Assault on Scientific Temper
Article commemorating the murder of Dr. Dabholkar, the well known campaigner against superstition and for scientific temper, on August 20, 2013.
The Glittering Aspiration that was India
Sahgal is referring to the struggle for freedom under Mahatma Gandhi. He brought together people in a way that cut across religion, region, class, gender. Bringing together this rich diversity into a strong political unity that overthrew the British Empire was an extraordinary achievement.
Why Neoliberalism Needs Neofascists
The neofascist assault on democracy is a last-ditch effort on the part of neoliberal capitalism to rescue itself from crisis. The only solution is a decisive retreat from globalized finance.
Population Control Bill: Is There a Need?
Coercive measures to control population will have several adverse effects. Amartya Sen, the renowned economist, recently talked about population well-being and stated that cooperation can provide something that coercion can’t provide.
The Great Game of Smashing Countries
A much repeated course of events: More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the U.S., Britain and their “allies” destroyed.
Blood in the Sand, Again
For decades, the American political class has intervened relentlessly and recklessly in countries whose people they hold in contempt. Once again they are being aided by America’s credulous mass media, which is uniformly blaming the Taliban victory on Afghanistan’s incorrigible corruption.
Imagine a Nation Like This
Imagine a nation so reactionary and racist that “Black Lives Matter” is considered a “radical slogan” inside its borders. Imagine a nation so economically unequal that its top one-thousandth has more wealth than its bottom 90 percent…
Dalit Women as Active Participants in Ambedkarite Movement
In Dalit women’s songs, emotions stimulate intellectualism in order to annihilate caste from our minds. In them, melody is constructed through historical fact, and music is a medium to pursue a life of the mind, emancipating singers and listeners from social constructs.
The Struggle for Human Dignity
Giant corporations and governments create and finance the action of paramilitary groups, militarize and send the armed forces that assassinate in the name of power and money. However, they have not achieved their goal: to humiliate, denigrate and destroy the struggle for dignity and a full life.
On the Brink – the Scenario That the IPCC Is Not Modelling
Never before has an IPCC report given off such a strong sense of the anguish caused by the scientific analysis of the facts in the light of the inescapable laws of physics. But at the same time, it diverts attention from the systemic causes.