India Is Not Walking the Talk on its Climate Pledges
In 2022, the Indian government made several attempts to dilute environmental laws and pushed for infrastructure projects in eco-sensitive areas.
Kashmiri Pandits’ Plight Now Is a Lesson on the Falsity of Identity Politics
In spite of touted claims of communal oneness between them and the ruling dispensation, now is the hour of their severest disillusionment.
World Hotting Up; Antarctica’s Glacier Under Assault – 3 Articles
NASA claims that 2022 was one of the hottest years ever recorded; Antarctica’s Riskiest Glacier Is Under Assault from Below and Losing its Grip; Climate Disaster Is Turning the Planet into a Tinderbox.
Don’t We All Represent “Diversity”?
If only we could see ourselves just as human beings in all the richness that term describes. We are all part of the human community. We contain multitudes, as Walt Whitman said.
European Far Right Saw Electoral Wins in 2022. Reversing Them Will Not Be Easy.
The far right continues to grow in Europe, with extremist parties gaining ground in Italy, France and Sweden.
Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
The ongoing plunder of Africa’s natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt distress, rubbing salt into deep wounds from the past.
Veer Narayan Singh – Freedom Fighter – was Also a Food Rights Activist
Veer Narayan Singh (1795-1857) is remembered today as a great freedom fighter of Chattisgarh and India who sacrificed his life fighting colonial rulers. However there is more to his valiant life that we need to remember, in particular his combination of great courage and concern for his people.
Adani Threatens Media With Defamation Suits but Is Now Giving Lecture on Press Freedom: Ravish Kumar
The former NDTV anchor says that Adani’s takeover of NDTV is not a normal takeover, but was aimed at silencing him, for which Adani spent thousands of crores. Ravish says that he will continue to speak – speak out – through his channel on YouTube.
Caste Hypocrisy in the Name of Hindu Unity
Book Review: Raghuram Meghawanshi’s book, ‘I Could Not be a Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in RSS’ shows the hypocrisy of RSS on caste issue. It reveals how Meghawanshi’s humiliating experiences in RSS as a Dalit transformed him from an RSS activist to a Dalit activist.
Demand for Jobs Under MGNREGA has Reduced But Is Still Higher than Pre-Pandemic Years
FM Nirmala Sitharaman recently claimed in Parliament that the demand for work under MGNREGA is declining. What she forgot to mention is that the demand for jobs is still higher than it was in 2019-20, before the pandemic struck.