As a development and environmental economist with interest in India and the Punjab, I have been writing and speaking on India’s three farming laws enacted in September 2020. As a part of enriching my research on the subject, I wrote to the British Prime Minister (who is from the Conservative Party), the two Members of Parliament from Oxford (Oxford West[Read More…]
Though the Supreme Court refused to entertain on June 3 a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for renaming India as ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’, it does not put an end to the longstanding Hindutva agenda on this issue. The Supreme Court decision was purely on technical/legal grounds namely that ‘Bharat’ as one of the names of the country is already stated in[Read More…]
When I read the news that the four men who were found guilty of the horrific rape crime in Delhi in 2012 were hanged to death in a Delhi prison, I wondered whether these legal killings make any sense when human being are being killed in thousands all over the world by the Corona virus. Shortly after these hangings, came[Read More…]
Since the boost to AAP in national politics initially came from winning 4 parliamentary seats from Punjab during the 2014 General Election while everywhere else in the country most AAP candidates had lost their deposits, it appeared very reasonable to assume that the AAP victory in Delhi Assembly Elections in February will raise hopes of revitalised AAP again becoming a[Read More…]
One broad generalisation which can be reasonably made about the 2019 General Election in India is that there is no wave of any kind countrywide unlike some of the previous parliamentary elections. Each state is witnessing a unique combination of forces and alliances that reflect the specific regional character of that state. We can safely stretch it further to argue[Read More…]
When I heard the news of Bihar’s electoral alliance against BJP, I remembered a private conversation a few months back in Oxford with a member of India’s parliament who also had been a minister in one state government in India. We had agreed for one-hour meeting, but the conversation became so absorbing that we spent four hours in which many[Read More…]
A dark and menacing cloud of a possible war that had been hanging over India and Pakistan in the last few days was leading to despair and fatalism not only in India and Pakistan but almost all over the world due to the nuclear arsenal the two countries possess. Ian Helfand, a US physician associated with the International Physicians for[Read More…]
Save Peri-Urban Areas From Neglect, Create Hubs of Greenery and Water Conservation 
A Nudge Here, An Appeal There–Why Participative Restrictions May Be Better Than Enforced Lockdowns 
Climate crisis: Time is fast running out, and World Bank changes tone 
Profiting from Hajj: Commodification of Spirituality 
Charlie Chaplin – Book Review – ‘Hasre Dukh’ (Beaming Sorrow)- By Bha. D. Kher- 
The Ukrainian crisis and Biden’s interests 
Voices from the Margins, and Engaging Slave Selves and Narratives 
Free Hidme Markam 
US sanctions on Venezuela violate the human rights that they claim to protect, says UN Special Rapporteur on Sanctions 
SAPACC Request PMs of India, Bangladesh And Bhutan To Declare A Planetary Climate Crisis 
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 
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…]
