Economic Survey 2021-22: Glossing Over Travails of a Pandemic-Hit Economy
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Economic Survey 2021-22: Glossing Over Travails of a Pandemic-Hit Economy

The Economic Survey, in keeping with the trend in recent years, paints a rosy picture of the economy, while sidestepping issues that are of concern to most Indians, still suffering in the wake of the pandemic. In keeping with the recent trend, it showers more management-style jargon.

Can Israel Stop the World from Saying ‘Apartheid’? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine
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Can Israel Stop the World from Saying ‘Apartheid’? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine

Amnesty International recently released a 280-page report with a sharp headline, “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians.” Amnesty “concluded that Israel has perpetrated the international wrong of apartheid, as a human rights violation and a violation of public international law.”

Wikileaks’ Invaluable Contributions to Journalism and People’s Movements
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Wikileaks’ Invaluable Contributions to Journalism and People’s Movements

What crime could the journalist Assange have committed that would warrant confinement for the past nearly 10 years? His organization Wikileaks published millions of leaked documents that pointed to gross violations of human rights during the U.S.’ numerous wars abroad.

The United States of Hypocrisy: Revisiting the Monroe Doctrine
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The United States of Hypocrisy: Revisiting the Monroe Doctrine

In refusing to acknowledge Russia’s concerns about U.S. and Western intervention on its borders, the Biden administration is engaging in hypocrisy. Lying to others is part of the political game, but the United States is lying to itself in denying that it committed to limit NATO’s role in East Europe.

Between Two Steel Projects: Why Conflict Is Brewing in a Quiet Odisha Village’s Betel Groves
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Between Two Steel Projects: Why Conflict Is Brewing in a Quiet Odisha Village’s Betel Groves

It took more than a decade of protest before 3,000 farm families in Odisha succeeded in getting a South Korean steel company to vacate productive farmland. Five years later, the area is again roiled by protest, conflict and police brutality, as the government hands over the same land to an Indian steel company.