It is said that COVID does not differentiate. Yet, people on the margin have been differently impacted by COVID. Street vendors are one such vulnerable group. With lockdown, streets wore a deserted look. Street livelihood vanished all of a sudden. Street vendors, generally outlawed and operating with meagre capital and various kinds of livelihood insecurities and restrictive and punitive regulatory[Read More…]
The COVID-19 virus has global spread. The whole world is dealing with the monumental crisis. Urban centres have turned into ghost towns. The pandemic has brought to the fore policy loopholes and failures. People all over the world are looking for surviving through the lockdown. Basics of food, shelter and health are historically underlined. Work has seized. The realization of[Read More…]
Faith, Politics and Public Health: Covid 19 
Joji – A Brilliant Peek Across the Kerala Village Lives 
US’ China policy at inflection point 
Paper Value Pledges And Time Passing Tamil Politicians 
The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing 
Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions – A Reality Check 
Inadequate funding of gene sequencing effort by the scientists at a time when the COVID crisis needed it most 
Lockdown Decisions Must Be Based On Very Carful Appraisal of Reliable Data 
Hindi Cinema’s Contribution to Human Rights, Though Rare, is Still Significant 
In our hurry to conquer nature and death, we have made a new religion of science 
Pavagada solar plant shines, but at what cost? 
Clearly, It Is Time Now For the Government to Accept the Key Demand of Farmers 
Lift USA embargo on the export of Vaccine raw materials 
Greed and the European Super League 
The Growing Threat of Fascism in the United States 
A Tale of Three Viruses: Corona, Stupidity and Privilege 
Our Hearth 
Hand-Spun, Hand-Woven Cloth Has A Wider Message—The Increasing Relevance of Khadi 
The Toy-Train of Lucknow with a Memorable Past 
Biden’s Drone Wars 
Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic 
Neither the Israeli Elections nor the Palestinian Elections are about Democracy 
35th Anniversary of Arwal Massacre 
Measures Beyond Present Anti-Defection Law Needed to Check Sabotage of Democracy 
Gandhian Concept of Swadeshi Has An Increasing and Wider Relevance Today 
Tightening The Noose Around Syria 
Portland police disperse protesters Saturday night, riot declared Friday night 
Corporate ‘listing’ of ‘powerful’ voices 
Dr.Ambedkar: Current Political and Economic Scenario 
Rally in support of Ambedkar’s grandson-in-law held outside Indian Visa and Passport Application Center 
Coronavirus Strikes Papua New Guinea 
Pam Africa: As Mumia Awaits Heart Surgery, I am Issuing a Challenge to CNN’s Michael Smerconish and DA Larry Krasner 
How to Make a Gulf Monarchy All-American Increasing Need for Early Availability of More Reliable Mortality Data 
Chronicle of the unavailing Afghan war 
Reactions to U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan 
Educate, Agitate, Organize: Self-reflections 
Surveillance Capitalism threatens public university in India 
Gates Unhinged: Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed The Pandemic: death toll reaches 3 million, crisis deepening in Brazil, India, France 
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 it is 415 ppm. In just 19 years CO2 levels increased by just over 2ppm/year. The level of cumulative greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, including Methane, Nitrous Oxide etc is[Read More…]
