How Hindutva Wants to Erase Half of Partition Memories
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How Hindutva Wants to Erase Half of Partition Memories

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Humra Quraishi   A strange sort of partitioning is unfolding in India. The usual apparatus of lies, fears and misconceptions about Muslims are being propagated by right-wing lobbies. Foremost among them is the myth that Indian Muslims did not suffer during the partition of India. The stark truth is that both Hindus and Muslims suffered…

In Ulta Pradesh, the Adityanath Government is Throwing Law to the Winds
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In Ulta Pradesh, the Adityanath Government is Throwing Law to the Winds

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Markandey Katju   My mind is boggling considering what is going on in Ulta Pradesh (sorry, Uttar Pradesh) lately. I was 20 years a lawyer and 20 years a judge, so I thought I was well versed in the principles of law, but now I am learning a new jurisprudence which can only be found…

Learning from King’s Last Campaign
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Learning from King’s Last Campaign

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Jessicah Pierre   As we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., it’s natural to remember his courageous advocacy for racial equity. But before he was assassinated, King had also begun to broaden his efforts to unify people around economic justice.   That’s worth remembering today.   In December 1967, King, the Southern Christian…

Mexico’s AMLO Shows How It’s Done
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Mexico’s AMLO Shows How It’s Done

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Ellen Brown   While US advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a press conference on Jan. 6, he said the…

Apartheid in the Global Governance System
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Apartheid in the Global Governance System

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Jason Hickel   In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global economy, in that rich countries have disproportionate influence when it comes to setting the rules of international trade and finance.   Nowhere is this problem more apparent than when it comes…

The United States as Destroyer of Nations
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The United States as Destroyer of Nations

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Daniel Kovalik   In the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003—an invasion which many Iraqis believe left their country in the worst condition it has been since the Mongol invasion of 1258—there was much discussion in the media about the Bush Administration’s goal for “nation-building” in that country.   Of course, if…

Private Players Line Up to Run Private Trains
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Private Players Line Up to Run Private Trains

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Sabrangindia    After vehemently denying the entry of private players, the Indian Railways has proposed a plan to allow private players to run their trains on around 100 routes across the country, mostly for tourism purposes.   The proposal was also mentioned by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while discussing the Budget 2020 where she said…

At Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah, Basant is the Colour of Harmony
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At Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah, Basant is the Colour of Harmony

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Bharat S. Tiwari   The very idea of a festival marking the onset of spring is uplifting, but when it also brings with it the fragrance of a syncretic culture, it becomes incomparable. Such is the annual celebration of Basant Panchami at the dargah, in Delhi, of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya (1238–1325 C.E), of the…

Jamia – An Offspring of the Freedom Movement
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Jamia – An Offspring of the Freedom Movement

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Aamir H. Khan, Aban Usmani   In October 1920, under the shadow of serious British colonial and imperial repression in various parts of the world, a group of influential Muslim leaders in India conceptualised the foundation of a nationalist university that would be free from British colonial control.   Unrest had been simmering amongst Muslims…