In the past one year, farmers of the country have demonstrated the force of popular determination against an arrogant and defiant government. The farmers’ movement has proved that the revolutionary spirit of the ‘peasant’ had not diminished with the arrival of new networks of capital. It has established that ‘peasant consciousness’ in the country remains intellectually sharp, socially sensitive and[Read More…]
With the recent Pegasus scandal, the relationship between state surveillance and democratic practices are in sharp contention. It seems that control has become the sacrament of state in India based on a conception of sovereignty that operates by strictly regulating and punishing those considered as the foes of the regime. In India the key challenge it seems remains the decolonisation[Read More…]
For the past six years, we have been told that India has got a strong government with a strong leader. The measurements of the Prime Minister’s chest became the centre of a political strategy that emphasised, what some saw as, his political strength and to resolve issues with an iron-fist approach. The onslaught of the pandemic and its consistent mismanagement[Read More…]
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Memorial Day Advisories by a 91 Year Old Vet Once Drafted During the Murderous US War on Koreans 
50th Anniversary of Dalit Panther party 
Supreme Court of India – from ambivalence to ambiguity through procrastination 
Farmers, Women, Innovators Give Hope for Meeting Climate Challenge in Rural India 
The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children 
Why “Cancel” Russians? 
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Climate Change Wows the Polls 
The Rise of NATO in Africa Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward 
School Education During Transition Times 
Onslaught of the Oily Authoritarians 
Memorials, Not Celebrations! 
Increasing Polarization is Harming India’s Economic Prospects 
Without Stopping War, Extreme Hunger Will Continue to Increase 
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IAS officer punished for throwing out athletes from stadium 
Imprudent for govt to divest its residual equity share of 29.5% in HZL 
Digitizing to Dystopia – Wanted: Enlightened leadership 
Geopolitical Update: U.S. to leverage Russia-Ukraine Bloc Against China, Says Blinken 
Survival of Homo Sapiens on Planet Earth 
Fatal Flaw and Fatal Folly 
The People’s Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region 
War Photos Exhibited to Promote Peace 
Biden in Asia: Further Steps Toward War with China 
African Union at 20: Challenges ahead 
People are the Fifth Pillar of Democracy 
“Embracing Solidarities through Sharing Stories of Struggles to Resist Empires” 
End political instability in Sri Lanka 
Hunger Strikes by Two Political Prisoners Draw Attention to Violation of Their Human Rights 
Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka 
Relevance of Nehru’s Legacy of Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, Peace and Non-Alignment Has Increased Further 
Dalit agricultural Community in Sangrur protests for land rights 
Supreme Court upholds fundamental rights of sex workers to be treated with dignity and respect 
Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years 
Bahujan politics needs a new radical alternative 
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