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…
Binu Mathew
Climate Change: Why Should The Global South Pay For The Profligacy Of The Likes Of Taylor Swift, Elon Musk?
Climate change is a threat facing the whole of humanity. The real generators of this crisis are the developed economies of the Global North. They found a way to circumvent…
Mullaperiyar Dam: The Sword of Damocles Hanging Over Kerala
Malayala Manorama, the influential Malayalam Daily, joins the debate on Mullaperiyar Dam, which has been raging in Kerala after the Wayanad landslide disaster, with an article by former Kerala irrigation…
Deaths in Gaza and Us
Death is normal unless if it happens one of our dear and near ones. 40000+ (as per official figures) people have been killed in Gaza. According to The Lancet almost…
Landslide In Wayanad Is Only The Beginning!
Here is an AI-generated Podcast based on the article On the morning of July 30, a huge landslide occurred at Mundakkai, in the mountainous district of Wayanad, Kerala, India. 282…
John Scales Avery, One of the Greatest Intellectuals of Our Time Passes Away
I'm informed of the passing of John Scales Avery (1933-2024). He was 91 and passed away on January 4. He was a fierce peace activist. John was part of Pugwash…
Hindutva Pop: A Review
Can a song trigger a murder?Can a poem spark a riot?Can a book divide a people? These lines are from the back cover of a newly released book by Kunal…
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…
Kindly Support Countercurrents
This year has been one of the toughest. With the raging pandemic, climate crisis, wars, the failure in Glasgow..... We also have moments to celebrate with the victory of the…
Kindly Help Our Author Sheshu Babu
Dear Authors and Readers of Countercurrents, You may all know Sheshu Babu an author for CC for long time. Most of our old authors may have received at least one…
Disha Ravi, Sophie Scholl And The Unravelling Of Indian Fascism
When I founded Countercurrents.org in 2002, Disha Ravi who was arrested for sedition yesterday was a two-year-old toddler. In 2002, the CO2 level in the atmosphere was 370 ppm. Now…
Global Pandemic And Global Warming
The COVID-19 has taught us that we are in an emergency. In 2019 a teenager named Greta Thumberg was crying hoarse that we are in an emergency and no one…
Peace Building Too Little or Too Late?
I see a lot of peace building efforts in North East Delhi which was the hub of the recent riots. If these peace building measures happened before the riots the…
AAP Victory in Delhi: Secular India Stands Defeated
In spite of a full fledged campaign based on hate politics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP) failed to win the coveted Delhi state elections. Aam Aadmi Party…
Babri Masjid Verdict: My House Demolished, I Go To Court, Court Awards The Land To The Demolisher, Is This Justice?
Someone demolished my house. I went to court to get justice. The court ordered that the demolisher can build house in the place where my house stood. As a consolation…
Gauri Lankesh’s Martyrdom In Global Context
We lost Gauri Lankesh to terrorism on 5th September 2017. This terrorism has a context. In this article I’ll be trying to put Gauri’s martyrdom into global context. When I…
Kashmir: The Worst Conflict Area In The World
It won’t be an exaggeration to say Kashmir is the worst conflict area in the world. Look anywhere else in the world where there are conflicts, there is no communication…
Rahul Gandhi Must Rediscover India
Rahul Gandhi has finally resigned. His resignation letter is a brutally frank one. In this letter he has confessed of being betrayed by his party mates and fighting a lonely…
Eid Mubarak! From Hindu Rashtra
Eid Mubarak! I’m writing this article on the eve of Eid. Two weeks after the Modi 2.0 government was installed in India. When the election results came out on May…
10 Questions on Sri Lanka Easter Day Bombings?
The Sri Lanka Easter bombings that killed more than 350 people including foreign nationals raise several pertinent questions Why did the bombings received far less foreign media coverage than Christ…
What’s Wrong With Our Education System And How Can We Change It!
It’s exam time in India. A time of deep tension for students and parents. All that you’ve learnt in a year will have to reproduced in a two hour written…
Are We Up For A Battle For Peace?
Last night my 11 year old son asked me, “Abba, if war breaks out between India and Pakistan can we go to some other country? What will we do if…
A Personal Testimony of Kashmiriyat
When Kashmiris are being attacked across India, let me telly you a story about Kashmiriyat. Last summer I was in Kashmir with my family. We were coming back from Sonamarg.…
Pulwama Attack: Why Nobody Is Questioning The Intelligence Failure?
The Pulwama attack is not a time for revenge as is already happening in many parts of the country. Yesterday, vehicles from Kashmir valley were attacked and set on sire.…
TRAI’s Cable TV Regulation: Coming of Ambani Raj
Remember what happened to the Indian telecom sector after Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Mobile was launched? Jio offered dirt cheap call and data tariff. It destroyed many telecom companies. Some disappeared…
“Divided by barriers, United by blood’’: India Can Be United By Blood!
India is going through a phase of unparalleled hatred to one another according to their religion, caste, culture, linguistic affiliation etc. It need not be that way. We are all…
Humans Do Not Have Any Special Rights
This is a speech I prepared to deliver at the Solidarity Media Awards This award was bestowed upon Countercurrents.org and me for the courageous interventions in human rights and citizen’s…
Kerala’s #MeToo Moment
The ongoing #MeToo revelations have rattled the Kerala society and taken down some names with it. Prominent among them are veteran journalist and resident of The Hindu in Kerala, C.Gouridasan…
Sabarimala An Upper Caste Conspiracy? Here’re Ten Ways To Defuse It
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated that the agitation to prevent entry to women of all ages to Sabarimala temple as per the order of Supreme Court of India…
Sabarimala: Brahmanism’s Last Ditch Battle In Kerala
The only code of law for Hindus is Manu Smriti. IX.3 of Manu Smriti says “Na stree svaatantryam arhati” (a woman does not deserve freedom). Manu Smriti is the code…
Post Flood Kerala In The Age of Climate Change And Peak Oil
A month has passed since the mammoth Kerala floods. I’ve travelled through many flood affected areas and talked to many affected people. The loss is huge many of them are…
Kerala Floods, Development And Fossil Fuels
In the light of the devastating floods of 2018 many people are coming forward with suggestions for the future of Kerala's development. I too came up with a ten point…
Kerala Flood And Climate Change
On August 6 a team of climate scientists led by Will Steffen of Australian National University published a paper in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Science and…
‘Disaster Fascism’ Being Unfolded In Kerala
Naomi Klein coined the term 'Disaster Capitalism'. After the devastating flood of Kerala the fascist BJP and their parent organisation RSS are coining a new term, 'Disaster Fascism'. It's nothing…
Kerala Flood Is Thousands Of Times The Magnitude Of Thai Cave Rescue! Yet Still….
When 12 boys and their coach were trapped in a Thailand cave, the international community rose up as one. Thai Navy Seal took up the lead in rescuing the kids.…
Ten Thousand People Face Water Death Warns Kerala Law Maker
Kerala floods will turn into a calamity of unimaginable proportions if help is not forthcoming warned Saji Cheiyan MLA, law maker from Chengannur of Pathanamthitta district. He warned that at…
In A Counter World: The NRC List And A Holocaust In The Making
A few days ago Countercurrents.org published a petition by Avaaz. Its first few lines read this way, In a few days, India will delete as many as 7 million Muslims…
In A Counter World – Hug A Fascist
It is a well known fact that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has scant respect for democratic processes. He rarely attends the parliament. He has spent more days abroad than…
Man With The White Beard: A Journey Into Our Nightmares
When Mohammad Akhlakh was lynched in Dadri in 2015 on the suspicion of possessing beef, first in a series of dozens of such lynchings since then, Prof. Shah Alam Khan…
John Avery’s Books For Download
John Scales Avery is one of the most important voices of our times today. I had the honour of interviewing him last year. https://countercurrents.org/2017/03/15/interview-with-john-scales-avery-one-of-the-greatest-living-intellectuals-on-earth/ He cares so much for the…
The Elippathayam (Rat Trap) Moment Of Indian Cinema
Elippathayam (The Rat Trap) is a 1981 Malayalam film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It tells the story of a man trapped within himself unable to understand the changes…
Demonetisation Fiasco: Time For Political Parties To Step Up
The cat is out of the bag. The data released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proves that as was predicted Narendra Modi’s demonetisation was a ‘monumental disaster’. The data…
Jeff Bezos, Global Elites And Revolution
The morning papers bring me the news that Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world. Actually he overtook Bill Gates for a few hours…
Baba Ramdev Launches ‘Security’ Business: Should We Be Worried?
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has launched a private security firm “Parakram Suraksha Private Ltd’. The aim of the company ensuring security and developing military instinct. According to Acharya Balakrishna, CEO…
Indian Fascism: Radicalization or Entropy? The Choice Is Ours!
The second book from Countercurrents.org publishing is out. It is a book on the cow politics in India and the resultant lynchings that’s happening around the country. It is titled…
“India United By Blood! Share It, Don’t Spill It” Campaign Springs Up Across India
Our call for #An Hour For Communal Harmony has got wonderful response from around the country. As our first event, blood and organ donation camps will be held in major…
As India Descends Into Darkness Let’s Spend An Hour For Communal Harmony
What happened in Baduria and Basirhat of West Bengal is a warning. What is happening in Darjeeling is a warning. What is happening in Jammu and Kashmir is a warning.…
Modi’s Visit To Israel: Embrace Of Two Deadly Ideologies, Zionism And Hindutva
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Israel. It is a historical visit. It is the first time an Indian Prime Minister is visiting Israel. Putting aside all protocol norms…
A Thousand Flowers Should Bloom For Junaid
Junaid this is for you. Junaid this is to assure you that your death will not go in vain. You are a martyr for the idea of India. You are…
Unfurl The Tricolour And Say India Will Not Become ‘Cowistan’, ‘Kaliban’ Will Not Rule Us
When I was in school we used to say a pledge in the morning assembly. It began this way, “India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters….”.…
Connecting The Dots: Countercurrents.org In Print
We are all star dust. From the searing hot liquid magma inside the earth to the dying polar bears in the arctic, from the rainbow in the sky to the…
Rahul Gandhi Must Back Up His Words With Deeds
The Economic Times reported that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi told party leaders from minority communities in Karnataka to be prepared for polarisation efforts by the BJP in the run-up…
As Farmers Fight Back In India, Where Are We Headed?
I have a facebook group. It is called “Life in India is cheap, Damn cheap”. I started the group after seeing the death stunts of a circus group without any…
India’s Beef Ban: Pinarayi Vijayan Must Stand Up To Lead
The new rule notified under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act of 1960 banning cattle trade across India is clear encroachment of states' rights. It will end federalism…
Cattle Sale Restriction: A Death Blow To India’s Farmers And Federalism
On the third anniversary of Narendra Modi government, the government of India dealt a death blow to Indian farmers and its federal structure by bringing severe restrictions on cattle trade,…
Ambedkar, Nationalism And The Emerging Crises In India
Today is Ambedkar Jayanti. It would be appropriate to take a re-look at Ambedkar's idea of nationalism in the face of virulent Hindutva nationalism in India and also on the…
Interview With John Scales Avery, One Of The Greatest Living Intellectuals On Earth
I’m at the home of one of the greatest living intellectuals on earth. In the cold, windy Copenhagen weather as we ring the bell John Scales Avery opens the door…
The Peace Grandmother Of Copenhagen
The weather here in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark is always shifting. It’s rainy and windy now. In another minute the sun would be out giving a little respite to…
Teesta Setalvad: Foot Soldier Of The Indian Constitution
I'm not a hot off the shelf book reader. Most of the books I read are suggestions from my friends or found during my reading or research. When Teesta Setalvad's…
Will A Gandhi Like Figure Emerge To Fight Demonetisation?
A dear friend of mine from USA sent me this mail regarding the demonetisation in India. Somebody in your country needs to organize something like Gandhi's salt march against the…
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