Twelfth of March: Gandhi and Grande
12th March is the date of two significant anniversaries!
Budget 2021-22: What Is in it for the Poor? – Part 4
In this part, we examine the budget allocations for two more social sectors: nutrition schemes, including food subsidy, and pensions.
Movements Strengthen and Liberate Women and Women Strengthen Movements
Participation of women in struggles has not only liberated women from bonds of traditional household chores, it strengthened the struggles as well – this can be seen, from the freedom struggle, to the recent struggles against the CAA-NRC, to the ongoing farmers’ struggle.
How Protesting Women Farmers Mirror ‘The Five Women’ in Mahasweta Devi’s Story
A foreshadowing in fiction of the role chosen by women in the farmers’ protest.
Women and Nature: Towards an Ecosocialist Feminism
The rise of second-wave feminism alongside environmental movements in the 1970s led to the emergence of ‘ecosocialist feminist’ politics which saw a connection between the exploitation and degradation of the natural world due to capitalism and the subordination and oppression of women.
Remembering Fukushima: Demand Phase-Out of All Nuclear Power Plants
Ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, it continues to unfold, with no certainty about when developed Japan will be able to fully bring the disaster under control. Yet, despite the inherent dangers of nuclear energy, the Indian government continues to pursue the nuclear dream.
Editors Guild Expresses Shock at Centre’s ‘Draconian Attitude’ in GoM Report on Media
The suggestions from the GoM report hint at increased surveillance and targeting of writers and journalists who depart from the government’s narrative, the editors’ body said.
‘Climate Justice Is about Intersectional Equality’: Disha Ravi’s First Statement after Arrest
In her first statement after her arrest, climate activist Disha Ravi talks about her time in custody, the unfair media portrayal she received, the other rights activists in jail who are still languishing, and reiterates her support to climate justice and the farmers protest.
Long after His Death, Vijay Tendulkar Returns to Upset the Republic of Hurt Sentiments
One of his less controversial plays has now provoked the Bajrang Dal because of its title. They have probably not even read it!
To Prevent Future Pandemics, We Must Stop Destroying Forests
COVID-19, SARS and Ebola—three diseases that spread across national borders since 2002—share one thing in common: they were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests, which are losing more than 100 trees per second due to rampant, unsustainable deforestation.