Remembering India’s First Modern Sculptor, Ramkinkar Baij
He broke free from the stultifying conformism of colonial and pre-modern studio sculpturing to encompass in his work the lives and struggles of plain, unremarkable human beings.
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The Sorrow of War: The Long Silence of Bao Ninh
Interview with Bao Ninh, Vietnam’s most celebrated writer, best-known for ‘The Sorrow of War’, which was immediately deemed a classic of war narrative when published in English in 1994, earning comparisons with Erich Maria Remarque’s famous ‘All Quiet on The Western Front’.
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Rajkumar Keswani’s Warning About a Gas Tragedy in Bhopal Fell on Deaf Ears
Eulogizing the recently departed journalist Rajkumar Keswani, the author writes about his lone voice warning about the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster in 1984 through meticulous reporting, his tireless championing of the cause of the victims of the tragedy, and her personal acquaintance with him.
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Legendary Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna Passes Away – Two Obituaries
The 94-year-old environmentalist succumbed to COVID-19 on May 21, 2021, at AIIMS in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. With his demise, India has lost one of the finest environmentalists and social workers, who had also been a part of India’s freedom movement.
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COVID-19: Like in Dante’s ‘Inferno’, Indians are Going Through Nine Circles of Hell
Akin to how characters in Dante’s poem paid for their sins in hell, Indians are paying with their lives during a pandemic for electing a government that is utterly incompetent and bigoted.
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Mr. Modi May Continue to Rule, But Can He Govern?
Narendra Modi has burnt every bridge, antagonised every peer and decapacitated every institution which could have helped him cross the troubled waters he now has to negotiate.
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A Victory for Democracy in Chile
On May 15-16, the people of Chile voted to elect members to a new Constituent Assembly that would draft a new Constitution to replace the Pinochet era neoliberal Constitution. Progressive forces won more than two-thirds of the seats, in a stunning win. Plus: Chile: Two Women Symbolise Historical Progressive Victory.
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Colombian Uprising Continues for Third Week; and Roots of Crisis – Two Articles
Mass demonstrations in Colombia continue for the third straight week. After defeating the unpopular tax reform that sparked the movement, protesters push new demands. Plus, an article on why the government imposed the tax package and its impact on the people that led to the uprising.
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Unity at Last: the Palestinian People Have Risen; Plus: History of Israeli Occupation of Palestine
For the first time in many years, the Palestinian people are united, from Jerusalem Al Quds, to Gaza and the West Bank, to the Palestinian communities, towns and villages inside historic Palestine – today’s Israel. Plus – an Article on the Palestinian Nakba of 1947-9.
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Why Does the United States Support Israel?; also: Rashida Tlaib – End the Apartheid System
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Israel has been made possible by Israel’s utility to US imperialism. Plus: Speech by Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of US Congress, about the humanity of Palestinians and the need to dismantle Israeli apartheid.
