Continuing Genocide in Gaza – 2 Articles
You Can’t Turn Back the Clock on Genocide: “Easily 200,000 Deaths in Gaza”. Also: “We Will Rebuild Again” – Palestinians Scream at Israel’s Carnage of Jabalia.
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Gaza: The Siege and the Battle for Humanity
The battle being fought by Palestine, particularly in Gaza, is a civilisational battle… a battle for all humanity.
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Claudia Sheinbaum: The Next President of Mexico
The progressive leader is making history as the first woman president in North America and has vowed to follow in the footsteps of her colleague President López Obrador in building an anti-neoliberal economic development model.
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Bharat, India and Hindustan Don’t Cancel Each Other Out. They Reflect Continuities in Our History
Today we are facing a revivalist moment in our political history, ironically, as a free nation. It is a defeatist hangover of history to create a wedge between what we named and what named us. We adopted these names for centuries out of a spirit we call Indian, or Bharatiya.
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How the Constituent Assembly Debated (and Rejected) Citizenship by Religion
Raging arguments over who was indeed Indian were put to rest with a vote that spoke in favour of an Article 5 without religious markers.
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The Dark Clouds of 1935 Nuremberg Have Gathered Over Indian Skies
The exclusion and criminalisation of Muslim citizens through laws and state action are not as explicit as in Nazi Germany, but they violate the Constitution.
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India’s Decade of Democratic Deficit
Parliamentary procedures have been tossed aside as an increasing number of laws are passed with little or no debate.
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Modi Promised So Much But Science Has Stagnated on His Watch
There is little reason to believe that a third term for Modi will result in the revival of Indian scientific research and innovation.
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Modi’s Scheme to Double Farmers’ Income Goes on Overdrive During Elections, Stalls Otherwise
PM AASHA, a crop price support scheme, saw real spending only in the months around 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Three years in between the two general elections, the government did not spend a single rupee on the scheme.
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Accreditation of NHRC Deferred for Third Time: A Major Setback for India
The Sub Committee of Accreditation of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions decided to defer the accreditation of India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC-India) for the second consecutive year.
