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Yale, Ben-Gvir and Banning Palestinian Groups

Universities are in a bind.  As institutions of learning and teaching, knowledge learnt and taught should, or at the very least could, be put into practice.  How unfortunate for rich ideas to linger in cold storage or exist as the…

World Bank, IMF, Gaza and Immigration Protesters

Attendees at the Spring meetings of the WB (World Bank) and IMF (International Monetary Fund) on Tuesday this week while waiting to pass through security before entering the WB headquarters building were greeted by a small group of protesters calling…

About Blocking Trump’s Deportation Command

On March 25th, Trump issued an order that he would end the legal status for over 500,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans - voiding their work permits and opening them to ICE led deportations while giving them 30 days to…

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The Fraud of Endless War

There is not a single war or serious military confrontation since WWII involving the U.S. that needed to be fought. Every conflict where soldiers and civilians suffered death or injury…

Communal Harmony

Climate Change

Climate Change Kills Capitalism

Capitalism, like Antarctica and like the Amazon rainforest, is under threat of destruction by excessive levels of CO2 emissions which cause radical climate change.  Risk of some level of extinction…

Silent Dehydration: The Hidden Killer

Silent dehydration is a condition in which the body gradually loses water and essential electrolytes without triggering the usual thirst signals. Unlike acute dehydration—which manifests through symptoms like dizziness, dry…

Environmental Protection

The necessity for green spaces in cities

Green spaces, including parks, urban forests, gardens, and green rooftops are crucial for cities. This note will discuss the primary reasons for having green spaces in cities at greater length,…

Counter Solutions

The End of Big Solutions

The world has changed dramatically since the start of the second Trump administration. But how best to describe this shift? Many see it as potentially the end of American democracy,…

The Evolution of Modernity

The human world of the early 21st century is dominated by science, cities, and high technology. However, both our modern way of life and our way of thinking about the world…

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…

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Bhakti-Kal and Caste Question

An abridged version of talk delivered on 23rd October, 2024 at Calicut University I say this with emphasis that in Indian history two periods, only two periods, came as a…

Life/Philosophy

Was Lohia a Hindu Right-Wing Leader?

Several months ago, a professor at JNU came across my article on Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. During our brief conversation near Ganga Dhaba, he expressed clear displeasure with Lohia’s personality…

Arts/Literature

A selfless note!

I am not thunder, not a blaze.Not made for crowds or heavy praise.I am the breeze at break of day,Soft-spoken strength that leads the way. I move in silence, soft…

تَوْحِيد Tawhid

1 And how could you live out the Oneness of God without the Body? 2 God the Sea Life the Ship 3 Life is the True Sword of God 4…

Earth Day

Todayis my day of renouncement.Today I renouncethings and thingnessof the It World.And the dehumanizing powerof things touse and rule over me: the carthe cellphonethe computerthe clockthe television artificial intelligenceand the…

The Grandeur of Kindness

Alone, down and dull, lost in my thoughts, at a chaotic airport I stood in a queueA raspy voice said, “after you”, my heart warmed, my eyes tearedIn a toxic…

Book Review

At the Lost and Found

The following is the Introduction to my new book, At the Lost and Found (Clarity Press). My dear mother, who had an artistic temperament that tended at times toward the sentimental, liked…

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The Plot Against America

How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America As I write this in early 2025, a quiet revolution is unfolding within the U.S. government.…

The Fuhrer Is Here

This an article I wrote on 16 December 2002, just after Modi was re-elected as CM of Gujrat for a second term. For some strange reasons, the article can't be…

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