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Toolkit is not a terror manual

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Environment

  • Ecocide!
    Robert Hunziker | February 20, 2021
  • An Unnecessary Himalayan Disaster
    Bharat Jhunjhunwala | February 19, 2021
  • Review Socio – Environmental Costs of NIMZ Zaheerabad
    National Alliance of People’s Movements | February 18, 2021

Featured Stories

  • That Blackwater: Its founder accused of helping USA evade U.N. Libya sanctions

    That Blackwater: Its founder accused of helping USA evade U.N. Libya sanctions

    by Countercurrents Collective — February 22, 2021

    Media reports said: Erik Prince, the private security executive and supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, “at the very least” helped evade an arms embargo on Libya, according to excerpts from a UN report. Independent UN sanctions monitors accused Prince of proposing a private military operation – known as ‘Project Opus’ – to Libya’s eastern-based commander General Khalifa Haftar[Read More…]

  • Remembering Freedom Movement Revolutionaries, Observing Martyrs’ Month

    Remembering Freedom Movement Revolutionaries, Observing Martyrs’ Month

    by Bharat Dogra — February 22, 2021

    Written by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh Every year India observes 23 March as the martyrdom day of Shahid Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, and on 27 February India observes the martyrdom day of Chandra Shekhar Azad. However we often forget on March 25 to observe   the martyrdom day of Shahid Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi who was like a mentor for[Read More…]

  • The Role of Non- pharmacological interventions in COVID-19 Pandemic

    The Role of Non- pharmacological interventions in COVID-19 Pandemic

    by Bhagyashree Dutta — February 22, 2021

    Written by Bhagyashree Dutta and Dr Chandrima Chatterjee  In December 2019, in Wuhan, China, a cluster of unusual severe pneumonia cases with unknown causes were reported. These were later identified as caused by a novel strain of coronavirus [1]. Severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS_CoV-2) outbreaks, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th,[Read More…]

  • Celebrating Golwalkar And Undoing The Indian Republic

    Celebrating Golwalkar And Undoing The Indian Republic

    by Shamsul Islam — February 22, 2021

    RSS-BJP Rulers Declare Golwalkar, a Die-hard Casteist, Male Chauvinist, Conspirator, Hindutva Bigot, Habitual Liar, Denigrator of secular-democratic Indian Polity & Follower of Nazism as New Father of the Nation! First time in the history of independent India, in-charge minister of the Cultural Ministry in the current Modi government, Prahlad Singh Patel has shocked the nation by glorifying MS Golwalkar, the[Read More…]

  • Human Rights and Germany’s New Supply Chain Law

    Human Rights and Germany’s New Supply Chain Law

    by Thomas Kilkauer — February 22, 2021

    Written by Thomas Klikauer and Norman Simms In February 2021, Germany’s main business daily, The Handelsblatt, reported that Germany’s grand coalition, consisting for the social-democratic SPD and Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU –reached an agreement on the introduction of a new Supply Chain Law, which in German goes by  the unpronounceable word Lieferkettengesetz. The new supply chain act is intended to[Read More…]

  • Uttarakhand’s historic decision for women’s empowerment

    Uttarakhand’s historic decision for women’s empowerment

    by Vidya Bhushan Rawat — February 22, 2021

    Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to have given women right over ancestral property. This is a landmark initiative taken by the state government and must be complimented for it. According to government’s own assessment, over thirty five lakh women are going to be benefitted from this. At the time, when women’s rights groups are asking for being[Read More…]

  • Helpful Role of Community Based Approach in Improving Mental Health  in Remote Rural Areas

    Helpful Role of Community Based Approach in Improving Mental Health  in Remote Rural Areas

    by Bharat Dogra — February 22, 2021

              In recent times of Covid-19 the importance of giving adequate attention to mental health has been re-emphasized time and again. Here again, however, the new and welcome phase of giving more emphasis to mental health has not yet reached the more remote rural areas. However those with long experience of working on mental health in remote rural areas say[Read More…]

  • Toolkit is not a terror manual

    Toolkit is not a terror manual

    by Gurpreet Singh — February 22, 2021

    The recent arrest of a young climate activist in India for her association with a guide to passive resistance movements has once again exposed the true colours of the world’s so called largest democracy. Twenty-one-year-old Disha Ravi was arrested by Delhi Police from Bengaluru under conspiracy charges. Her only fault is her link with a toolkit built by the Canada-based[Read More…]

  • Sincere Efforts Can Contribute Much to Making Benefits and Schemes More Accessible for Disability Affected Persons

    Sincere Efforts Can Contribute Much to Making Benefits and Schemes More Accessible for Disability Affected Persons

    by Bharat Dogra — February 22, 2021

              Many benefits and schemes available for persons with various disabilities cannot reach them, particularly in more remote villages, as much effort is needed for linking persons with disabilities (PwDs) with the various schemes meant for providing relief and benefits to them . Due to past neglect the number of PwDs can be not only surprisingly high in several remote[Read More…]

  • How intelligent is artificial intelligence: Exploring the exclusion of minority

    How intelligent is artificial intelligence: Exploring the exclusion of minority

    by Tanaya Thakur — February 22, 2021

      Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being touted as our future. AI technology has not only invaded our private lives in the form of smart technologies, virtual assistants, and robotic/ humanoid companions; but is also finding ever increasing representation in public sphere and government policies. From health technology to agriculture to the norms being developed on women safety (such as[Read More…]

World

That Blackwater: Its founder accused of helping USA evade U.N. Libya sanctions

That Blackwater: Its founder accused of helping USA evade U.N. Libya sanctions

February 22, 2021 — Countercurrents Collective

Media reports said: Erik Prince, the private security executive and supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump, “at the very least” helped evade an arms embargo on Libya, according to excerpts from a UN report. Independent UN sanctions monitors accused Prince of proposing a private military operation – known as ‘Project Opus’ – to Libya’s eastern-based commander General Khalifa Haftar[Read More…]

  • Human Rights and Germany’s New Supply Chain Law

    Human Rights and Germany’s New Supply Chain Law

    February 22, 2021 — Thomas Kilkauer
  • How intelligent is artificial intelligence: Exploring the exclusion of minority

    How intelligent is artificial intelligence: Exploring the exclusion of minority

    February 22, 2021 — Tanaya Thakur
  • China vs America

    China vs America

    February 21, 2021 — David Anderson
  • America is back, Biden tells allies, but Macron and Merkel push back

    America is back, Biden tells allies, but Macron and Merkel push back

    February 21, 2021 — Countercurrents Collective

India

Remembering Freedom Movement Revolutionaries, Observing Martyrs’ Month

Remembering Freedom Movement Revolutionaries, Observing Martyrs’ Month

February 22, 2021 — Bharat Dogra

Written by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh Every year India observes 23 March as the martyrdom day of Shahid Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, and on 27 February India observes the martyrdom day of Chandra Shekhar Azad. However we often forget on March 25 to observe   the martyrdom day of Shahid Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi who was like a mentor for[Read More…]

  • Celebrating Golwalkar And Undoing The Indian Republic

    Celebrating Golwalkar And Undoing The Indian Republic

    February 22, 2021 — Shamsul Islam
  • Uttarakhand’s historic decision for women’s empowerment

    Uttarakhand’s historic decision for women’s empowerment

    February 22, 2021 — Vidya Bhushan Rawat
  • Young Climate Activists Must Be Rewarded and Encouraged, Not Victimized and Imprisoned

    Young Climate Activists Must Be Rewarded and Encouraged, Not Victimized and Imprisoned

    February 21, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Cricket’s camaraderie with far-right politics is hurting the nation

    Cricket’s camaraderie with far-right politics is hurting the nation

    February 21, 2021 — Ravi Raj

Globalisation

The Wolf in Sheep’s Skin: IMF, WTO and WB role in promoting poverty and misery

The Wolf in Sheep’s Skin: IMF, WTO and WB role in promoting poverty and misery

February 15, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham

IMF and WB do not function like UN agencies on a ‘One nation, one vote’ system. Voting power is pegged to the size of economy and on financial contribution to the WB. The after effects of some of the decisions of IMF/WB are as under: In 1994, Zambia declared that it could not hire an additional 9,000 school teachers it[Read More…]

  • Western Aid: Myth and Reality

    Western Aid: Myth and Reality

    February 13, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham
  •  Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’

     Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’

    November 28, 2020 — Colin Todhunter
  • 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

Human Rights

Toolkit is not a terror manual

Toolkit is not a terror manual

February 22, 2021 — Gurpreet Singh

The recent arrest of a young climate activist in India for her association with a guide to passive resistance movements has once again exposed the true colours of the world’s so called largest democracy. Twenty-one-year-old Disha Ravi was arrested by Delhi Police from Bengaluru under conspiracy charges. Her only fault is her link with a toolkit built by the Canada-based[Read More…]

  •  Ensure the Constitutional Right to Dignified Housing for Migrant Labourers of Ahmedabad

     Ensure the Constitutional Right to Dignified Housing for Migrant Labourers of Ahmedabad

    February 21, 2021 — National Alliance of People’s Movements
  • Assam: Violation of human rights of detainees under The Foreigners Act

    Assam: Violation of human rights of detainees under The Foreigners Act

    February 21, 2021 — E A S Sarma
  • Stop Hounding Young Climate Activists

    Stop Hounding Young Climate Activists

    February 19, 2021 — Press Release
  • Emergency rally for Professor Saibaba held outside Indian visa and passport application center in Canada

    Emergency rally for Professor Saibaba held outside Indian visa and passport application center in Canada

    February 15, 2021 — Press Release

Imperialism

Americans Murdering People & Dear Children In the Middle East and Africa Hasn’t Mattered – Not Yet!

Americans Murdering People & Dear Children In the Middle East and Africa Hasn’t Mattered – Not Yet!

February 20, 2021 — Jay Janson

The issue of deadly racism in the USA has been brought to the attention of all Americans by the persistent efforts of impassioned activists, especially by carrying placards with photographs of African-American victims of deadly police actions. Article suggests how the greater toll of darker skinned people murdered by Americans overseas could become a burning issue of concern for American[Read More…]

  • “Kill, Kill, Watch, Watch”

    “Kill, Kill, Watch, Watch”

    February 17, 2021 — Sally Dugman
  • Been There, Done That (Not!) – The Imperial Presidency Comes Home to Roost

    Been There, Done That (Not!) – The Imperial Presidency Comes Home to Roost

    February 1, 2021 — Tom Engelhardt
  • Will Biden End America’s Global War on Children?

    Will Biden End America’s Global War on Children?

    January 28, 2021 — Medea Benjamin
  • Thomas Cole, “The Course of Empire: Destruction.”

    While America Was Sleeping- Waking from a Four-Year Fever Dream to Find Global Power Gone

    January 27, 2021 — Alfred W McCoy

Communal Harmony

Hamid Ansari’s Woes: Plight of Pluralism in India

Hamid Ansari’s Woes: Plight of Pluralism in India

February 17, 2021 — Dr Ram Puniyani

India began as a plural democracy; respect for diversity was the core value. The provisions of safeguards for minorities were in built. These safeguards were formulated by the Constituent Assembly’s committee on Minorities headed by Sardar Patel. Seven decades down the lines where do we stand in matters of security and economic welfare of the religious minorities. Most of the[Read More…]

  • For Mahatma Gandhi Equal Respect for All Religions Was One of the Most Essential and Non-Negotiable Aspects of the India He Wanted to Create

    For Mahatma Gandhi Equal Respect for All Religions Was One of the Most Essential and Non-Negotiable Aspects of the India He Wanted to Create

    February 2, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan: Muslims for Composite Indian Nationalism

    Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan: Muslims for Composite Indian Nationalism

    January 19, 2021 — Dr Ram Puniyani
  • Indian Communalism – A Deep Dive

    Indian Communalism – A Deep Dive

    December 24, 2020 — Hemanty Tudu
  • 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

Climate Change

Devastated by ice storm, Texans are now hunting food and safe water

Devastated by ice storm, Texans are now hunting food and safe water

February 20, 2021 — Countercurrents Collective

Media reports from U.S. said: The slow-moving winter disaster pummeling Texas that began with snow, ice and widespread blackouts is now moving into a new phase: A dire lack of food and fresh water. Millions do not have safe water at home, and residents looking for groceries or bottled water said they arrived to stores with bare shelves and long[Read More…]

  • ‘A humanitarian crisis’: Cold and snow put millions in danger in Texas: 38 dead

    ‘A humanitarian crisis’: Cold and snow put millions in danger in Texas: 38 dead

    February 19, 2021 — Countercurrents Collective
  • Climate Catastrophe In Texas And The Texans Are Freezing To Death

    Climate Catastrophe In Texas And The Texans Are Freezing To Death

    February 19, 2021 — Irwin Jerome
  • Disha Ravi, Sophie Scholl And The Unravelling Of Indian Fascism

    Disha Ravi, Sophie Scholl And The Unravelling Of Indian Fascism

    February 15, 2021 — Binu Mathew
  • The extreme rate of global warming: IPCC Oversights of future climate trends

    The extreme rate of global warming: IPCC Oversights of future climate trends

    February 13, 2021 — Dr Andrew Glikson

Environmental Protection

Ecocide!

Ecocide!

February 20, 2021 — Robert Hunziker

Ecocide is the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity. That destruction of “large areas” has grown so conspicuously large, so threatening to all species, including human existence, that a group of international legal experts is working to submit a draft of a new law “Ecocide” to the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) at[Read More…]

  • An Unnecessary Himalayan Disaster

    An Unnecessary Himalayan Disaster

    February 19, 2021 — Bharat Jhunjhunwala
  • Review Socio – Environmental Costs of NIMZ Zaheerabad

    Review Socio – Environmental Costs of NIMZ Zaheerabad

    February 18, 2021 — National Alliance of People’s Movements
  • Neglect of  Green Laws and the Himanalyan Uttarakhand Disaster

    Neglect of  Green Laws and the Himanalyan Uttarakhand Disaster

    February 16, 2021 — Dr. Soma Marla
  • True Cost

    True Cost

    February 16, 2021 — Neha Mundhra

Counter Solutions

Why Concepts of Earth  Without Borders and One World Have A New and Wider Relevance Now

Why Concepts of Earth  Without Borders and One World Have A New and Wider Relevance Now

February 20, 2021 — Bharat Dogra

          The beautiful phrase ‘Earth Without Borders’ has been used in more than one contexts from time to time. This is often used to convey the idea that those who work with a spirit of serving humanity should not be confined merely to serving their own country. This may be particularly true of a profession of doctors which ideally should[Read More…]

  •  Our Badly Threatened World Needs Out-of-Box Governance Reform

     Our Badly Threatened World Needs Out-of-Box Governance Reform

    February 20, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Degrowing for peace? Tackling structural violence and climate resilience

    Degrowing for peace? Tackling structural violence and climate resilience

    February 15, 2021 — Christie Nicoson
  • Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out!

    Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out!

    February 2, 2021 — Robert Hunziker
  • Majority Report

    Majority Report

    January 28, 2021 — David Sparenberg

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

 ‘Have a seat but shut up please’: Whither equality?

 ‘Have a seat but shut up please’: Whither equality?

February 21, 2021 — Shobha Shukla

‘Dumb dolls’ may soon be adorning board meetings of Japan’s ruling party. As per a news report, in response to criticisms that its board is dominated by men, Japan’s ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has condescended to allow 5 female lawmakers to join its board meetings provided they keep their mouths shut and do not talk during the meetings.[Read More…]

  • Religions, Female Virginity and Fidelity

    Religions, Female Virginity and Fidelity

    February 10, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham
  • Freedomwashing

    Freedomwashing

    January 26, 2021 — Priti Gulati Cox
  • Encroaching Identity

    Encroaching Identity

    January 15, 2021 — Neha Rai
  • Honor Killing – An Overview

    Honor Killing – An Overview

    January 2, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham

Palestine

Israel’s Impunity: Is The Tide Changing?

Israel’s Impunity: Is The Tide Changing?

February 19, 2021 — Jafar M Ramini

I think it is. The tide of international dissent against Israel’s impunity is becoming a torrent since the introduction by the IHRA, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance of what they have defined as ‘Antisemitism’. This new definition has been interpreted and used as a weapon to bash, intimidate and silence any voices of criticism against the government of Israel. Even the[Read More…]

  • ‘Leaving Aside’ International Law: Why Democrats are as Dangerous as Republicans to a Just Peace in Palestine

    ‘Leaving Aside’ International Law: Why Democrats are as Dangerous as Republicans to a Just Peace in Palestine

    February 18, 2021 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • Stop Taking for Granted the Justification for the Existence of Israel

    Stop Taking for Granted the Justification for the Existence of Israel

    February 18, 2021 — Rima Najjar
  • The Russian Alternative: How Moscow is capitalizing on US Retreat in Palestine, Israel 

    The Russian Alternative: How Moscow is capitalizing on US Retreat in Palestine, Israel 

    February 11, 2021 — Dr Ramzy Baroud
  • ‘Freedom is Never Voluntarily Given’: Palestinian Boycott of Israel is Not Racist, It is Anti-Racist

    ‘Freedom is Never Voluntarily Given’: Palestinian Boycott of Israel is Not Racist, It is Anti-Racist

    February 8, 2021 — Dr Ramzy Baroud

South Asia

The Coup in Myanmar and the Transformation of Rohingya Politics

The Coup in Myanmar and the Transformation of Rohingya Politics

February 18, 2021 — Yanis Iqbal

The future of the Rohingya people seems uncertain. A predominantly Muslim minority group indigenous to a region on the western coast of Myanmar – historically referred to as Arakan and presently called Rakhine State – the Rohingya are not recognized by the Burmese state. On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military – known as the Tatmadaw – staged a coup against[Read More…]

  • Kashmir, India, Pakistan And The UN

    Kashmir, India, Pakistan And The UN

    February 15, 2021 — Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor
  •  Growing call for federal democracy in Myanmar

     Growing call for federal democracy in Myanmar

    February 14, 2021 — Bobby Ramakant
  • Cartoon image of Bangladesh Army Chief, General Aziz Ahmed’s bandit brother, Harris Ahmed. Source: Al Jazeera

    Al Jazeera’s Tele-documentary, the Bandit Brothers and Bangladesh’s Dossier of Abuse

    February 13, 2021 — M Adil Khan
  • Military coup in Myanmar: ‘Garrison State’ back to dismantle democracy?

    Military coup in Myanmar: ‘Garrison State’ back to dismantle democracy?

    February 2, 2021 — K M Seethi

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

The Role of Non- pharmacological interventions in COVID-19 Pandemic

The Role of Non- pharmacological interventions in COVID-19 Pandemic

February 22, 2021 — Bhagyashree Dutta

Written by Bhagyashree Dutta and Dr Chandrima Chatterjee  In December 2019, in Wuhan, China, a cluster of unusual severe pneumonia cases with unknown causes were reported. These were later identified as caused by a novel strain of coronavirus [1]. Severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS_CoV-2) outbreaks, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th,[Read More…]

  • Helpful Role of Community Based Approach in Improving Mental Health  in Remote Rural Areas

    Helpful Role of Community Based Approach in Improving Mental Health  in Remote Rural Areas

    February 22, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Sincere Efforts Can Contribute Much to Making Benefits and Schemes More Accessible for Disability Affected Persons

    Sincere Efforts Can Contribute Much to Making Benefits and Schemes More Accessible for Disability Affected Persons

    February 22, 2021 — Bharat Dogra
  • Organ donation: Knowledge and opportunities for action

    Organ donation: Knowledge and opportunities for action

    February 22, 2021 — Dr Anamika Roy
  • Role of Religion in Modern Society

    Role of Religion in Modern Society

    February 21, 2021 — Syed Ehtisham

Arts/Literature

Left Right Left

Left Right Left

February 22, 2021 — Reena Prasad

You wave. The street splits into two The wrong turn is you An obsessed nostril sniffs out intentions Kisses are always political I want to stop and breathe out the years without you. The wind fleeing on a bird wing leaves me a feather The left is a body with an unwashed feel to it; It reeks of desire, of[Read More…]

  • The Devil

    The Devil

    February 15, 2021 — K P Sasi
  • Love

    Love

    February 12, 2021 — K P Sasi
  • Not my India

    Not my India

    February 8, 2021 — Moitrayee Das
  • Farming Memories

    Farming Memories

    February 8, 2021 — Romi Mahajan

Book Review

The Importance of Shudra Politics in India

The Importance of Shudra Politics in India

February 22, 2021 — Sharad Yadav

Written by Sharad Yadav and Omprakash Mahato During the Emergency (1975–77), all socialist leaders came together on one platform and formed the Janata Party government in 1977. In its manifesto, the Janata Party promised to undertake measures for social and educational upliftment of people belonging to backward castes and communities. The social upliftment of backward castes once again became the[Read More…]

  • American Empire – A Global History

    American Empire – A Global History

    February 17, 2021 — Jim Miles
  • Lives In Mathematics

    Lives In Mathematics

    February 9, 2021 — John Scales Avery
  • The Sharp Knife of Memory – A Review

    The Sharp Knife of Memory – A Review

    February 7, 2021 — Anamika Das
  • JFK, Allen Dulles, and Indonesia

    JFK, Allen Dulles, and Indonesia

    February 6, 2021 — Edward Curtin

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