On Saturday, millions of people across the world will celebrate Christmas. Even with COVID-19 still plaguing the world, families will gather; bells will ring; music will be in the air. Each year, I use this column to remind us of the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas has become a holiday, a time to exchange presents and cards, to see friends and[Read More…]
Fomenting regime change—by a soft coup, by economic sabotage, by fostering a military revolt—is likely to lead to more violence and more suffering The United States is pushing for an overthrow of the government of Venezuela. The Trump administration has denounced Nicolas Maduro as a “dictator,” dismissing the 2018 election, which the opposition boycotted. Instead of a good neighbor policy[Read More…]
It is a time for diplomacy and for restraint, not another intervention that unleashes violence that we surely will come to regret President Trump apparently has decided that intervention in Venezuela’s agonies can help repair an image scarred by the government shutdown debacle. In recent days, he recognized an obscure, right-wing opposition leader when he declared himself acting president. Trump[Read More…]
“I can’t invent a history for those who have none!” — P. Sainath 
As UK premier polishes his “Brand Rishi” image, the country slides into recession 
The farmers braved the barricade 
The Constitution belongs to ‘We, the People!’ 
Montreal Biodiversity COP15 December 2022 
Tuvalu, Climate Change and the Metaverse 
Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival 
The Global Push for Population Growth Shows We’re Not Grappling With the Climate Crisis 
New York Times, Guardian And 3 More Media Outlets Call To End Prosecution Of Assange: Publishing Is Not A Crime 
Could China Help Brazil to Overcome Its Economic Crisis? 
10 Suggestions for Lula, New President of Brazil 
Chinese Authorities Should Have Been Much More Sensitive to Adverse Impacts of Prolonged Lockdowns 
Football, the global binder 
The Madness of German Autobahnism 
Delhi state Anganwadi Workers and helpers union stage campaign against AAP and BJP 
India’s hypocrisy towards Ambedkar exposed once more 
The initiative of the Vaagdhara organization to preserve coarse grains 
‘Veer’ Savarkar, the Master of Mercy Petitions 
Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India 
China Experiences Anti-Lockdown Protests, Restrictions Being Lifted 
Narendra Modi’s new found love for Tamil 
Supreme Court’s Widely- Praised Bail for Anand Teltumbde should be Followed by Wider Justice in Elgar Case 
Jagdish Tirodkar: The departure of a gentle socialist 
What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change? 
Xi vs Trudeau: How China is Rewriting History with the Colonial West 
China is Not Capitalist and it is Not Yet Communist 
Ukrainian war crimes become the burden for Europe 
Why does BJP oppose the word secular? 
A Million or More Face Starvation Death 
The poor are blamed but the privileged are making Mumbai ugly 
Great Nicobar Island- A “Mega Infrastructure Project” cleared by Ministry of Environment without prior consultation with the NCST 
Samyukta Kisan Morcha Rally inaugurates 2nd phase of struggle 
The Strange Case of USA Lobbyists Pushing Unsafe GM Food on Others 
Remembering Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Celebrating the 74th Constitution Day 
In the World Cup arena and in Israel, might makes right 
The Foreboding Hyperthreat Looms Large 
Europe’s Large Parts Are Warming Twice As Fast As The Planet On Average 
Lula, like a Phoenix 
Lives of Some Great Philosophers 
In memory of Aijaz Ahmad 
Havoc and misery caused by recent floods in Bengaluru, Pakistan and Assam are not only natural disasters but are man made and due to climate change. Over exploitation of urban land and water resources by greedy private real estate developers perhaps the chief cause of floods. Media relentlessly focused on flooded upscale villas, their swanky automobiles of super rich in[Read More…]
