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Netanyahu’s Toxic Temptations
Whatever our political affiliations might be, there is no denying that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to navigate his way through the worst crisis that hit Israel since 1948. As this crisis gathered momentum, Netanyahu became…
India Seeks to Reset Ties with Maldives Amid Ups and Downs in Bilateral Relations
Changing relationships with the Maldives have come as India’s Independence Day gift in the face of perceived Chinese dominance in the island nation following a rupture on the eve of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep in the beginning of…
‘Kharij’ – A Master’s Grapplings to Visibilise Hunger and Analyse Class Machinations
Can Kharij (The Case is Closed, 1982), one of the several memorable films that immediately come to mind whenever Mrinal Sen’s name is mentioned, be said to be a “hunger film”? Yes, it can be designated thus, for, in a…
Ensure justice for the RG Kar Hospital deceased doctor NOW!
Arrest all accused and Initiate Action against police and hospital officials who violated the law and committed irregularities. ALIFA Calls for an end to the culture of violence in healthcare NOW: Address systemic issues and ensure safety for all women health…
Genocide Australia, Part One
Indigenous Relationality, gender, genocide, human atrocities and climate justice: Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India, Palestine, Ukraine: traditional and social media in the making of harm or help. When voices speak from those who survive genocide to save our diverse civilisations…
The Ram of Valmiki, the Ram of Gandhiji and Modern Democratic India
This is the first chapter of Swami Vishwabhadrananda Sakthibodhi's book "The Rama of Valmiki, the Rama of Gandhiji and Modern Democratic India" published by Progress Book House The devout mother and the teacher who realized the heart of Rama The…
How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
Almost everything we buy exploits the environment and the people who depend on it to a greater or lesser extent. Almost everything we buy contributes to climate breakdown through emissions, local environmental degradation, or, most commonly, both. Yet, in a…
Record temperatures spread wildfires in Greece and southern Europe
Wildfires have again taken hold this summer in Greece, Italy, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and other south-eastern European countries. Nearly 10,000 hectares (approx. 40 square miles) of mostly forest land was burnt in northeastern Attica in a fire that erupted on…
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso—Why the Humanitarian Crisis in Central Sahel Region Needs Special Attention
At the beginning of this year, on January 12, 2024 to be precise, about 20 eminent persons involved in humanitarian aid efforts for Central Sahel region of Africa issued an appeal for giving the proper attention to the serious humanitarian…
The Future of Our World by Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky (95) famous dissident and father of modern linguistics, considered one of the world’s leading intellectuals, is recovering from a stroke he suffered at age 94 and now living with his wife in Brazil. According to a report in…
India
Ensure justice for the RG Kar Hospital deceased doctor NOW!
Arrest all accused and Initiate Action against police and hospital officials who violated the law and committed irregularities. ALIFA Calls for an end to the culture of violence in healthcare NOW:…
The Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: Reforming or Undermining a Sacred Institution?
The Indian government's proposal to amend the Waqf Act of 1995 through the Waqf Amendment Bill of 2024 has sparked a heated debate across the country. Waqf properties, which hold…
Appoint an independent commission headed by a member of judiciary into the Hindenburg-SEBI accusations to protect the integrity of domestic capital market
The Peoples’ Commission on Public Sector and Public Services (PCPS) issued a detailed statement on 10th February 2023 on how the Adani-Hindenburg controversy at that time brought to the fore several deeply worrying…
How the Proposed Social Media Regulations in India Are Raising Concerns Among Digital Creators?
In the months leading up to the Indian elections earlier this year, YouTuber Akash Banerjee produced content highlighting the shortcomings of the incumbent government. His videos critiqued various government policies…
Nehru’s vision of our flag: Resolution On The Indian National Flag
Text of speech in Constituent Assembly by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru The Honourable Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (United Provinces: General) : Mr. President, it is my proud privilege to move the following Resolution:…
The Fight for Women’s Freedom
On 15th August 2024, India marks its 78th Independence Day. Six days earlier, a female doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, was brutally raped and murdered in a seminar…
World
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso—Why the Humanitarian Crisis in Central Sahel Region Needs Special Attention
At the beginning of this year, on January 12, 2024 to be precise, about 20 eminent persons involved in humanitarian aid efforts for Central Sahel region of Africa issued an…
US has Ukraine’s back in Kursk incursion
As the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region rolls on, war conditions have appeared in Russia for the first time since the Second World War. It is a stunning experience…
Tactical Paranoia: Peter Dutton’s Palestinian Problem
The philosophy of the dunce, and the politics of the demagogue, often keep company. And Peter Dutton has both of these unenviable traits in spades. The Australian opposition leader, smelling…
Living conditions become intolerable for nearly 50 million people in Sudan and South Sudan
It is an extremely tragic aspect of the world today that amidst all the supposed progress of science and technology, amidst all the increase of billionaires and their wealth, the…
Something’s Coming, We Don’t Know What It Is But It Is Going To Be Bad
“With a click, with a shockPhone’ll jingle, door’ll knock, open the latchSomething’s coming, don’t know when but it’s soon . . . “– “Something’s Coming,” lyrics by S. Sondheim, music…
The Candidate from Hell
Donald Trump is all too literally the candidate from hell and, yes, he’s threatening to take the United States and the world to — no place else! — hell and…
Globalisation
80 years is enough: Fight for food, land, and climate justice! Shut down the IMF-World Bank!
Rural peoples’ movements and communities demand the shutdown of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Over the past 80 years, imperialist governments and their transnational corporations (TNCs) have…
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…
Human Rights
Open Appeal by 100+ Lawyers and Other Law Professionals from across India to the Judiciary: Uphold Right to Bail, Speedy Disposals & Liberty of All Equal Citizenship Activists
Judicial delays and Multiple Re-hearings of bail applications of ‘equal citizenship’ activists violate fundamental rights to liberty and speedy justice 15th August, 2024: As we mark our 78th Independence Day, NAJAR expresses…
Status of Human and Minority Rights in International Politics
Human rights and human security have become buzzwords in international politics. The doctrine of humanitarian intervention which focused its attention on the willingness and capacity of the intervening power has…
Attempt to Murder Political Activist Pranab Doley and Members of Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Committee
8th August, 2024, Assam: Manohar Pegu, a member of National Alliance of Peoples' Movements (NAPM)and Ritupan Pegu, a member of Greater Kaziranga Land and Human Rights Committee (GKLHRC) had been…
PUCL Condemns the Illegal Detention and House Search of PUCL National Council and Chhattisgarh Unit Office Bearer, Kaladas Dehariya
Demands dropping of fabricated and false UAPA proceedings immediately!! Delhi & Raipur: The PUCL National and Chhattisgarh State branch, strongly condemns the early morning raid today, 25th July, 2024, by the…
Convention held in Jalandhar against the New Criminal Codes and the case against Arundhati Roy and Prof. Shaukat Hussain
“We must not harbour any illusion about the present government being weak. It will be in an offensive mode more than what it was in its earlier avatar. On the…
UAE: Shockingly harsh prison sentences against Bengali workers over peaceful protests reinforce environment of repression
Geneva - The sharp decline in the human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Emirati government’s cultivation of a climate of repression is gravely concerning. Euro-Med Monitor condemns the government’s violations of fundamental rights, such as…
Imperialism
America Can Be A Great Nation If….
One wonders why America goes to war every few years with other nations. In its history of 248 years, it has been at peace only for 20 years or only…
Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
At the end of the last century, hoping to drive the United States from Saudi Arabia, the home of Islam’s holiest sites, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden sought to draw…
U.S. War Games in the Pacific Seek Global Participation in Imperialist Maneuvers
by Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua and Joy Lehuanani Enomoto Hawaiian activists call on nations who condemn the genocide in Gaza to withdraw from Rim of the Pacific War Games organized by the…
War and Famine
Many war stories end with hunger wreaking havoc on significant portions of a population. In Christian theology, the Biblical “four horses of the apocalypse,” believed by many in early modern Europe to…
Early Signs of the Failure of American Global Power?
Wherever he travels globally, President Biden has sought to project the United States as the rejuvenated leader of a broad coalition of democratic nations seeking to defend the “rules-based international…
Another American War in the Middle East?
In mid-June, the Associated Press announced that the U.S. Navy had been engaged in the most intense naval combat since the end of World War II, which surely would come as a…
Communal Harmony
Kanwar Yatra: Naming for mainstreaming identity based discrimination
Recently directives were passed to display names, addresses and mobile numbers of owners and staff in the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Kanwar yatra is an annual…
Communalism: A Product of Modernity and Colonialism
by Ramya Ramanathan and Shashi Singh The shadow of communalism lurks everywhere and to such an extent that it has figured quite prominently in the arts and literature of South…
Muharram: Ode to a Memory in Pain
Over the years, in this annual ritual of mourning, a rainbow tradition of multiple Hindu writers have written the lament in exquisite verse dedicated to Imam Husain Ali, grandson of…
At a time of increasing religious divide Mahatma Gandhi’s views on religion can provide a healing touch
For quite some time it was widely and sincerely believed that with many-sided progress particularly in education and science the divisions and suspicions based on religious differences will decease considerably…
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…
Climate Change
How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
Almost everything we buy exploits the environment and the people who depend on it to a greater or lesser extent. Almost everything we buy contributes to climate breakdown through emissions,…
Record temperatures spread wildfires in Greece and southern Europe
Wildfires have again taken hold this summer in Greece, Italy, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and other south-eastern European countries. Nearly 10,000 hectares (approx. 40 square miles) of mostly forest land was…
The Future of Our World by Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky (95) famous dissident and father of modern linguistics, considered one of the world’s leading intellectuals, is recovering from a stroke he suffered at age 94 and now living…
The Profit-Enhancing Corporate Denial of Global Warming
Among the massive “entertainment industry” and what German philosopher Adorno once called a “culture of mass-deception”, corporate mass media occasionally provides – largely for legitimacy reason – a slight glimmer…
A Species out of Context
This is the thirteenth of 18 installments in the Metastatic Modernity video series (see launch announcement), putting the meta-crisis in perspective as a cancerous disease afflicting humanity and the greater community of life…
Coral bleaching threatens 73 percent of world’s reefs
Record-breaking ocean temperatures have induced an ongoing mass bleaching event that puts almost three quarters of the world’s coral reefs at risk, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)…
Environmental Protection
Save Erra Matti Dibbalu
Destruction of Erra Matti Dibbalu (EMD), a unique geo-heritage feature of Visakhapatnam without Approvals under E R Act, CRZ and other relevant laws- Request for treating it as an environmental…
Compliment Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for taking deterrent action against the Vedanta Group for dumping toxic fly ash unauthorisedly
ToShri Mohan Charan Majhi Chief Minister Odisha Dear Shri Majhi, I wish to compliment the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for imposing an environmental penalty of ₹71.16 crore on a…
Henvalghati—Recalling Those Memorable Days of Protecting Himalayan Forests
In the middle of increasing reports of ecological ruin from Himalayan region, there are growing signs of campaigns to protect Himalayan environment in this ecologically crucial yet fragile region. In…
Natural Farming Cannot Co-exist with GM Crops
Some countries are taking up the promotion of natural farming crops which is very welcome. However a big problem and constraint arises when they say at the same time that…
Doing away with the “Consent” mechanism under Prevention of Water Pollution Act is an anti-federal retrograde step- Please withdraw the draft notification
To Ms Leena Nandan Union Secretary Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MEFCC) Dear Ms Nandan, I refer to a draft Notification (GSR 425 E dated 19-7-2024) issued by…
On the imminent eviction of more than 1 lakh small-scale fishers of the Indian Sundarbans from their traditional livelihood
The spectre of eviction has continued to haunt the peoples of the Sundarban forests since the colonial times, if not since even further back. Come circa 2024, and this spectre…
Counter Solutions
A Trophic Perspective on Fossil Fuels
Like the economy of nature, the human economy has a “trophic” structure. In nature, nutrition and energy flow from plants to herbivores to carnivores, with each of these comprising a trophic…
Need for Climate-Resilient Crops to Address the Climate Change Crisis
Since ancient times, farmers have selected crops based on local climatic conditions. However, with climate change, maintaining traditional crops has become increasingly difficult. Some crops may adapt to changing climatic…
From growth fetish to post-growth
My family and I spent 25 years in Washington DC. They were good years, and every morning I began with coffee and The Washington Post. The newspaper was a wonderful companion—and reliably…
Identifying the Most Significant Indicators of Progress
Identification of most significant indicators of progress is essential for any country or society, and this should be seen as only a first step towards having the willingness and the…
The Urgent Need for Organic Farming to Save Depleted Soils Due to Unchecked Use of Chemical Fertilizers
India is an agrarian country, but today Indian agriculture is facing a significant threat. The continuous use of various types of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is leading to soil degradation,…
Bicycle And Transition Town
“Bicycle is one of the simplest solutions to some of the world’s most complex urban challenges." So what are the world’s most complex urban challenges? There are several areas where…
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
Israeli soldiers demolish water system in Gaza
The Israeli daily Haaretz reported Monday that over the weekend, in violation of humanitarian law, a unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the 401st Brigade of the Armored Corps, rigged a critical…
Feminists in Resistance condemns the shamefully misogynistic, terrifying, discriminatory, regressive attitude of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Mr Ranjeet Kumar AgarwalPresidentInstitute of Chartered Accounts of IndiaICAI Bhawan, New Delhi 700 002 Subject: Feminists in Resistance (FIR) condemns the shamefully misogynistic, terrifying, discriminatory, regressive attitude of the Institute…
The Main Question of Patriarchy: Can Men be Raped?
It was not many years ago that social media was flooded with images of young men across the country taking out micro-protests, threatening to go on what they called “marriage…
Are Dalits Descendants of Asuras? A Reflection on Student Politics and Asura Discourse
No concept should be accepted as axiomatic without undergoing rigorous intellectual debate. One such notion for debate is the elevation of mythological figures like Ravana and Hiranyakasyapa (Hiranyakashipu) as cultural…
Controversy at Kolkata’s ICAI International Conference
If an individual wishes to avoid contact with persons of the female gender, he is at liberty to do so, in his personal, private spaces. However, such a person insisting…
How Women Were Publicly Humiliated in a Programme in India and Nobody Protested
Israel's unending war against Palestine - with due support from the Western World - is widely known. Less known is the fact that representatives of extreme patriarchal Judaism have unleashed…
Palestine
Netanyahu’s Toxic Temptations
Whatever our political affiliations might be, there is no denying that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to navigate his way through the worst crisis that hit…
Restoring Fear – Why Israeli Soldiers Rape
On October 25, Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore.” It might sound odd that Feiglin saw the element of…
Every Place in Gaza—Including Schools—Is a Target
It is almost as if the Israeli army is trying to gather as many Palestinians as possible in one place and then kill them all. Ahmed Abed and his family…
Returning Gaza Student Protesters Face Punitive Welcome
As university and college students prepare to return to campus for the new school year, many find themselves in legal limbo for their participation in the anti-Genocide student encampments protesting…
Peace efforts based on justice should be stepped up to prevent wider war in the Middle-East
After the two assassinations on July 30 and 31 in Beirut and Tehran respectively of leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, there have been increasing fears of a wider war breaking…
Fate of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina: Lesson for oppressive Arab dictators helping Israeli genocide in Gaza
Will the Arab dictators face the same fate as the Bangladesh former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who was forced to flee, due to their shameful betrayal of Palestinians slaughtered by…
South Asia
India Seeks to Reset Ties with Maldives Amid Ups and Downs in Bilateral Relations
Changing relationships with the Maldives have come as India’s Independence Day gift in the face of perceived Chinese dominance in the island nation following a rupture on the eve of…
Bangladesh: Another Seismic Struggle That Will Not Bring System Change
The recent mass student protests in Bangladesh, which succeeded in toppling the government and empowering a Western-friendly interim leader, have attracted widespread attention, although many in the West know little…
Five eminent citizens Call from Dhaka, Colombo and Kathmandu for an end to Indian interference
On 5 August Sheikh Hasinaof Bangladesh resigned from the post of prime minister and went to India. The next day the parliament was dissolved. On 8 August the interim government…
Countdown to the next stage in Bangladesh
In a repeat of the same political script, the army has stepped in Bangladesh to replace an elected government. The million dollar query is whether the present army chief who …
Hasina has fallen, and so has India’s flawed South Asiapolicy?
On August 5, 2024 an angry mob of hundreds and thousands who were protesting and venting their anger against Hasina and her Awami League government’s years of despotism, injustices and…
Indian Muslims strongly condemn attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly condemns the attack on the life and property of Bangladeshi Hindus. Communalism is a sub-continental malaise and must be fought across borders. We…
Annihilate Caste
From Buddha to Bhakti Movement to BR Ambedkar, from Democracy to Modernity – The Antidotes to Caste Have Failed to Work
The caste system in India, a rigid social hierarchy that classifies people into different groups based on birth, has long been a source of inequality and discrimination. Despite numerous efforts…
Dalit Memory and Dalit Identity
Abstract Introduction Remembered histories make up our inner lives, and that of our families and communities. Happy and joyful memories, dimly-remembered and unexplained events as children have a way of…
Kararamchedu carnage: Remembering 40 years later…Whither Dalit Movement?
The drawing is part of a graphic depiction of what happened in Karamchedu, after decades of Court battles - which is not unique to that episode.The culprits who belonged to…
Killing Of Three Dalit Youths And Other Atrocities Against Their Families in Sagar District MP
A fact-finding report by concerned citizens of Madhya Pradesh July 2024 About the Report In August 2023, there were widespread media reports of the lynching of an 18-year-old Dalit youth…
The Afterlife of Rohith Vemula: Why is there a Never-Ending Saga of Humiliation?
It would not be an exaggeration if the singular exceptionality[1] of the figure 'Rohith Vemula' amounts to a turning point in the history of the social justice movement in India.…
Breaking Barriers or Reinforcing Them? The Caste Dynamics of a Controversial Hug
Divya S Iyer, an IAS officer from Kerala, posted a picture on her social media a few days ago of her hugging CPM leader K Radhakrishnan, who recently quit the…
Life/Philosophy
Digital Empowerment or Disempowerment: A Citizenry Quest
"Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master”- C. L. Lange, Nobel laureate. The term "digital empowerment" has grown popular in policy circles, corporate boardrooms, and civil society forums…
Nature of New Capitalism and old Debates
Capitalism as a global system continues to evolve, continuously reshaping itself, accommodating with the new environment, aligning itself with different forms of regressive, right wing, reactionary, religious and authoritarian powers…
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi –A Great Editor and Freedom Fighter who was an Important Meeting Point for Several Streams of Freedom Movement of India
Several newspapers and journals played a very different role during the freedom movement of India. While some of the big ones remained loyal to the colonial government, many others, including…
Absolutist, Relativist and Cynical Thinking Styles: How Yankees are Blockheads
Outside of Yankeedom, regardless of class, the people of Mordor are rightfully seen - to paraphrase Sam Cooke - as not knowing anything about geography, history or politics. Bruce Lerro's…
How Labour Produced Philosophy, Not Books
Historically there were two streams of philosophical discourses in the world, more particularly in India: The first one was the philosophy of people, who involved in production---agrarian, artisanal, animal economy…
August Blues: In Remembrance
In August here in the East Coast we still have a lot of sunshine left. Though officially the summer is ending soon, we are still enjoying longer days and warm…
Arts/Literature
‘Kharij’ – A Master’s Grapplings to Visibilise Hunger and Analyse Class Machinations
Can Kharij (The Case is Closed, 1982), one of the several memorable films that immediately come to mind whenever Mrinal Sen’s name is mentioned, be said to be a “hunger…
Kadamakudy International Film Festival 2024 Celebrates ‘Alternate Voices’
Kadamakudy, a picturesque island suburb of Kochi, played host to an extraordinary gathering of film makers and cinema enthusiasts during the Kadamakudy International Film Festival (KaIFF) held on the 9th,…
Four Poems by Mazin Qumsiyeh
I slept barely three hours last night so I worked, took a vigorous walk, and contemplated life. I force myself to watch the horrors of the genocide and destruction around…
Genocide, Liberation, Cinema
( This is the first chapter of a book entitled, Desperation As Film Art to be published later in the year by Cerebrum Books, Kochi. The author believes that the…
Heaven is Only for Humans
If I were to flyWhere would I go? To the distant shoreswhere water sparklesblue and green, wavesfoam in tumultuous glee… Or, to wayward Wayanad,where plantations nurturedemerald dreams till hillsdeluged mud…
Countdown begins with an exciting lineup of cinematic excellence at the TIFF 2024
With just six weeks to go until the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024, the excitement is building. Known as "The Festival of Festivals" in Canada, TIFF has announced the…
Book Review
The Ram of Valmiki, the Ram of Gandhiji and Modern Democratic India
This is the first chapter of Swami Vishwabhadrananda Sakthibodhi's book "The Rama of Valmiki, the Rama of Gandhiji and Modern Democratic India" published by Progress Book House The devout mother…
Book Review: “India’s Forgotten Country: A View from the Margins”
"India's Forgotten Country: A View from the Margins" by Bela Bhatia is a profound exploration of the lives of marginalized communities in India, particularly those in rural and tribal areas.…
Book Review: Cultural Encyclopedia of the Dard Tribe: Journey Through Gurez and Ladakh by Dr. Suheel Rasool Mir
Title: Cultural Encyclopedia of the Dard Tribe: Journey Through Gurez and Ladakh Author: Dr. Suheel Rasool Mir Publication Year: [2024] Pages: 450 Introduction The Cultural Encyclopedia of the Dard Tribe:…
The “Return”–Distribution of Wealth in Germany – a Book Review
Christoph Butterwegge The Redistribution of Wealth – Umverteilung des Reichtums Cologne: PapyRossa Press, 2024, 234 pp., €16.90, £14.33 (pbk.) ISBN 978-3-89438-831-7 Ever since Karl Marx –…
How Not To Write History: A Review of The Quest for Modern Assam ( A History 1942 -2000) by Arupjyoti Saikia
How Not To Write History: A Review of The Quest for Modern Assam ( A History 1942 -2000) by Arupjyoti Saikia (Penguin Random House,2023) Unlike postmodern sceptics who would like…
Aruna Roy’s memoir reminds us as much of some great achievements as of the bigger challenges ahead
Aruna Roy’s memoir published by HarperCollins under the title ‘The Personal is Political –An Activist’s Memoir’ has attracted a lot of attention within a short time, and for good reason.…
Editor's Picks
Landslide In Wayanad Is Only The Beginning!
On the morning of July 30, a huge landslide occurred at Mundakkai, in the mountainous district of Wayanad, Kerala, India. 282 people have been confirmed dead and many hundreds are…
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…
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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