COVID-19 Infection Crosses 3 Million
The number of global cases of coronavirus infection reached 3.22 Million while the global number of deaths reached 227,420. U.S. coronavirus deaths pass 60,000 The Covid-19 death toll in the…
April 2020
COVID 19: The Crisis, Leadership and the State
New Zealand Prime Minister comforting a Muslim woman in the aftermath of the mosque massacre in Auckland, New Zealand in 2019 As of April 30, 2020, there were 3 018…
How Trump orders sacrifice workers’ lives, under a Defence Act
President Donald Trump has ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply amid the coronavirus pandemic -- BBC Report dated April 29. An estimated 3,300…
The Science, Arts and Politics of COVID
Co-Written by K Rajasekharan Nayar, Muhammed Shaffi & Anant Kumar When human beings face uncertainties, they invent justifications to overcome the anxieties that accompany them. The COVID pandemic is especially…
Post- Pandemic Global Concerns! Geopolitics, not global cooperation, holds sway !
With COVID-19 pandemic almost convulsing the whole world, global…
The Many Debts We Owe to Lenin
'The workers’ and peasants’ government… calls upon all the belligerent peoples and their government to start immediate negotiations for a just, democratic peace. By a just or democratic peace, for…
Why should we stand with Zafarul Islam Khan?
Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan is the Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission. For a few days he has been a victim of severe attack from the Hindu communal forces as well…
Need for immediate nationalisation of health services
Co-Written by Bobby Ramakant, Surabhi Agarwal and Sandeep Pandey Ram Shankar met with a fatal hit-and-run accident in rural area of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh on 16 April, 2020…
Harvard’s Fossil Fuels Formula: Engagement before Withdrawal
“Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it,” urged the Earl of Chesterfield in a letter of advice to his son penned in 1749. …
The Recent History of GDP Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Climate Policy Paralysis, All in One Table-Runner
Co-Written by Stan Cox & Priti Gulati Cox Note: I began designing this table-runner just before the COVID-19 pandemic blew up in the United States. In the time I have…
Gods of the Sky
An interesting film to watch is Gavin Hood's 2015 Eye in the Sky. It captures the tremendous tension of a joint US/UK drone missile ' Kill ' mission in Kenya.…
Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel’s Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Shortly after an agreement to form a “national emergency government” in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that ‘democracy’ in Israel has…
In the name of Jamaat Corona- Diverting from Public Health to Increase the vote base
The outbreak of Corona Virus has surely affected every nation and India is under huge threat with the rising trends every day. It is true that mostly those countries having…
Salim Bhai Please!
Salim Bhai please Get out of the house It is burning Please get out It is but one room I cannot leave It is my house After all Salim Bhai…
Looking Back At ‘Sadgati’: An Artistic Peak Satyajit Ray Himself Touched Only Rarely
Sadgati (1981) marked a watershed in Satyajit Ray’s career. He suffered a massive heart attack soon after…
Irrfan Khan: The Actor Who Explained Life on Cinema Screen
As the sun sets in the gloomy sky, I sit down to write my scattered thoughts and shattered feelings after reading the death of one of my favourite actors in…
Is India Becoming Paranoid?
Rumours can shape mass psyche if they are based on familiar cultural cues Many had thought that the crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown would bring…
COVID19- Do not bail-out businesses that violate the law of the land
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, Your Ministry has already announced concessions/ procedural relaxations etc. for business enterprises and industries in the context of COVID19 crisis.…
Covid 19 and Migrant Workers: Review of Borders of an Epidemic
Name of the Book: Borders of an Epidemic: Covid 19 and Migrant Workers Name of the Publisher: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (CRG), Kolkata Editor: Ranabir Samadar Year of Publication: 2020…
Shall We Change The Status Of Safai Sainiks Now? | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Corona attack on India seems to have suddenly changed our understanding of Safai karmacharis of India. They are now seen as desh bhakts even by those who never recognized their…
Behavioural Change for Equity and Survival 2020-2050
The great thing about the COVID-19 crisis is that the bourgeoisie has been revealed to be sheeplike in their behaviour, which is very good news for climate justice. An example…
Of Friendship and of Politics
Although it is somewhat banal to say, it should never be forgotten how the First World War traumatized the political and cultural life of Europe, especially in the German speaking…
Broken Glass and Shattered Dreams: COVID 19 in Bangladesh
“Dance on broken glass; Build castles with shattered dreams Wear your tears like precious pearls. Proud. Strong. Unshakable.” –Anita Krizaan At such a time as ours, I can identify with…
COVID-19 Is Time To Reset Our Mental And Social Lens
At no stage in modern Indian history have Muslims been put to such a hard test. Every action of theirs is being viewed with a suspicious lens and even their…
Locking down Leviathan
The streets of Jayanagar, a residential area in Bengaluru are strewn with spring flowers. Yellow copper pods, lilac crape myrtles, pink-and-white honges and orange gulmohurs blaze overhead and underfoot; vitality…
Pandemic – Lockdown as a social epidemic???
“The world is at your doorstep, but please do not step out” The world has been turned topsy-turvy, caught within the clutches of a pandemic – COVID ’19 which has…
Zoom rally in solidarity with Kashmiri journalists in Canada
A virtual protest was organized on Monday, April 27 to raise voices for journalists being harassed in India-occupied Kashmir. Attended by South Asian journalists and community activists from various parts…
The Beginning of the End for Oil? Energy in a Post-Pandemic World
Energy analysts have long assumed that, given time, growing international concern over climate change would result in a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise. The result: a greener, less…
The Days from Hell
I know all about these days. And, no, I am not self-pitying over them. Instead I see them as part and parcel of being alive. We all have to endure…
India’s poor: Caught between Hunger and Covid 19
A few weeks back, a heart wrenching short video thronged internet, displaying a man scooping and collecting milk hurriedly, in a container that was spilt on a road, while a…
COVID-19 Lockdown And Violence Against Women In Home
COVID-19 has imposed mandatory lockdowns in many countries including India. However, since the lockdown has been imposed, attention is being focused on its economic repercussions and on providing food and…
Life or Livelihood – No Choice
There is no choice between saving lives and protecting livelihood. The State has to strike a balance between them. The lockdown exit programme should be a balancing act between the…
World should have ‘listened carefully’ to WHO coronavirus advice back in January, says director-general
As more than three million cases of Covid-19 have been recorded worldwide, more than 210,000 people have died, and both the World Health Organization (WHO) and world leaders face criticism…
Cease arms race and invest more on health, Corona’s message to world leaders
The world is going through difficult times, as one of its kind in century, Corona virus has hit the earth with all its might, claiming more than 211,768 lives and…
Pandemic and System of Power: A Feminist Perspective
The world is facing a health emergency of COVID- 19 which has forced to take some anomalous steps to save human life from this deadly virus. Humans are making efforts…
The Migration Crisis: Report from Rural Odisha
The struggle of a working class from source region to destination; report of the migration crisis from Rural Odisha The world is in the throes of a massive crisis, one…
Stop Eviction In Kalahandi
Memorandum to the Chief Minister of Odisha on Sagada Forest Evictions in Kalahandi To Navin Patnaik Chief Minister of Odisha, Bhubaneswar Honourable Sir, We would like to bring to your…
A Government Waging War Against Its Own People
The Bhartiya Janata Party led government in India has a penchant for doing things in a 'surgical strike' manner, a much publicised military operation they carried out against Pakistan. Prime…
Pandemic Delays: Postponing the Assange Extradition Hearing
“Mr Assange will be facing a David and Goliath battle with his hands tied behind his back.” Edward Fitzgerald QC, lawyer for Julian Assange, April 27, 2020 Julian Assange must…
Journos Under Siege: A Case of Kashmir
We’re losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press. Roger Ailes Objective and unbiased journalism should be encouraged but in…
COVID-19’s Economic Holocaust
Co-Written by Richard Gale and Gary Null PhD For all the uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic poses to the world, especially in the US, one thing seems evident. Our neoliberal capitalist…
It Can’t Happen Here? The Roots Run Deep!
Sinclair Lewis wrote an important novel in 1935, It Can't Happen Here. In the fictitious book, based on the threats at the time of fascism taking root in the USA,…
The ‘silent spring’ again: Where have all the people gone?
In 1962, Rachel Carson wrote the book named ‘Silent Spring’ which influenced lots of academics and environmentalists also leading to environmental movements in the US and elsewhere against human onslaughts…
PHM Condemns US Halt on Funding to WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic, as on April 20, has infected more than 2.3 million individuals and led to over 160,000 deaths across the globe. These are indeed trying times for the…
Child detentions and repressive regimes
It has become almost common that activists, dissenters, journalists, etc are being severely assaulted or imprisoned and detained for months without trial. But even children are not being spared by…
COVID19 and Issues of Basic Amenities in Dalit Hamlets of Odisha
This pandemic (COVID -19) situation is hitting the marginalized poor the worst because of their inherent vulnerable condition. The entire country is being converted to a police state with an…
Canadian teacher writes to Trudeau, asking him to intervene for jailed Delhi university professor
Annie Ohana, a well-known award winning social justice educator, has sent a letter to the Canadian Prime Minister urging him to stand up for an Indian scholar who is being…
COVID-19: Attacks On Doctors And Media : A Few Case Studies
The Ordinance on punishing “miscreants” who attack healthcare personnel was issued on April 22. Whether it would really put an end to attacks etc is to be seen in practice.…
COVID-19: World death toll surpasses 206,000
More than 206,000 people have died from the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than Over 2.9 million people worldwide have tested positive. In the U.S.,…
Syrian air defenses down several Israeli missiles over Damascus
Syrian missile defenses responded to an attack by Israeli warplanes, intercepting several missiles over Damascus launched from Lebanese airspace, Syria’s SANA news agency reported. A video found online purportedly showed…
In Quest of Odia Renaissance
Historically, the idea of Bengali renaissance and anti-colonial struggles dominated the folklores of Indian intellectual awakening, political consciousness, and social reforms led by upper caste and upper-class Hindus. “What Bengal…
Ramadan: The Spiritual Nectar laced with mercy
Ramadhan comes as the 9th month of Islamic Calendar and brings with it infinite mercy of Almighty on humanity. Mercy in the form of divine guidance, spiritual nourishment, compassion, and moral…
Eklavya and Karna: An Understanding of Discrimination of Marginalised in Indian Education System
Mahabharata and Ramayana are considered as biggest epics (Mahakavya) of India are again in popular discussion with the repeat telecast of serials on Doordarshan amid Covid-19 crisis. Those who have…
COVID-19 Pandemic: Indian Government Should Recall Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) From 55 Countries Who Were Gifted/Sold This Drug By India
Co-Written by Dr. P. S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal In recent weeks the Indian Government has – in a seeming show of altruism – been gifting the drug Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)…
Blood & Gore & McKibben Capitalize on Green Propaganda by Mary Lynn Cramer
Oh My!!! What is Amy Goodman of Democracy Now going to do about the apparent feud between her political priest Michael Moore and her Ecological Guru McKibben? She has proudly…
COVID-19 crisis: Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism says #PutLivesFirst
Given the exponentially rising death toll from COVID-19 and the devastating social and economic effects of brutal lockdowns, what could a humane and progressive response to the global pandemic look…
Another Day In Paradise
Lockdown Musings Series 1 As the reality about Corona related Lockdown and Stay indoors deepens and intensifies, the social and political atmosphere around one acquires a rarefied feel with each…
The World Leadership Trophy: The Winner’s Prize in the Virus-Killer Race
Historically, in hyper-crises, local and global systems can change fundamentally. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit first China and then the rest of the globe, the question of whether the American…
From word to commonplace: The trajectory of mob lynching
Palghar incident again reminds me of my first encounter with the word mob lynching. How far we have come but the mob still looks and sound the same in its…
Is this a Trump Epidemic in the United States?
Although President Trump, in his daily press conferences, attempts to show that his administration is succeeding in containing the epidemic, the April 22, 2020 report from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries demonstrated the opposite…
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