Open Letter to the Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh
Hard hitting letter by a group of former police officers and civil servants to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, regarding the handling of the Hathras rape case by the UP administration.
The Move Towards a De Facto Unitary State
The Centre has always tended to encroach on the domain of the states, but this tendency has now acquired a strength where the claim that the country is being pushed towards a de facto unitary State appears to be no exaggeration.
Hathras Rape – Three Poems
In a land where / Dalits cannot rule, they cannot rage, or even mourn. / This has happened before, this will happen again.
From Khairlanji to Hathras, Rape Story Repeats Itself for Dalit Women
India cannot ignore the context of caste and see Hathras, Balrampur, Khairlanji or thousands of other assaults merely as sexual crimes.
Gandhi’s Swadeshi and Our Civilisational Pandemic
In the call for an ‘atmanirbhar’ Bharat to overcome the COVID-19 crisis is a visceral appeal to Gandhi’s swadeshi. However, in spirit and intent, it’s a violation not just of Gandhi’s swadeshi but of everything he stands for.
What Swaraj Meant to Gandhi – and Why the Government Wants to Bury that Vision of Freedom
The ideas of justice and the primacy of the individual form the bedrock of the Gandhian world view.