The ‘Forever Prisoners’ of Guantanamo
The notorious prison camp in Cuba is 20 years old. Over the years, several plans to close it have been rejected. For the detainees, little has changed in the last two decades.
What Drives Sea Level Rise?
Sea levels are rising, and that will bring profound flood risks to large parts of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts over the next three decades. A quick explanation of two main ways global warming is affecting ocean levels and their threat to the coasts.
The Labour of Smell, and How the Artisan Attar Industry Survived Pressures Across Ages
Tracing the history of perfumers reveals worlds of labour migration, processes of industrialisation and indebtedness among workers, and the pressures of global trade.
It’s 75 Years Since the Historic Royal Indian Navy Revolt Shook the British Empire
On February 18, 1946, a group of naval ratings mutinied at the shore establishment and naval base HMIS Talwar, which triggered an insurrection against the British Empire involving other Indian naval ratings, soldiers, police personnel and civilians.
The First Indian Election: Inclusion, Independence and the Making of ‘We, The People’
The distinctive independence that the Indian Constitution stipulated for the Election Commission belongs to ‘WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA’. This is so in a literal sense, because the people had a key role in re-shaping the final constitutional provisions for elections.
They Cannot Silence Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi, or Gauri Lankesh
Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi, and Gauri can be killed by guns, but their words and thoughts can never be silenced.
Budget 2022–23: What Is in it for the People – Part I
The 2022–23 union budget should have spelt out an economic strategy for reviving the economy and tackling the unemployment and poverty emergency gripping the country. But the FM does not even show cognizance of the problem.
A Citizen of the World (Still) Speaks
Martin Luther King’s speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence”, is a detailed analysis of the politics of colonialism and the cruel absurdity of war, as well as a deep plunge into the human future, pulsating with complex sanity and more relevant than ever 50-plus years later.
Rahul Echoed Gandhi and Ambedkar When He Said India Is a ‘Union of States’
It is evident that those who are criticising the Congress leader are not aware of Gandhi and Ambedkar’s views on nationhood.
India’s COVID-19 Deaths 6-7 Times Higher Than Official Figures: Analysis
India’s cumulative COVID-19 deaths were six to seven times higher than reported officially, according to a recent analysis published in the Science journal on January 7, 2022.