Fear Still Stalks Religious Minorities
In the words of activist Harsh Mander, a prominent target of the regime, the “election results of 2024 have not erased the dangers of fascism. The cadres of the Hindu Right remain powerful and motivated.”
Indian Voters Deliver a Stunning Rebuke to Modi – 3 Articles
‘Salaam, Indian Voters!’; ‘A Stunning Rebuke to Narendra Modi’s Divisive, Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’; ‘A Clear Message’: Rejecting communal politics, India’s voters have reaffirmed faith in secularism, federalism, and scientific temper.
Fear and Hope Post the Fourth of June
In the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, given the absence of any explicit political wave, nobody can really tell which way the verdict will go. But irrespective of the outcome, there are clear signs the country is entering a new, more turbulent era and also one shifting away from the politics of the recent past.
Israel: State of Denial
The lies. The packs of lies—deliberate, filthy, and deadly. And they keep going. As if the world owes Israel and its “most moral army in the world” something—after it massacred more than 35,000 Palestinians in six months.
BJP Is Undermining India’s Democratic Credentials – We Must Fight Back Using the Vote, Our Most Important Weapon
BJP’s subversion of the electoral process and Modi’s communal rhetoric undermine credentials of democracy in India. It is time to use the only democratic weapon people have, the vote, responsibly.
‘Freedom From Fear is the Freedom I Claim for You my Motherland!’
India celebrates the 75th Republic Day on January 26. On this day, 75 years ago, in 1950, the Constitution pledged equality, regardless of gender, caste, religion, class, community or language. It is a fitting time to revisit this poem by Rabindranath Tagore on his vision of a truly liberated India.
Legendary Palestinian Resistance; World Rises in Support – 3 Articles
‘100 Days of War and Resistance: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall’; ‘Israel’s War on Palestine and the Global Upsurge Against It’; ‘Hundreds of Thousands March for Gaza as World Demands Cease-Fire’.
‘The Sunset of the Century’: Tagore’s 1900 New Year Poem Resonates in 2024
Tagore’s words, “Be on watch, India” and asking people “to stand before the proud and the powerful/ With your white robe of simpleness”, are of greater relevance today, when the arrival of 2024 is being celebrated, than when he composed those words to mark the advent of the year 1900.
‘In a Roaring Flood’: How Israel Provoked October 7 Attacks, Yet Was Caught by Surprise
The dramatic events in Palestine starting on October 7 have taken many people by surprise. The reason is the tendency to pay close attention to political discourses and intelligence analyses of Israel and its supporters – while largely neglecting the Palestinian discourse.
Christmas Amidst Genocide
May this Christmas season be a time when humankind, as a whole, can aspire to a just world where death and destruction are left behind and an authentic peace be positioned through constant dialogue.