Hamid Ansari’s Woes: Plight of Pluralism in India
The events of the last few decades and more so of the last six years show the rising intimidation, marginalisation and increasing fear among Muslim minorities.
Justice P.B. Sawant: Obituary; Article: ‘How Much of a Democracy Is India, Really?’
On February 15, 91-year-old Justice PB Sawant breathed his last. In an article written some days before his death, he wrote: In every “democracy” where there is capitalist economic system, there is no democracy at all.
It’s Clear Why NewsClick Is Being Targeted, and Why it Was Viewed as a Threat
Platforms like NewsClick and the people involved in running it take risks because they want to make the freedom of expression substantive.
Intense Repression in Turkey on Anti-Fascist Movement
As anti-government protests continue to grow, and revolutionary forces in Turkey launch a new opposition alliance, the United Fighting Forces, the government is seeking to break its back with indiscriminate arrests.
As Munawar Faruqui Case Shows, Questioning BJP’s Hindutva Project While Being a Muslim Can Land You in Jail
Several young Muslims have been locked up because they had the temerity to assert their right to equal citizenship.
FIRs vs Free Speech, the Signature Tune of Indian Fascism
If Indians who cherish their democracy, their country’s unparalleled diversity of thought and culture, do not recognise the threat to India as a nation that the so-called Hindu rashtravadis pose, then their future will be bleak.
State and Fascist Crackdown Backfires: Support for Farmers Spreads – Three Articles
Quite contrary to what many had anticipated, the state crackdown on farmers’ leaders, together with attacks by BJP goons, has breathed a new life into the agitation. Farmers are joining the agitation in growing numbers.
The Pentagonization of America – Two Articles
As the enthusiasm for war on terror ebbs in America, Pentagon hawks have been searching for new wars and escalations – the new targets are China and Russia. While this guarantees more money for the Pentagon, it hasn’t made the US safer; the wars are also coming back home.
‘Who Ended the Holocaust?’
Today in the West, while hypocritical empty crocodile tears are wept over the Nazis’ victims, real history continues to be suppressed, denied and buried beneath mountains of lies.
Patriotism Has No Religion, and Here’s the Proof for Mohan Bhagwat to See
Followers of each religion, including Hinduism, have been unpatriotic at one point or another.