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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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.
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Tamil Nadu Has Led the Fight Against the BJP and the Modi Model
Building on an inclusive Dravidian politics, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has provided leadership to the opposition alliance countering the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Tamil Nadu has shown a better path for India’s development.
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The Resistible Rise of the Far Right in Europe
In France, the far right is likely to be the leading political force in the European elections of 9 June 2024, and probably the second (or third) force in the European Union. A relatively large number of far right parties are now on the winning side in national elections, and are even taking part in national governments.
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To the Memory of the Antifascist Fighters
On the 79th anniversary of the Russian victory over Nazi Germany.
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On Fascism and Other Maladies: A Conversation with Luis Britto García
Experimental writer and columnist Luis Britto Garcia is one of Venezuela’s best-known and most respected intellectuals. In this interview, he talks about fascism and corruption, as well as his hopes for a Chavista victory in the upcoming July 28 presidential elections.
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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.
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Communalism | Fascism | India | Print Edition
The Ram Rajya Being Imagined Is Certainly Not That of Gandhi’s
As a devout Ram bhakt, Gandhi’s idea of Ram and of Ram Rajya was a completely different one from the exclusionist and majoritarian Hindutva one that we see in circulation today. Also, extract from: ‘Gandhi’s Ram Rajya Was No Hindu Raj’.
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Fascism | India | Online Blog
Watching the Steady Decline of Academic Freedom at IIM Ahmedabad
“I’ve not known the restraints now being imposed on the academic freedom to exist on the IIM campus during the last five years. But things have changed”, says the author.
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Communalism | Fascism | India | Online Blog
The Implications of Appropriating Ram as a Mascot for Politics – 2 Articles
‘The Idea of Ram, and the Idea of India’: Those using Ram as a political mascot must consider how their actions impact the ideals of an inclusive, democratic and just society India aims to be. Also: ‘PM Modi in Ram Temple Pran Prathishtha: End of Secularism as “Distance” Between State and Religion?’.
