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Showdown at COP28

“$200 trillion is needed to stop global warming” (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) Buckle up, fireworks will be going off in a couple weeks in the pristine complex known as Dubai. World leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, and fossil fuel producers will…

From Gaza With Rage

The repeating Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza are beyond my own comprehension.  For at least 10 of the last 40 days, missiles have rained down on the most densely populated refugee camp in all of Gaza.…

Pro-Palestinian Protest Leads To Lockdown At U.S. Capitol

A protest in Washington – described by one U.S. lawmaker as “pro-terrorist” and “anti-Israel” – has turned violent, prompting a lockdown of congressional offices and evacuations of politicians from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. Demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war gathered…

Boycott USA

The BDS movement in relation to Israel provides a peaceful means to help end the power of Israel in the Middle East and a means to pressure Israel to either make room for a Palestinian state or accept a unitary…

India

World

The Delusions of the American Right

Among the many enduring right-wing fibs, myths, and falsehoods, right-wing’s hatred of feminism takes a special place. Modern day anti-feminism is a reminiscence – perhaps: a continuation – of hundreds…

Globalisation

Human Rights

Imperialism

A Major Empire Falls Unnoticed

One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered…

Communal Harmony

Climate Change

Showdown at COP28

“$200 trillion is needed to stop global warming” (Bloomberg New Energy Finance) Buckle up, fireworks will be going off in a couple weeks in the pristine complex known as Dubai.…

Fixing the Climate Crisis, Part 2

How to Fix the Climate Crisis is a multifaceted affair; a National Geographic November 2023 article, The Race to Save the Planet, Can Technology Help Fix the Climate Crisis? that…

Fixing the Climate Crisis

National Geographic’s November 2023 cover story is entitled The Race to Save the Planet. Can Technology Help Fix the Climate Crisis? by Sam Howe Verhovek. This headline puts climate change…

Environmental Protection

Reviving Maharashtra’s Soil

I vividly recall my childhood walks through the lush green fields and forests of rural Maharashtra. Today, much of this land lies barren and eroded, a somber testament to decades…

Counter Solutions

Resource Crisis

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…

Patriarchy

Intersectional Feminism: An Insight

Intersectionality Theory was first developed in 1970-80 by a group of African-American feminist activists who accused the women’s movement of abandoning Black women. Discriminatory evils like racism and sexism aren’t…

Palestine

From Gaza With Rage

The repeating Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza are beyond my own comprehension.  For at least 10 of the last 40 days, missiles have rained down on…

South Asia

Annihilate Caste

Life/Philosophy

Did Birsa Munda die in vain?

Birsa Munda, born on November 15, 1875 in Ulihatu village (present Jharkhand) in British times, died mysteriously – reportedly of cholera, but likely poisoned – as an undertrial in Ranchi…

What Mumbai can learn from Delhi

Mumbai, the pioneer in the country in public transport, is now in a crisis mode, lagging behind Delhi in some respects. Our administrators should learn from this. During a visit…

Arts/Literature

Palestine is Rising

Malice is blooming, Truth is fadingDisbelief is growing, Trust is buryingSmoke is brewing, Darkness is glowingWar is raging, Peace is breakingBombs are falling, Babies are crushingMothers are screaming, Fathers are…

If You Could Speak…

Little face in the rubble!If you could speakFrom your midget-coffin,If your sweet voice could carry throughYour little mouth-Cavernous and hollowed out by death,Encrusted with old blood,Stopped in its tracks between…

The blessed land of Palestine

We were the little angels hovering in the skyline.Came from that blessed land of Palestine. Watching over the trail of shooting missiles.Those shattering over the innocent lives & smiles. We…

The Lidice Ratio

One to One HundredEven more at timesBut the OneIs the Only Focus One Hundred is a statisticOne Hundred heartsMinds, SoulsThousands of lovers A Pauper concedesA Billionaire succeedsIt might be timeTo…

Book Review

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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…

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