, 2020 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  • Need to update EIA norms for preserving biodiversity

    Need to update EIA norms for preserving biodiversity

    October 26, 2020 — E A S Sarma

Counter Solutions

What Is the Alternative Farming and Food System That India Needs?

What Is the Alternative Farming and Food System That India Needs?

December 2, 2020 — Bharat Dogra

As the attention of people of India is focused on agriculture in the context of the farmers’ movement, this is a good time to initiate a debate on exactly what sort of alternative system of farming and food the country needs. It is not enough to criticize the existing system, we should be clear about what we actually need. If[Read More…]

  • Can We Win?

    Can We Win?

    December 1, 2020 — Michael Albert
  • Time for an Economic Transfusion!!

    Time for an Economic Transfusion!!

    December 1, 2020 — Philip A Farruggio
  • The planet cannot heal until we rip the mask off the West’s war machine

    The planet cannot heal until we rip the mask off the West’s war machine

    November 30, 2020 — Jonathan Cook
  • While Confronting New Challenges, Social Movements Must Also  Consolidate Old Commitments and Strengths

    While Confronting New Challenges, Social Movements Must Also  Consolidate Old Commitments and Strengths

    November 28, 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

Case Study: Reverse Domestic Violence

Case Study: Reverse Domestic Violence

December 4, 2020 — Arif Khan ACA

Mansur Durrani’s Wife Gets One Month Jail! Forgiven!! We read the words “domestic violence” and our default understanding is a husband bashing up his wife. There is no denying that a vast majority of domestic violence cases put wives at the receiving end. More so in families where alcohol consumption is prevalent. But there is also an increasing trend of[Read More…]

  • Women huddle over strategy to prevent sexual violence

    Women huddle over strategy to prevent sexual violence

    November 20, 2020 — Rosamma Thomas
  • Patriarchy’s Engines: Toxic Masculinity, Desire, Sexual Violence

    Patriarchy’s Engines: Toxic Masculinity, Desire, Sexual Violence

    November 8, 2020 — Prem Kumar Vijayan
  • Marriage is no child’s play

    Marriage is no child’s play

    November 1, 2020 — Shobha Shukla
  • Widowhood revisited in a television drama

    Widowhood revisited in a television drama

    October 30, 2020 — Zeenat Khan

Palestine

Moving Past Apartheid: One-State is not Ideal Justice, but It is Just and Possible

Moving Past Apartheid: One-State is not Ideal Justice, but It is Just and Possible

December 1, 2020 — Dr Ramzy Baroud

Once again, Europe’s top diplomats expressed their ‘deep concern’ regarding Israel’s ongoing illegal settlement expansion, again evoking the maxim that Israeli actions “threaten the viability of the two-state solution”. This position was communicated by EU Foreign Affairs Chief, Josep Borrell, on November 19, during a video-conference with Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki. All Israeli settlements are illegal under international[Read More…]

  • Anniversary UN Partition Plan Torching of Palestine – Albert Einstein Running Commentary

    Anniversary UN Partition Plan Torching of Palestine – Albert Einstein Running Commentary

    November 29, 2020 — Jay Janson
  • Israel’s recent diplomatic ties and the issue of Palestine

    Israel’s recent diplomatic ties and the issue of Palestine

    November 26, 2020 — Amir Mohammad Sayem
  • Expansion and Mass Eviction: Israel ‘Takes Advantage’ of Trump’s Remaining Days in Office

    Expansion and Mass Eviction: Israel ‘Takes Advantage’ of Trump’s Remaining Days in Office

    November 26, 2020 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • United Nations panel calls for end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory

    United Nations panel calls for end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory

    November 26, 2020 — Abdus Sattar Ghazali

South Asia

United Nations Failure And Sri Lanka’s Defiance

United Nations Failure And Sri Lanka’s Defiance

December 3, 2020 — Kumarathasan Rasingam

The fate of the UNHRC Resolutions 30/1 of 2015 and 40/1 of 2019 Sri Lanka’s democracy completely changed and is now ruled by a dictatorial Sinhala Buddhist President elected by the majority Sinhala Buddhist voters. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution has placed him with absolute powers over judiciary, police, election and other independent Commissions which functioned independently without political[Read More…]

  • UNHRC Sessions In March 2021 – Duty to Ensure Accountability and Justice

    UNHRC Sessions In March 2021 – Duty to Ensure Accountability and Justice

    November 30, 2020 — Thambu Kanagasabai
  • Is there any alternative to anti-government outburst in Bangladesh?

    Is there any alternative to anti-government outburst in Bangladesh?

    November 23, 2020 — Amir Mohammad Sayem
  • Pandemic, recovery efforts and significance of good governance in Bangladesh

    Pandemic, recovery efforts and significance of good governance in Bangladesh

    November 13, 2020 — Amir Mohammad Sayem
  • Tamils of Sri Lanka: Betrayal after Betrayal

    Tamils of Sri Lanka: Betrayal after Betrayal

    November 11, 2020 — Kumarathasan Rasingam

Annihilate Caste

Caste and Abnormality

Caste and Abnormality

November 8, 2020 — Nagesh Chaudhari

Absurd Scientific claims: The Brahmins induce below normal thinking by advocating absurdities. Their claims rest on the stories/fables told in their old books, Ramayana, Mahabharata or various Puranas. Some such claims are: a) Aeroplane in the Ramayana period b) Plastic surgery (claim by Ganesh deity which has human neck and head and lower part a elephant body) c) Existence of[Read More…]

  • So You want to ally with the Dalit Rights Movement?

    So You want to ally with the Dalit Rights Movement?

    October 28, 2020 — Shivani Waldekar
  • Dalits V/S Bahujan

    Dalits V/S Bahujan

    October 26, 2020 — SR Darapuri
  • Why did I accept Buddhism?

    Why did I accept Buddhism?

    October 15, 2020 — Saravana Raja
  • No caste for Dalit woman victim? Politics of rhetoric in responses to Hathras gang rape and murder

    No caste for Dalit woman victim? Politics of rhetoric in responses to Hathras gang rape and murder

    October 13, 2020 — Akash Sulochana

Life/Philosophy

Establishment journalists are piling on to smear Robert Fisk now he cannot answer back

Establishment journalists are piling on to smear Robert Fisk now he cannot answer back

December 1, 2020 — Jonathan Cook

Something remarkable even by the usually dismal standards of the stenographic media blue-tick brigade has been happening in the past few days. Leading journalists in the corporate media have suddenly felt the urgent need not only to criticise the late, much-respected foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, but to pile in against him, using the most outrageous smears imaginable. He is suddenly[Read More…]

  • The Twin Essence of Our Times

    The Twin Essence of Our Times

    December 1, 2020 — Bhabani Shankar Nayak
  • Democratic values, like Humpty Dumpty, could have a great fall: Former SC judge

    Democratic values, like Humpty Dumpty, could have a great fall: Former SC judge

    November 30, 2020 — Rosamma Thomas
  • Lubna Sarwath – A Compassionate Fighter All The Way

    Lubna Sarwath – A Compassionate Fighter All The Way

    November 30, 2020 — Sandeep Pandey
  •  The Man in the Bathtub, December 1, 1940: History of a Young Italian Who Emigrated to America in the Early 1900s

     The Man in the Bathtub, December 1, 1940: History of a Young Italian Who Emigrated to America in the Early 1900s

    November 29, 2020 — Philip A Farruggio

Arts/Literature

We, the farmers of this country…

We, the farmers of this country…

December 4, 2020 — Smitha M

You shove us, you beat us, you bury us alive. Yet we, the farmers of this country are reborn like that one resolute corn plant. You cringe, you grin, you plead for our votes and notes. If WE made you win, WE can make you fall too! We’re the fields, we, the crops, then why are we the prisoners of[Read More…]

  •  A Day in 2071 –  Chapter- 5 :  Dream

     A Day in 2071 –  Chapter- 5 :  Dream

    December 3, 2020 — Bharat Dogra
  • Why we need a Bunker Roy in Literature?

    Why we need a Bunker Roy in Literature?

    December 3, 2020 — Mitali Chakravarty
  • A Day in 2071 – Chapter 4: Battle

    A Day in 2071 – Chapter 4: Battle

    December 2, 2020 — Bharat Dogra
  •  A Day in 2071 – Chapter 3- Revolt

     A Day in 2071 – Chapter 3- Revolt

    December 1, 2020 — Bharat Dogra

Book Review

Khalid Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns”: Giving Voice to the Voiceless

Khalid Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns”: Giving Voice to the Voiceless

December 1, 2020 — Basharat Shameem

The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini poignantly writes the story of brave and courageous Afghan women who have lived under the debilitating shadows of patriarchal oppression, endless violence and war. Khaled Hosseini’s novel argues how the patriarchy and persistent conditions of conflict have multiplied the oppression on women in Afghanistan. However, this is to make it clear[Read More…]

  • A Plate of White Marble: A Woman’s Journey

    A Plate of White Marble: A Woman’s Journey

    December 1, 2020 — Bhaskar Parichha
  • 2 Types of Hinduism highlights why political ideology of Hindutva must not be confused with Hinduism

    2 Types of Hinduism highlights why political ideology of Hindutva must not be confused with Hinduism

    November 29, 2020 — Zakiya Soman
  • Human Society And The Biosphere

    Human Society And The Biosphere

    November 29, 2020 — John Scales Avery
  • Tribal Development in India

    Tribal Development in India

    November 28, 2020 — Bhaskar Parichha

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