The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Dual Nature of Science
Science is an essential tool in controlling the spread and effects of the COVID pandemic. But the effectiveness of this tool is blunted by the political shaping of science.
The Key Issue Dividing India and China Today is Not the Border
China undoubtedly triggered the current confrontation but has acted the way it has because it believes India is no longer abiding by the agreements which allowed the bilateral relationship to prosper until Modi changed course.
How Big Money Controls the Stories the Media Tells
A mere five conglomerates dominate 90% of the media that Americans consume – freedom of the press in America today is as much an economic issue as a political one.
Judicial Manoeuvres and Delhi Slums
Courts are turning to the belief that slums are “detrimental to safety, health, or morals”, a ‘sentiment’ that requires less ‘evidence’ than property rights, occupation dates, and illegal squatting.
Media Policy 2020: Mocking Freedom of Speech and Expression in Jammu and Kashmir
Government interference and regulation of media hampers the effective functioning of any democracy. A critical examination of the New Media Policy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Biggest Insurgency India Has Ever Known
The exploitation of the Adivasi homelands for their mineral riches and always to the detriment of the Adivasi people, has stoked the biggest and most widespread insurgency this country has known.
Hindutva Politics and the Indian Economy
“Hindu Rashtra” is not a Hindu State, in the sense of promoting the interests of the Hindus. It is an authoritarian-fascist State which promotes the interests of a corporate-financial oligarchy.
Manu for Modern Times
Attempts at criminal law reforms are part of the Sangh Parivar’s long-term and sustained agenda of bringing about a paradigm shift in the popular perspective on nationhood. It wants the criminal law system to be moulded on the lines of the Hindutva treatises of governance.
Latin America Heads for a Great Confrontation with Imperialism
In the lands whose original names were desecrated by European invaders, and which are now called ‘Latin America,’ the forces of empire are approaching a reckoning with the forces of indigenous and proletarian resistance.
Over a Thousand Scientists and Academics Express Concern Over NIA Actions in Bhima-Koregaon Case
1,039 scientists and academics condemn the NIA action in the Bhima Koregaon/ Elgar Parishad case; and say that instead of investigating those actually responsible for the violence, the NIA is focusing on rights activists, lawyers and academics.