Read my letter to Sundar Pichai, go to Google Scholar, and raise your voice against Google’s unscrupulous and unscholarly ride on all of us for commerce and greed. Dear Sundar, I have been getting emails from Google reminding me “Time to update your articles”. Least said, such emails with no provision for replying are scandalous (scholarcitations-noreply@google.com), and against professional civility[Read More…]
What Led To The Monumental Sachar Committee Report Of 2006? Setting The Context After a lull of about a decade on the Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee Report on Muslim backwardness, sections of the media have finally brought the report again to limelight for debate and action. This is a good development. One example of this is the write-up “Shelved &[Read More…]
I began my association with the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) in early 1979, when I sent a hand-written book review to Krishna Raj – my first contribution to EPW, from the field where I was collecting data for my PhD thesis. I continued my association well into 2004 – about which I had written in the EPW of May[Read More…]
Gauri Lankesh’s parting gift is a brilliant and courageous editorial. It is clear that, like Hitler, Modi cannot survive as the Prime Minister (let alone project a larger-than-life image), without his Goebbelsian propaganda machinery which constantly churns out lies and damn lies. Today, Modi’s advantage is technology, which is incomparably far more advanced and can be easily manipulated. Instead of[Read More…]
NATO prepares for “warfighting against nuclear-armed peer-competitors” 
Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine, and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward – Part 4C 
India–Why Efforts for the Homeless Need A Big Boost 
Privatisation of PSU banks- legal and other implications 
Exorbitant military spending sacrifices public well-being 
Why America’s nuclear threat to Russia now is bigger than the Soviet nuclear threat to America was in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 
How the American Legislative Exchange Council Turns Disinformation Into Law 
It’s All Over Now Baby Red, White and Blue 
America’s Anger Problem 
Demonising Muslims: How the act is rooted in a cynical reading of Islamic scriptures! 
Teesta Setalvad Case – ‘Asatyameva Jayate’ has triumphed 
Turkey retracts veto on Sweden, Finland joining NATO amid war summit in Madrid 
US announces plans to flood Europe with troops and weapons Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine, and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward – Part 4B 
Need to look beyond the power struggle in Maharashtra 
“Agnipath” Envisages the Saffron-path towards Full-fledged Hindutva Militarisation 
Convenient Omissions: The Ukraine-EU Candidacy Show 
Palestinians ‘Are Not Animals in a Zoo’: On Kanafani and the Need to Redefine the Role of the ‘Victim Intellectual’ 
The United States Extends Its Military Reach Into Zambia 
Leading Media Organizations Condemn Arrest of Mohammed Zubair and Demand His Release 
Sri Lanka’s economy hits “rock bottom” as the country faces hunger, malnutrition and starvation 
Dalit agricultural Labour and Industrial workers protest near Assembly house in Chandigarh 
In The Name Of Hate 
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy condemns the brutal murder of Kanhaiya Lal Paradigm for peace applied to Russia, Ukraine and the US: Proposal for a peaceful pathway forward – Part 4 A 
Overruling Roe v Wade: The International Dimension Agnipath Scheme: A path to stronger Armed Forces? 
Leaving Millions To Starve, Oxfam Condemns G7 
Mapping our differences for Palestine’s liberation 
Resisting End-Time 
And here’s to you Mrs Draupadi Murmu! 
Eyewitness to Teesta Setalvad’s Arrest 
CO2 Removal? 
Hardening Schools and Arming Teachers Is the Wrong Approach 
Release Journalist Mohammad Zubair 
Dear Silent Indians 
In Ecuador, Indigenous-led National Strike Intensifies 
‘No NATO’: Thousands March in Madrid Protesting The Military Alliance 
Geopolitical Update: China Is Building A Yuan Currency Reserve 
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