India or Bharat? In 2016, Modi Govt Told Supreme Court Name Change Not Warranted
‘There is no change in circumstances to consider any change in Article 1 of the Constitution of India,’ it had said.
The Manipur Crisis in Numbers: Four Months of Unending Violence
Over the course of a harrowing four months in India’s sensitive border state of Manipur, the once-coexisting communities of Meitei and Kuki have descended into a state of irreparable enmity. The violence erupted on May 3 and continues.
Kindling the Fire of Agniveers: Germany’s Past India’s Future?
The Agnipath scheme introduced by the Union government for army recruitment on contractual basis is a catastrophe that would inevitably lead to militarisation of India. The fear looms large that after the end of contractual service these youths with arms training would be susceptible to exploitation by paramilitaries.
Fear of ‘Caste War’ & Mandal 2.0: Why RSS Changed Its Position on Reservation
By calling for continuation of reservation, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat seems to have altered his earlier stand.
The Dismantling of Democracy in India Will Affect the Whole World
The text of the writer’s speech as she received the 45th European Essay Prize on September 12: “India’s Constitution has been effectively set aside. The Indian Penal Code is being rewritten…. However grim the situation is, please know that there is a tremendous fight back.”
UP Bus Conductor Mohit Yadav’s Fate Shows How Acts of Fraternity are Criminalised in Today’s India
He was fired from his job for stopping the vehicle to allow two Muslim passengers to pray. In India today, even an act of friendship and fraternity towards Muslims has become an act of deviance and a crime. This is far from the spirit foreseen by the founders of our constitutional republic.
We are All Hibakusha
Nuclear weapons tests, accidents at nuclear power plants, radioactive materials released from reprocessing plants, all have produced radioactive fallout that has contaminated the peoples of the world. We are all, in the words of Robert “Bo” Jacobs, the “Global Hibakusha”.
NATO’s 2011 Overthrow of Government Responsible for the Libyan Nightmare – 2 Articles
Latest reports on the devastating floods in Libya confirm 11,300 deaths, with 10,100 still reported missing. NATO’s military intervention in Libya in 2011, which overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, resulted in a chaotic and murderous failed state. That is the reason for the disaster.
How Guatemalans are Mobilizing to Defend Their Fragile Democracy
A multipronged movement in Guatemala is rising to defend the surprise election of a progressive president who is under attack from the corrupt old guard.
Summer of Deadly Climate Breakdown Spurs Mass Protests Worldwide – 2 Articles
Climate activists are closing out the hottest summer on record with hundreds of demonstrations worldwide, all blaring a unified message: “End fossil fuels.”