Persons with Disabilities Denied Adequate Resources
Stagnant funding, low allocations, badly-planned policies: people who live with disability deserve better.
Comparing Response to Two Important Diseases—Tuberculosis and COVID-19
Since the beginning of the corona pandemic in early 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths has been approximately 330 per day in India, while during the same period the number of tuberculosis deaths has been around 1,230 per day. Yet TB deaths never make the newspaper headlines.
Oppose GM Mosquitoes, Sexed Semen Technology – Two Articles
Technology of genetically modified mosquitoes is dangerous and should be stopped; The technology of producing only female calves should be opposed firmly.
Why Steinbeck’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ Remains the Most Memorable Saga of Displaced Farmers and Migrating Workers
The novel was very effective in drawing attention to the injustices faced by displaced farmers in the wake of the great depression and the dust bowl phenomenon. We in India are all too familiar with this overwhelming reality of our times, and this is all the more reason for remembering this story.
For Resolving Farming Crisis, Some Small Farmers Show the Way with Big Achievements
Some inspiring stories of the ingenuity, innovativeness as well as traditional wisdom of ordinary hard working farmers, and also of some organisations who could provide conducive conditions in which the potential of these undoubted abilities of farmers could be realized.
Remembering Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi on His 90th Death Anniversary
March 25 is the 90th death anniversary of this great freedom fighter, editor, worker and peasant leader, also deeply committed social reformer who sacrificed his life at the age of 40 while trying to stop communal violence and rescue persons from both communities trapped in it.
Chandra Singh Garhwali: World Peace Movement Will Never Forget the Soldier Who Refused to Fire on Unarmed Protestors
He and his fellow soldiers will be always remembered for their courage and sacrifice in refusing to fire on peaceful protesters offering non-violent resistance. Thereby a new and glorious chapter was added and a new dimension was given to the history of non-violent struggles against injustice.
Solidarity Is the Biggest Need for Indian Journalists Today
I find it hard to believe so I rub my eyes. So many frontline leaders of my profession (journalism) have been implicated in serious charges and cases …
Where Is Justice? Most Farmers and Informal Workers have No Pension After Toiling All Their Life
At a time when highly dubious projects worth tens of thousands of crores have been cleared recklessly, the pension offered by the Union government to elderly citizens is just Rs. 200 per month, and this too only for about 27% of senior citizens who need this.
Manglesh Dabral: Poet and Editor Who was the Voice of the Marginalized
An obituary; and two poems by Mangesh Dabral, translated into English.