The Israel-Iran war following the Israeli attack on Iran on June 13, 2025 as well as the continuing Israeli genocidal actions in Gaza have become the biggest source of concern…
Traditional water sources like tanks and ponds have played a very important source in meeting water needs of villages in India, but partly because of the increased spread of piped…
There are two problems which hold back rural women from making their full contributions to development. Firstly, their important role, potential and capabilities are often not recognized properly. Secondly, even…
Those who seek to destroy others must realize that deliberate efforts to destroy others have the seeds of self-destruction in them. While this can be understood at several levels, the…
Despite all hostilities of the past, South Asia as a region really needs the path of peace-based progress, and those who sincerely wish for the welfare of people should certainly…
Any country or region striving to come as close as possible to the concept of an ideal society would be expected to give the highest priority to three crucial tasks.…
“Nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war.”—Statement by President John F. Kennedy made in the…
Heat waves have been intensifying over vast areas of India in recent days and there are also many reports of water scarcity making the conditions worse for people. However the…
Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025 cannot be justified at all as the past record of Iran has been of cooperating reasonably well with the international…
GM Watch is an organization and website dedicated to providing the latest information about the high-risks of GM crops and the various hazardous agro-chemicals sold for use in growing these.…
A great relief for villagers in India, particularly the economically weaker sections, exists in the form of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Under this law villagers who need…
If the year 2025 had started on a note of at least some limited hope for bringing peace to a deeply troubled world, the subsequent months have led to a…
In a report released on June 5, 2025 GRAIN, an international organization that has consistently researched and campaigned for food security and sovereignty of global south and its communities, has…
The fact that genetically modified (GM) crops have major adverse impacts related to safety and environment is widely recognised now. Despite this the companies involved in the spread of genetically…
In traditional farming one of the most important tasks and responsibilities was that of selecting, saving and conserving seeds. In several rural communities women farmers had an important role in…
In recent years efforts of Vaagdhara voluntary organization in Central India have been attracting increasing attention in view of the wider appeal of its work related to strengthening the self-reliance…
The so-called Green Revolution was heralded with exotic seeds that were supposed to give higher yields with high doses of chemical fertilizers and also requiring high doses of chemical pesticides.…
At a time when GM/GE (genetically modified crops and gene editing) technologies are being widely opposed in the context of India’s agricultural policy, in a general context as well as…
In recent times our deeply troubled world is best described as moving from one crisis situation to another without the top leadership having any clue to transcending to a safer…
The recent decision by the Government of India to introduce two gene edited rice varieties is being widely questioned and there are strong reasons why this should be taken back.…
On April 14, 2025 United Nations experts warned that Sudan is experiencing “the most extreme hunger crisis globally”. This statement added that “without immediate humanitarian intervention, hundreds of thousands could…
Glenn Diesen is Professor of Political Science at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) and known widely for his numerous scholarly books, papers, articles and podcasts. He is also a…
Along with growing realization of the various adverse consequences of climate change, there is increasing concern regarding the communities that are more vulnerable and are likely to be more severely…
Various tribal communities constitute about 8.6 per cent of the population of India. Nearly 700 tribal communities with a total population of over 110 million are spread all over the…
With about 18 per cent of the world population living in India, the welfare of the people of India has a significant impact on the well-being of the world. However…
There are several international and regional disputes over the sharing of water of several rivers. These are likely to worsen in times of increasing water scarcity. Which country or region…
An issue that has been becoming increasingly controversial is that of the domination of the US dollar as the international reserve currency. There are five aspects of this controversy that…
In the course of its long and inspiring freedom movement India not only fought against British colonial rule, but also gave much thought to the kind of development effort that…
An unjust aspect of rural society in India that often goes unnoticed is the discrimination faced by widows. Although as far as the legal position is concerned they have completely…
What is happening in Gaza today, unfolding over several months, is unacceptable violation of the most basic right of any people to live and survive in their own land. In…
While the tragic death of about 23 persons in Amritsar district of Punjab and the serious condition of several others has understandably evoked a lot of concern, this must be…
Increasing discontent being reported from Balochistan province of Pakistan should be seen not as a recent phenomenon but rather as a culmination of decades of pent-up disappointments and broken promises.…
While just now there is a widespread feeling of relief that a much bigger potential disaster has been averted due to the clinching of an early ceasefire, thanks to the…
The slogan of MAGA (Make America Great Again) has played a very important role in the political discourse of the USA during the last decade or so. Although it has…
Nuclear war should never happen as it is the most destructive thing imaginable. While nuclear weapon war anywhere is so destructive that this cannot be accepted, it is at its…
After days of escalation of India-Pakistan conflict, the people of these countries and the wider South Asian region heaved a big sigh of relief when the two countries announced a…
Not all wars are necessarily planned, or even intended by one or more sides. In a situation of already existing mistrust and suspicions, one hostile action can lead to a…
South Asia may have only 3 per cent of the world’s area but with a population of slightly over 2 billion people, it has nearly 25% of the world’s population.…
When you study history, you realize how much has gone wrong with the world, so much so that the glass has often been almost full to the brim. When you…
India has a good record of standing up for safety of food by opposing GM crops, particularly in the context of food. This is why despite relentless lobbying by powerful…
Following the April 22 attack by terrorists on tourists and a local rescuer in Pahalgam in India killing 26 persons, India blamed this on Pakistan’s long-existing and well-established links with…
Ukraine is among those countries that have suffered extremely high losses in recent wars. In fact no other country, including Sudan, has suffered such heavy loss of life as Ukraine…
If by politics we essentially mean the mobilization of people for pursuing some objectives of great importance, then in the present context such mobilization is most needed for the objective…
A recent coup attempt in Burkina Faso has caused much concern, coming as it did on top of several other coups and coup attempts in recent times in the wider…
At a time of rising tensions in India following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, several voices of peace and reason deserve wider attention. Even though some persons may…
The news of the greatest urgency about Somalia and Somaliland today is the same as it has been for some years—the region is in the middle of a very serious…
The killing of 26 tourists in Pahalgam has caused great distress to people all over India extending for a long time. Now imagine the distress being caused every day at…
It was widely understood till recently that many countries of Europe (in short Europe) basically are in favor of pursuing easier and faster economic and industrial growth on the basis…
In historical terms when the situation is moving towards a significant change in the balance of power, possibilities of war can increase, although by no means war is inevitable in…
On April 22 there was a most horrible attack on entirely innocent tourists from various parts of India in Kashmir in which 26 persons were killed. Pakistan’s instigation of this…
In the first 15 weeks of this year 2025 most of the existing crisis situations have not shown any signs of getting resolved while new ones have also appeared. The…
“Sindhu in might surpasses all the rivers that flow. His roar is lifted up to heaven above the earth, he with his wealth makes fertile both the worlds.”--Rigveda In recent…
On April 22 in one of the most inhuman terrorist attacks seen in India, terrorists killed 26 entirely innocent tourists and injured several others in the tourist resort of Baisaran…
One aspect of recent world affairs that should cause increasing concern is the increasing possibility that just a few persons with very high power concentrated in their hands, acting largely…
Most Himalayan villages are extremely beautiful. However we cannot afford to ignore some deeply worrying ecological and social aspects of these villages, particularly as in some contexts these show an…
A very important and much needed rural reform is getting increasingly neglected. This relates to the need for all rural households to have at least some farmland. While this is…
It has been very rightly said that the arbitrary one-sided decisions on increasing tariffs by the USA is bad economics (it is also bad politics) that can cause avoidable turmoil…
Our already deeply troubled world has recently entered a new phase of disruption and instability. Some influential people who were happy with earlier times blame only the recent disruptions and…
The increasing and complex problems people face at world level as well as various kinds of corruption and deception responsible for these should be expected to lead to the involvement…
The US-Iran negotiations are widely seen on a note of hope by most people. The issue of alleged nuclear weapon plans of Iran has long been a highly controversial issue…
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