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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Conscience is the inner voice that sustains your humanity. The author wonders how the Indian legal system treats the Narmada Dam and atomic energy as examples of sustainability. Ethics in Law Schools is treated like a hobby. We need to revitalise the subject, he argues.
From the beginning, International Women’s Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism; also an article by Kollantai on IWD written in 1920.
From Argentina to Mexico, and from Poland to Germany, millions of women took to the streets to proclaim that they refuse to continue being marginalized, discriminated against, and murdered. From Palestine, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network sends greetings to women in struggle everywhere.
She was a pioneering teacher, feminist and anti-caste discrimination activist. She carried forward the activities of Satya Shodkhak Samaj after Jyotiba’s death.
Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938 – 2019) is one of the most beloved, versatile and prolific Bengali writers of all time. The poems have been translated by her daughter, Nandana Dev Sen.
The Constituent Assembly of India had 15 women members, each of whom brought unique perspectives to the debates over the Constitution.
It is the impact of Ambedkar’s movement on the minds of Dalit women that those who were once enslaved by patriarchal-castiest brahminism started to demolish its narrative-body by writing their liberation in their own words.
Thousands of farmers gather in mahapanchayat in Ballia in Eastern UP; Preparations begin in Bihar for first Kisan Mahapanchayat there; Farmer unions call for Bharat Bandh on March 26; Farmer leaders reach West Bengal to campaign against BJP, address rally in Nandigram.
Despite a vicious crackdown that has left scores dead, the Burmese people continue their struggle against the coup. Interview with three female garment workers who helped organize another general strike this week. Also: the Burmese people need to be supported by people across the world.
In a major victory for the left and progressive forces, all of the criminal convictions against Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have been struck down by the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Brazil’s highest court.
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