Density is desirable in the modern world. Flourishing Cities and their thriving suburbs being living examples of the lure of density. The density which seemed alluring in the past rendered cities vulnerable and perilous amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. As the virus spread, the chorus against urban proximity grew louder. Lockdowns turning lively vibrant cities dormant, their survival being questioned,[Read More…]
As we make virtue out of necessity by celebrating Earth Day, Environment Day, Water Day….a pandemic like Covid-19 only debunks our claims to protect and respect nature. In the course of evolution, as we graduated from animal kingdom to human kingdom and exerted our dominance fueled and fooled by our belief of superiority and arrogance about our superior intelligence, the[Read More…]
Barack Obama wore only blue and grey suits during his tenure in the White House, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs sport the same clothes day after day. When rational individuals aim at maximizing their utility, choices become imperative to maximize satisfaction and in turn to heighten ones happiness. Then, why these highly successful people restricted their choices in clothing? Not[Read More…]
Adam and Eve descended together on this planet. They coexisted and evolved through time, struggling for domination and power constantly. Then why, after thousands of years of cohabitation women are still waiting to be empowered by the gender which arrived at the same time as them. In the race of the two sexes, have women been left behind or to[Read More…]
The global health emergency that jolted the world from its slumber made us realize the value and importance of health, probably the only positive outcome of the pandemic. Baring few nations, others struggled hard to cope with their crumbling health infrastructure. In India too, Health sector which had long been overshadowed and ignored in both priority and fund’s in the[Read More…]
The term abortion has varied connotations and can lead to dissent many a times. It is a controversial issue which has been debated, protested and has political ramifications as well. The crucial decision of when to give birth touches chord with most of the women of 21st century as they have progressed much beyond their traditional assigned role to procreate[Read More…]
India being an agrarian economy owes its development progress and emergence at global level to the unquestionable devotion, extreme hard work and selfless service of its farming community in making India not only self-sufficient in food grains but also a surplus food grain country. The Indian farmers have hardly ever been involved in demonstrations, protests or major agitations over the[Read More…]
Global Wheat Prices Reach Record High 
Mosques and Shrines: Helmsman Beware 
The British Art of Black Propaganda 
India Has a Key Role to Play in a Possible New World Order 
‘Sedition’ Must Go! 
Discussing America’s role in the Syrian civil war: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky 
Where is the Rabbi? Shireen Abu Akleh’s Via Dolorosa 
The Empire’s Ukraine War 
Religious issues cover up the governance failure in UP 
Sweden And Finland Set To Join NATO 
Morbid Matters: Estimating COVID-19 Mortality 
74th Anniversary of the Nakba at the Lincoln Memorial 
The second wave of the Zionist arrests 
The Wage Rate Issue : Battle Lines drawn between Farmers and Agricultural Labourers in Rural Punjab 
Is India a welfare state? 
People’s protest against land acquisition for expansion of limestone mining of OCL India 
Farmers’ Struggle Not Over – Corporate Takeover of Indian Agriculture Still Looms 
Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Commitee relentlessly confronts Administration in Sangrur to win rights for reserved Panchayat land for dalits 
Nakba-To strive for justice till liberation Tracking Sedition – From 1857 to the present 
Abortion Rights Activists Nationwide Solidarity Protest 
To be strong and effective, peace movement must be a continuing process among people 
Decriminalized Marijuana Reinvents Racism and Poisoning 
Indian Secularism Can’t Be Bulldozed! 
Making India unitary or Hindu Nation-state Before the second wave of the Zionist arrests! 
Ukraine Update: Russian-U.S. Defense Chiefs Talk Over Phone For First Time Since Start Of The Ukraine War 
Baby Formula Shortage In U.S. And Canada 
Despite Covid lessons India’s healthcare system remains dysfunctional 
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward – Part II 
How we Treat Our Disabled : Our Not so Hidden Shame 
Rogues and Spyware: Pegasus Strikes in Spain 
As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits 
Jeremy Corbyn: It’s Not Enough to Resist—We Have to Build, Too Ending ‘West’s Neocolonial Oppression’: On the New Language and Superstructures 
Why ‘Bolivia Is the Center of the World’ for People’s Movements 
For Scheme Meant for the Poorest, Only 19% of allocated funds were actually used 
$40 Billion War Fever Grips Congress as US Escalates Ukraine War 
Geopolitical Update: Japan, EU Agree To Raise Efforts In Indo-Pacific 
Hundreds Of Native American Children Died In U.S. Government-run Abusive Schools 
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