In seeking to understand the deep-rooted realities of social exclusion and discrimination, Dr. Ambedkar did not hesitate in recasting the traditional narrative of the Buddha story, an account and teaching…
Arguably Palestine's national poet, Mahmoud Darwish has always been very dear to the Palestinian people. This author remembers attending a tribute to the poet after his passing away in 2008.…
In a popular Israeli TV serial, which followed intertwined lives of Israelis, and Palestinians of the West Bank, one of the protagonists is an Israeli male who has a Palestinian…
Dr. Ambedkar had exposure to Buddhism early in his life by means of a Marathi book on the Buddha gifted by one of his teachers. Yet his path to formally…
Remembering the science and activism of Richard Levins in the time of corona The resurgence of infectious disease is but one manifestation of a more general crisis: the eco-social distress…
The brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has thrust the issue of police brutality on the consciousness of the whole world. There have been expressions of protests throughout the…
Innocent brothers and sisters it’s time to wake up, wake up, wake up Brothers and sisters it’s time to say something, do something, make ’em Mmm I wonder, how…
About a month ago, when, as it seems now, the covid-19 world was still young and economy reopenings were still few, Mike Davis, the American labor organizer, wrote an ominous…
How should ordinary citizens understand the nature of responsibility in the case of the recurring deaths of migrant workers that they are witnessing? So many have died on the road,…
The world watches in stupefaction as the numbers of those infected and dead in the US has continued to grow at an alarming rate. The superpower is on its knees.…
When the lockdown extension was announced, to continue till May 3, a lot of the “twitterati” jumped on the opportunity to show off their Star Wars meme familiarity. In a…
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