Death dancing, No mourning
Co-Written by Ayaz Nabi Malik/Khan Mudasir Death is more universal than life, everyone dies but not everyone lives”. (Andrew Sachs) There used to be a word sending chills down…
March 2020
Gaza Fights for Freedom – Review
(Gaza Fights for Freedom. Abby Martin, Empire Files). A story that is not presented in mainstream media is that of the suffering and punishment of the people of Gaza at…
Colonial Construction Of Indian Past And Communalism In India
Construction of Communalism in Colonial North India, Gyanendra Pandey, Delhi, oxford university Press, 1992, pp297, Price: Rs 100.10 The present epoch of Indian history is marked by its ‘decolonization’ through…
Why the U.S. is the World’s Leading Perpetrator of Global Terrorism
For nearly a century, the U.S. regime has made it its goal to terrorise (defenceless) nations it deemed geopolitically unfriendly to its imperialist dictates. It is a well-financed and deliberate…
Corona : China and India support each other
Anti-China poison is spreading through (anti-) social media, with a role of pro-US lobbies, based on false info. See below realities: A report in THE PRINT, edited by Shekhar Gupta,…
Reverse Migration: Why the Long March Home?
“It was poverty that forced me to leave my village, and here I am ... I still have no money,” said Sanjay Choudhary, a construction worker in Nagpur, after he…
Coronavirus: What’s Happening?
The most recent data indicate a decrease in the number of coronavirus infections in Italy. That means we could get out of the epidemic in the coming months. But why…
The Future May Be Female But the Pandemic Is Patriarchal
Before I found myself “sheltering in place,” this article was to be about women’s actions around the world to mark March 8th, International Women’s Day. From Pakistan to Chile, women in their millions…
Provide Protective Gear To Heath Care Workers
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, Kindly refer to my letter dated 23-3-2020 on the subject. Recently, you announced several relief measures to counter…
Collation of Global Health Data: A Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Co-Written by Jitamanyu Sahoo & Syed Mujtaba Hussain Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is expanding rapidly and had been detected in more than 190 countries globally. The absence of precise epidemiological…
Covid 19 and the People of Kashmir
The whole world has come to a pretty pass because of COVID 19 pandemic. The so-called super power countries like China, America, Italy etc. have…
WHO warns: Coronavirus pandemic in Asia is far from over
In view of some Asian countries slowing down the spread of the coronavirus, officially Covid-19, pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) experts have warned: No country should let its guard…
Coronavirus Pandemic: Goldman Sachs on possible future changes
The coronavirus pandemic is influencing the entire human world. The pandemic’s impact and the changes it will bring are searched. After the crisis is over, there will be many changes.…
This too Shall Pass
We cannot allow a little, invisible virus to defeat or define us as humanity Amid this deepening darkness of all-round doom and gloom, there is a ray of hope at…
The Swedish Alternative: Coronavirus as a Grand Gamble
As draconian lockdowns, punitive regimes and surveillance become the norm of the coronavirus world, Sweden has treaded more softly in the field. This is certainly in contrast to its Scandinavian…
‘Chinese Virus’ Rhetoric Shows Ineptness Of U.S. Politicians
The Western mass media is extremely busy frightening its own citizens and the entire world with statements like: “A leaked government document has suggested up to 500,000 people could…
Life under Shelter-in-Place
Last night, the above picture image with a hopeful message, I sent to my older brother, on his birthday. Of course, there was also a personal message where I wished…
Amidst Lockdown, Socio-economic Implications on India’s Poor
Co-Written by Badre Alam Khan & Dastgir Khan Currently, most of the countries are passing through the critical phase because we are confronting huge risks and challenges from the lethal…
Disinfectant spray on Migrant workers
We look for a shelter to stay A transportation to move us back Food to eat and water to drink As any humans of this world We receive mass…
An Open Letter to my Deceased Father
Dear Dad, I am glad you did not live to see these. You died. Died before you saw them collapse by the roadside. Gandhi called them his…
Fool Me Once…..
Shame on YOU. Ok, one need not be a financial genius or economist to know that in 2008-09 Uncle Sam gave away the store to the failing Wall Street banks…
We the abandoned – Migrant workers
We the abandoned people of this world Out there walking miles to our villages With none in your cities to protect us During these times of lockdown We built…
Coronavirus (covid-19) and domestic violence
With more and more people staying home due to covid-19 causing concern for entirely different problem like ” domestic violence”. WHO refers domestic violence as a violence ,abuse and intimidation…
Leadership in Corona Times
The word “Leadership” has been diluted to the point of being water-logged; so I hesitated to write this article lest anyone compare what is needed now to the scenarios that…
India Fights COVID-19: Where We Stand?
Co-Written by Aniket Sachan & Sakshi Agarwal “Good health and Good Sense are great blessings and health begins when we are aware of the disease.” The vulnerable state of human…
Confronting the crisis of internally displaced Indians
India is currently facing a crisis which can escalate into a bigger catastrophe than COVID-19 and the consequences can be heart wrenching as we…
Not our crowning glory
Is it funny that every time Man thinks that he has it all figured out, Nature (or fate if you like to call it) just jolts him back to reality?…
Netanyahu uses coronavirus to lure rival Gantz into ‘emergency’ government
Nazareth: Benny Gantz, the former Israeli general turned party leader, agreed late last week to join his rival Benjamin Netanyahu in an “emergency government” to deal with the coronavirus epidemic.…
Muzzled by sympathy
Manual scavenging is constantly on news often not so much for diverse reasons, but typically due to the primitive barbaric practice of selectively forcing the employed workforce, who are exclusively…
Jatin and Me
One of the most stupid platitudes, an old adage, that I have ever heard is “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” With a sarcastic tone of voice in my…
Lathis can cure Corona! Be a believer!
Let’s cure Corona. How? It’s pretty simple. Let’s enforce police forces on the streets, and inflict brutality on public. No questions asked. No answers looked for. Attack the Corona virus…
Coronavirus Pandemic: Deaths Surge
According to Johns Hopkins University on Sunday, there are more than 721,000 coronavirus cases and 33,900 deaths worldwide. The U.S. now leads the world with more than 120,000 confirmed cases…
An Inglorious Opportunity: Coronavirus and Emergency Powers
There has been a hurried spate of cancellations and suspensions of elections across the globe because of the risk posed by COVID-19. The trend is unsurprising. In the age of…
How My Dad Predicted the Decline of America
My dad was born in 1917. Somehow, he survived the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919, but an outbreak of whooping cough in 1923 claimed his baby sister, Clementina. One of my dad’s first memories…
Civil Society in Odisha rises to the occasion to help the destitute during the lockdown
The crisis emerging out of the threat from Coronavirus is herculean. Several civil society actors in Odisha have risen to the occasion in different ways to intervene on behalf of…
Impact of Covid-19 and What Needs To Be Done?
This situation implies that the global economy is staring at a depression. In brief, the situation is worse than a war since demand has collapsed. The spread of Covid19…
In defence of Chinese people and their revolution
The ugly head of racism is out in open air amidst COVID-19 pandemic. The racism against Chinese people and propaganda against the achievements of the Chinese revolution spreads like coronavirus.…
Apocalypse, Now and Forever: Review of Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back
Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back is a thoughtful, engaging book that ends in failure. But Mark O’Connell shouldn’t take that…
Why You Need to Pay for Digital Content NOW!
Why do we Balk at Paying for Digital Content? Some years ago, I wrote a piece called Paying for nothing is Paying for Something in Countercurrents.org. The premise of the…
Status of the Health-Care Economy: Thoughts on ‘Other’ Health workers
Co-Written by Prashastika Sharma and Neeraj K On March 22nd at 5 pm, India witnessed a spectacular event applauding doctors, frontline workers and other essential service delivery personnel. It was…
On rogue call centres and India’s reputation in Canada
During his daily coronavirus press update on March 26, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cautioned Canadians about what he called “a text scam.” He was referring to a message that…
Exodus of migrants in thousands , on foot, amidst lockdown and social distancing
They did not see the thousands of migrant labourers streaming out of Delhi because none of them got the promised food packet. They were hungry, many confessed, and had no…
Nation
The small bird who has just learnt to fly Flapping her wings with joy and confidence Moving across the wind in the sky With the earth and her people under…
The Globalization of a Pandemic
My History teacher used to tell us, “If France sneezes, the whole of Europe catches cold”, but we are not at that anymore. I wish we were, but we are…
Migrant Workers’ Woes: An Open Letter to the Prime Minister
Migrant Workers’ woes: Please address the nation to assuage their fear, Dear Prime Minister To Shri Narendra Modi Honourabe Prime Minister of India Respected Modi Jee, You have received accolades…
Coronavirus and Us
The covid-19 has claimed countless lives all the world over, and we, in this small part of the world, have not yet taken the threat as serious as it should…
To Confirm Community Spread Of COVID-19 Infection Do Random Testing
To Confirm Community Spread Of COVID-19 Infection, Test 100,000 Indians Randomly Across The Country: Total Cost Rupees 500 Millions The scientific and epidemiological way to know if COVID-19 – 60…
Economists’ solutions to health crises can be disastrous
Classical economics helped kill millions in the British Empire’s famines; following economic orthodoxy today could be just as deadly I’m writing this at 585,000 worldwide active cases, 26,000 deaths,…
How Will The World Look Like After COVID-19?
Fabrizio Verde of L’Antidiplomatico interviews Andre Vltchek [During this exchange, both men are “locked up”. Verde in Naples, Vltchek in Santiago de Chile] * FV: How will be the…
Letter to the Director General of WHO
To Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General WHO Dear Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, I am writing this letter as a concerned senior citizen from India, at the manner in which…
Humanity And Earth’s Survival Hang In The Balance With COVID-19
The COVID-19 Pandemic now is the most dramatic modern historical wake-up call and reminder that whether the threat is to the continued survival of Humanity, the Earth or Life itself,…
Death Sentence: How it stands between the controversy of Justice and Judgement
The lights have gone out in the streets, how will I walk back home alone? It’s a lonely bus, should I travel in that or just wait for some more…
Is Bangladesh capable to fight coronavius?
With five reported deaths case of COVID-19, the question of tackling countrymen from the probable havoc. It’s a crucial question for Bangladesh as the country has, after all, no logistics…
Reflections on the Post-Pandemic World
Life as we have hitherto known and cherished, is likely under a whole lot of pressure. Remember it was only 2-3 weeks back, we would casually stroll into our fav…
Covid-19 Pandemic: What About Those Not Hitting Headlines ?
( Please note the article was written on March16, 2020, before the government and RBI announced some reliefs, many of them for specified periods. It can not be anticipated…
Nothing is especially new with coronavirus
Some of the accounts that my parents shared with me were surprising to me when I was a child. I didn’t doubt their narratives, but they did seem odd to…
Sri Lanka Is An Island Of Impunity: Protecting Convicted And Alleged War Criminals In The Military
The Sri Lankan state which co-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council Resolutions 30/1 in September 2015 failed to bring transitional justice or progress on substantial issues but bought time and…
COVID -19: Suspend Mining Operations and Steel Production in Odisha!
Jan Adhikar Manch, an alliance of working class organizations, trade unions and individuals, based in Odisha expresses deep concern while bringing to light the manner in which it is business…
Coronavirus cases in United States surpass 100,000
The number of officially confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States is now greater than 102,000, while the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 has surpassed 1,600. This includes more…
Civilized, Barbarians, Savages
23 Mar 2020 – A civilization or culture is defined as a set of customs, traditions, ethics, values, language, music, dance, gastronomy, clothing, religion, and social and political organization of…
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