Letter to the Election Commission of India

Letter to the Election Commission of India

Written by 64 former civil servants, endorsed by 83 veterans, academics and other concerned citizens. Shri Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner, and Shri Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India. Sirs, Serious Irregularities in the Conduct of General Elections, 2019 We are a group of former civil servants that…

Global Inequality in a Time of Climate Emergency

Global Inequality in a Time of Climate Emergency

  Something has changed, as most everyone in the climate movement agrees, and we have plenty of signposts that track the shift, from David Wallace-Well’s 2017 New York Magazine piece, The Uninhabitable Earth, to last year’s Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy, a paper downloaded by the hundreds of thousands. The Intergovernmental Panel…

Four Ways in Which India’s Water Blessings Are Turning Into Disasters

Four Ways in Which India’s Water Blessings Are Turning Into Disasters

Blessings are complicated. They come with a lot of attachments. And if you cannot manage them, you could invite disasters. India is a blessed country in so many ways as far as water endowment is concerned. We are blessed with monsoons, rivers, aquifers, the Himalaya, rich traditional techniques and management systems, to name a few….

AMLO’s Policies in Mexico a Year After Winning Elections
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AMLO’s Policies in Mexico a Year After Winning Elections

One year after a popular insurrection of people at the polls on July 1, 2018, that led to the victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in the Presidential elections in Mexico, he is trying to do his best to rebuild the nation. The challenge is enormous; even though the President is moved by a…