Who Sabotaged Nord Stream Gas Pipelines?
I agree with Jan Oberg Dr. Jan Oberg, Co-Founder and leader of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, wrote a really excellent article on the question of who…
September 2022
Can The Ukraine Conflict Become Much Wider?
Seven months after the Russian invasion started, the Ukraine crisis has become the biggest flashpoint which can endanger world peace. From the point of view of those who cherish world…
Hasty launch of 5G mobile services without a matching preparation to indigenise mobile devices has strategic implications
To Shri A K Bhalla Union Home Secretary Dear Shri Bhalla, The Dept of Telecommunications (DOT) had conducted 5G spectrum auctions recently, without fully appreciating the strategic implications of privatising…
The World Is Sliding Into Recession, Warns WTO Chief
The world is sliding into a recession due to multiple overlapping crises, the head of the WTO said on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of the WTO’s annual public forum…
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine, and the US – Finale Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWTqBqzPQw NOTE: For these 6 Finale videos, there is no accompanying written essay that matches each video, because the videos are each presentations given extemporaneously, with charts. The following text…
The only option for Iran is to end the Hijab mandate
‘One day the hijab will no longer be compulsory in Iran, this is part of progress and development’ – Parvaneh Salashouri, reformist lawmaker, women’s faction in Iranian Parliament, 2018 ‘The…
Hindutva in East Leicester and its implications for UK
According to a number of media reports, more than 200 Hindu vigilantes many of whom were from outside the area, ran through the streets of East Leicester, United Kingdom, shouting…
Corporate entities’ excessive dependence on PSU banks- Financial stability implications
To Shri Shaktikanta Das Governor RBI Dear Shri Shaktikanta Das, I had earlier written to you about excessive borrowings by certain corporate entities from the PSU banks and their…
Under-cover hobnobbing of 5 Muslim intellectuals with RSS chief is both anti-national & anti-Muslim
In a significant development a delegation of 5 Muslim intellectuals namely former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi; former senior bureaucrat Najeeb Jung; former AMU vice-chancellor and Lt Gen (retd)…
RSS leader’s outreach to Muslims: Reconciliation or cooption?
Recently five eminent Indian Muslim intellectuals - former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y.Quraishi, former Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Gen Zameer Uddin Shah, former journalist-public…
Opportunistic Interests: The US-Pacific Island Declaration
If ever there was a blatant statement of realpolitik masquerading as friendliness, the latest US-Pacific Island declaration must count as one of them. The Biden administration has been busy of…
PBS Spurious Narrative of America and the Holocaust
Introduction to a Spurious Narrative Excessive attention to the 80 year old World War II Holocaust prompts questions: “Why have constant reminders of the World War II Holocaust failed to…
Naujwan Bharat Sabha and Stree Mukti League commemorate 115th birthday of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in Mumbai
On the 28th of September 2022, Naujawan Bharat Sabha - Maharashtra and Stree Mukti League Maharashtra celebrated the 115th birth anniversary of the great revolutionary martyr Bhagat Singh in Mankhurd,…
“End War in Ukraine” Say 66 Nations at UN General Assembly
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies Photo credit: UN We have spent the past week reading and listening to speeches by world leaders at the UN General Assembly in…
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine, and the US – Finale Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j67PmX4lldc&t=1s NOTE: For these 6 Finale videos, there is no accompanying written essay that matches each video, because the videos are each presentations given extemporaneously, with charts. The following text…
Maharashtra’s progressive tradition
Maharashtra’s progressive record has taken a beating in the last few years. But occasionally there are signs of hope. One of the best reprsentatives of the progressive tradition was Narhar…
RSS: Breadth and Depth – A review of Devanur Mahadeva’s book
In the recent past the book titled ‘RSS: Breadth and Depth’ by Kannada writer Devanur Mahadeva, has been in the news. This short book sold over a lakh copy within…
PUCL condemns the Mass Raids, the Arrests of PFI leadership and cadre and the Ban on the PFI
The PUCL is deeply concerned about the implications for democracy and the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and association in the light of the ongoing `Operation Octopus’ which is…
Unprecedented Melt Of Swiss Glaciers, Finds Study
Switzerland's glaciers are melting like never before, found a study. Switzerland has the greatest volume of glaciers of any country in Europe. The study, released Wednesday, found with the glaciers’…
BKU (Ugrahan) stage conference in Barnala commemorating 115th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Flashing the anti-imperialist legacy and shimmering the torch of Shaheed Bhagat Singh the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) staged a 75,000 strong rally in Barnala grain market. It symbolized the wrath…
Cancellation of disinvestment of Central Electronics Ltd (CEL)- Why has government exonerated DIPAM and its advisors?
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, I gather that the government has decided to scrap disinvestment of the Central Electronics Ltd (CEL), apparently on the ground that…
Gautam Adani: Ecological Crossdresser
Imagine the tobacco producer who invests in smoke limitation programs, or the arms manufacturer who attends a conference proposing to ban weapons and seek a better future. Gautam Adani, one…
From Nabulsi to Shtayyeh: Which Side is the PA On?
The arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist, Musab Shtayyeh, and another Palestinian activist, by Palestinian Authority police on September 20 was not the first time that the notorious PA’s Preventive…
Rich Australia Ignores 100,000 Preventable Deaths Annually: The Cost Of Neoliberalism & Lying
Australia was recently number one in the world for median per capita wealth. However, presently about 100,000 Australians die preventably each year from life-style choice and political choice reasons. Of…
The Aerodynamics of Velvet: What Owls Can Teach Humans
Owl physiology can help advance technology to address noise pollution—and maybe even help the deaf hear. To the ancient Greeks, the owl symbolized wisdom, but the Romans saw it as…
Enforcing Islamic Attire on Women Sparks Protests in Iran
Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, the ruling clerics have strictly enforced the Islamic hijab on women in Iran. The clerics require women above puberty age to wear headscarves and…
The Electricity Crisis in South Africa Continues to Brew
At the end of apartheid in 1994, only 36 percent of households in South Africa were electrified, with almost all white households having electric power and most Black households having no access…
What South Sudan Needs and Doesn’t Need
By every conceivable measure, South Sudan is a nation in acute crisis. According to the World Bank, eighty percent of the South Sudanese population lives below the international poverty line,…
Ukraine Update: Four Regions In Southern Ukraine Vote To Join Russia
In an important development with serious implication, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR) along with Kherson Region (87%) and part of Zaporozhye Region (93%) in southern Ukraine…
Anirban Biswas – A Man of Unrelenting Dreams
Introductory Review of ‘Aleek Manush Anirban Biswas’, a Frontier anthology Anirban Biswas, assistant editor of Frontier and one of the directors of Germinal Publications Pvt Ltd, passed away on April…
90th anniversary of the Poona Pact
It is said that if we can learn from our mistakes and not let them rob us of our boldness or hope, then we can grow. It was perhaps this…
English India In The Making
October 5th is International Teachers Day. It is also Indian English Day. English language education has a history of 205 years in India. Incidentally October 5th is also my 70th…
Implications of Netaji’s statue at India Gate
In a TV channel debate, BJP spokesperson and anchor shared and served a lie that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter in her letter to the Prime Minister has alleged that…
22 Organisations protest against imposition of Section 144 in Sangrur
A most unwarranted ban on democratic protests was imposed through enforcement of section 144 in Sangrur-Patiala.,by the administration. Valiantly 22 organisations organised a joint protest, defying the ban unflinchingly., embarrassing…
Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti
A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and—despite the pandemic—has carried on since then. The core reason for the protest in 2018 was that in March of that year…
Creating the Good Anthropocene: Towards a Socialist Future
Capitalism has always had a chorus of sirens that have striven to allure Homo sapiens from thinking they had any chance to escape its clutches. Margaret Thatcher proclaimed ‘there is…
Yes, to Water, No to Oil!
Standing behind a large banner proclaiming “Permission Denied,” a coalition of activists from a broad spectrum of environmental groups demonstrated this morning at the U.S. Capitol, calling on both Houses…
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine and the US – Finale Part I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-2ekkzRkgk Paradigm for Peace is a model that I created in the autumn of 2001, following 9/11. The model has four elements: The Defensive and Aggressive Roots of Violence The…
Remembering Shankar Guha Niyogi on his death anniversary
Today on September 28 many, many people in Chattisgarh and other parts of India will be remembering Shankar Guha Niyogi on his death anniversary. It was on this day that…
Birth anniversary of shaheed Bhagat Singh
Today September 28 is the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, the revolutionary freedom fighter from India who could dare to think at a very young age of fighting imperialism all…
Introducing Giorgia Meloni: How the United States Opened the Door for Fascism’s Return to Italy
With the help of people like Steve Bannon, Meloni was able to rise like a toxic slime on the surface of a sea of contaminated waste. The Italian Parliamentary election has…
We Have Seen This Movie Before: The Fascists Have Arrived
The failure of the neoliberal order—which continues to ignore the needs and aspirations of the people—gives fuel to an ascendant far right that feeds on the despair and humiliation of…
To All Who Care about Humanity’s and the Planet’s Future – Petition Campaign
Humanity has reached a tipping point. It is time for governments, international institutions and people everywhere to take stock and act with renewed urgency. The Ukraine conflict is inflicting death,…
Outlook Is Darkening: Warns EU Central Bank
Europe is facing lower-than-expected economic growth as inflation continues to climb, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde revealed on Monday, explaining that the ECB had raised interest rates by 75 basis…
UK Pound Absolutely Hammered As It Slides To Its Lowest Level Against U.S. Dollar Since 1971
The UK pound plunged to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar since the British currency went decimal in 1971. In early Asia-Pacific trade on Monday, the sterling fell by…
India should care for its elder citizens
India is quite young. Its population of 1.3 billion has an average age of 29 years. Much of the country's focus, therefore, has been on its “youth bulge” and the…
Whitewashing at Shinzo Abe’s State Funeral
Be careful who you praise and the degree of zeal you do it with. The slain Shinzo Abe, shot dead in Nara on July 8, towered over Japanese politics. In…
Manual Scavenging: Deep Rooted Problem In India
The basic need of people accommodate food, clothing and shelter. These three are important for the existence and survival of human beings, but presently, survival is not the only segment…
Shankar Guha Niyogi and experiments of revolutionary creation
In a popular quote from his speech "The Ballot or The Bullet" , American activist Malcolm X says "...you don't have a revolution in which you are begging the system…
Why Are Wild Horses Brutally Uprooted From Public Lands While Private Livestock Can Stay?
Every year, thousands of wild horses and burros are chased by helicopters and ripped from their native land in terrifyingly brutal, and often deadly, roundups. After capture, they are corralled…
Open Letter to the MAGA Crowd
I actually come into contact with many of you folks all the time. When I get car repairs, need a plumber or handyman, or go to a store, most of…
Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute
In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead to an apocalyptic catastrophe. Yet, from January 1st to August 30th of 2022,…
Indian Diaspora becoming vanguards of assertive Hindutva
There are ominous signs that the Indian diaspora community is asserting the aggressive brand of Hindutva identity in the countries of their wellbeing. The Hindus- Muslim communal clashes in Leicester,…
Away with all Babadom?
Why criticism of religion should now come on the agenda ? There are some 'unnatural deaths' which remain a mystery forever. Whether death of Mahant Narendra Giri, of the Baghambari…
A Peace Proposal that Can Give More Immediate Results in Ukraine
With the passage of time, not only has distress and destruction associated with the Ukraine war increased, in addition the possibility of peace has become more distant and difficult. As…
Aadhaar number database, a tool for electoral ‘surveillance’
States, opposition parties clueless even after four years of Section 57 of Aadhaar Act being declared unconstitutional. Five years after Supreme Court’s verdict, no right to privacy law in sight,…
The Narmada Sardar Sarovar Project – The truth about the dam(ned) delay
Addressing the September 23, 2022, National Conference of Environment Ministers, PM Modi said:“Urban Naxals and anti-development elements having political backing had stalled the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by…
Starting A Dialogue
Former EC member SY Qureshi has made the context of the meeting of four eminent Muslims with RSS supremo Mohan Bhagavat clear.The account of the meeting also makes one sigh…
Defying Warning, Iranians’ Anti-hijab Protest Continues For 10th Night: 57 Deaths
Iranians took to the streets for a 10th consecutive night Sunday, in defiance of a warning from the judiciary, to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police…
From Exodus to Marvel: A Brief History of Hollywood’s Justification of Israeli War Crimes
The introduction of an Israeli Mossad agent as the latest Marvel movie character crosses the line, even by Hollywood's poor moral standards. However, the Israeli superhero, Sabra, must be understood…
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