The History of US and British Support to Mussolini’s Fascism
Italy’s dictator received glowing plaudits from high-ranking British and American statesmen, such as Winston Churchill, Henry Stimson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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A New Generation of Palestinian Organizers has Arisen from the Ashes of the Oslo Accords
From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza to inside Israeli prisons, Palestinians are increasingly embracing collective resistance.
Cuba Prepares for Disaster
Review of the book ‘Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba: Adaptation and Management’. It traces Cuba’s preparedness from the threat of a US invasion following its revolution through its resistance to hurricanes and diseases, which all laid the foundation for current adaptions to climate change.
The Great Trial of 1922
Exactly a 100 years ago, Gandhi was sentenced by a court for ‘sedition’. Its memory makes us revisit the Non-Cooperation Movement, which introduced mass politics into India.
‘I Doubt, Therefore I Am’: Revisiting Mirza Ghalib’s Poetry
‘Thinking with Ghalib’ by Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole reinterprets 30 of Ghalib’s couplets. Its essential purpose is to make the reader think with Ghalib. And the very soul of Ghalib’s poetry is doubt.
Bhagat Singh Is Not the Man the Right Wants You to Think He Is
An excerpt from Revolutionary Passions shows that Bhagat Singh – who the Hindu Right tends to project as an antidote to the Congress and Gandhi – not only had close relations with Congress leaders, but was also critical of Hinduism.
UGC Draft Framework Would be Disastrous for Research, Say Academics
Academics say the new draft framework of UGC does away with the necessity of master’s in arts and sciences and dilutes the undergraduate programme.
Proposal for a Federal Front to Contain the Onslaught on Federalism
In recent times, there has been a distressing tendency on the part of the Centre to intrude unduly in areas that legitimately belong to the States, which has the effect of eroding the political identity of the State. These are disturbing trends that do not augur well for the well being of the nation.
‘Indian Rivers are in ICUs, Drying up Fast’—Waterman Rajendra Singh
Rajendra Singh, the Waterman of India, says that 70% of Indian rivers are dry and dead, while the other 30% have nitrates, acid, chromium and other heavy metals flowing in them. Their water is not compatible with drinking or bathing. In fact, they are causing cancer in large populations.
Remembering Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
On March 25 is observed the death anniversary of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, a great editor, a highly dedicated freedom fighter and a lifelong crusader for justice and freedom who sacrificed his life at a young age of 41 in 1931 while trying to stop communal violence.