In Central Universities, the Future Will Now Be Built on the Ruins of Excellence
In public universities, a candidate’s excellence is no longer a guarantee for appointment as a teacher. They need to have the backing of a Sangh parivar organisation.
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Compelled Speech, Dissent and the National Anthem
Not singing or standing for the national anthem is a form of peaceful protest. In the absence of any ‘law’ mandating citizens to sing or stand for the anthem, it is difficult to justify compelling them to do so.
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Why India Leads the World in Internet Shutdowns: Open Violations of SC Guidelines, Silent Judiciary
Executive authorities have mostly failed to comply with a 2020 Supreme Court judgement prescribing regulations for internet shutdowns.
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Adivasi | Caste | Indian Politics | Labour | Online Blog
For a Breath of Dignity: The ‘Unfreedom’ of India’s Caste-Driven Labour Migration
Dalits and Adivasis are preponderant in the temporary labour migrant workforce across the country. While they form only 25% of the population, official estimates show that they make up more than 40% of the seasonal migrants.
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The Super-Rich Have Taken it All Away from Others
Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation have left us with an internal colonisation.
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Behind Delhi’s Floods Is a History of Encroachment and Diminishing Wetlands
According to experts, Delhi’s floods are an urgent indication to improve the city’s drainage systems. They also point to Delhi’s diminishing natural line of defence — its water bodies and wetlands — against such hazards, without which the river cannot drain its water naturally.
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Islamophobia in the Indian Workplace: A Tale of 3 Muslim Women
In a country where Islamophobia has intensified, three Indian Muslim women describe their encounters with Delhi-based private firms where they were chastised, humiliated, and pressured to disown their religious identity.
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Guardians of Life
Honouring the more-than-human world around us, looking with wonder, remembering our inter-dependence, listening to the communities who are struggling and protecting the living world, and helping their voices to be heard in the corridors of power could be our small beginnings to becoming guardians of life.
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Is the End of Western Financial Dominance in Africa on the Horizon or Will the History of Libya Repeat Itself?
Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the U.S. dollar or other Western currencies. But memories of Libya are a source of worry.
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China Seduces Africa: a Love Story or a Honey Pot? Is it that Simple?
Disillusioned by neo-colonial and imperialist interference in their economies by the countries of the global North, many countries in the global South are now turning to China for loans. While China promises loans on better terms than the West, this relationship is very much to China’s advantage and highly open to criticism.
