How Bengali Civil Society Stood Up Against the BJP
From a people’s campaign on ‘No Vote To BJP’ to a music video by a galaxy of artists against the party’s ‘ideology of hatred’, the civil society in Bengal had a powerful impact in the recent polls.
Mahavir Narwal: Remembering a Brave Father’s Fearless Crusade for His Daughter’s Freedom – Two Articles
Narwal sahib deserved to live. To see his daughter free. Not on bail. Free. With apologies from the Indian state. Plus: “The Law Sees ‘Terror’ in Blocked Road, Not Patients Gasping for Oxygen”.
Breaking the Thermometer
Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, the bunch of integrity-free incompetents Mr Modi has gathered around him as his ministers – all need to go. And immediately, in order for the country to launch the mammoth operation of recovery and repair needed for our survival.
‘Lest We Forget’: Why India Must Remember Its Present Horror
When the age of reason returns, the people responsible should be held to account for the biblical scale of suffering they have inflicted on a people who trusted them.
The Global Spread of Fascism Is as Real as the Spread of COVID-19
The beast is struggling against its chains in Germany. It has bared its fangs in Washington, D.C. It has shed blood in the Philippines and India. Let us not repeat the mistake of the democracies of the early 20th century of hesitating to call that beast by its name.
Why Satyajit Ray’s ‘Sadgati’ Gets the Hindutvawadi’s Goat
Even though a full 40 years have passed since its release, this wiry little film continues to hit the religious fanatic hard between the eyes today.
Why I Chose Not To Get Vaccinated
My vaccination fast is my Gandhian protest, till the removal of photograph on vaccine certificates of the man who is responsible for the untold sufferings of Indian people during Covid-19 period and before that as well.
Birthday Greetings, Dear Fr. Stan!
One’s birthday cannot be ‘happy’ in prison; however, in wishing you – we celebrate your life, your mission and your message and above all, those whom you have so closely identified with all these years; so “Birthday Greetings to you, dear Fr. Stan!”
Mouse Under the Throne: The Judicial Legacy of Sharad A. Bobde
Evasion, hypocrisy and duplicity marked the 17 month tenure of the outgoing Chief Justice of India, with the central executive ending up favoured each time. On the date of his retirement, not one of the five constitutional matters pending had been substantively heard or decided.
The Palestinians: “We Shall Not Be Moved”
Israelis think that their continued assaults on the Palestinians—uprooting their orchards, razing their villages, imprisoning and killing them—will make the Palestinians simply throw up their hands and go away. But that will never happen. The Palestinians will win by their simple resolve to stay where they are.