How Himalayan Highways are Bringing More Risks than Benefits to People
A highway and tunnel construction spree is going on in the Himalayas, with disastrous consequences for the fragile hills and the people living there.
Interview with Angela Rangad – an Activist Whose 10-Day Dharna Forced Govt to Yield
Angela Rangad’s extraordinary solo protest ended with the Meghalaya government calling her for consultations on better implementation of the Chief Minister’s Relief Against Wage Loss scheme.
Debate: Sudheendra Kulkarni on Bhagwat’s Speech of 4 July; and Two Responses
Opinion: Bhagwat’s Glasnost in RSS-Muslim Ties Is Welcome, But Can He Rein in Modi and Adityanath?; Counterview: The RSS’s Age-Old Agenda Is the Same, No Matter What Mohan Bhagwat Says; The Burden of Being ‘Bharatiya’ in Mohan Bhagwat’s Hindu Rashtra.
Interview with K. Veeramani: Part II
This is another conversation with Thiru K Veermani which was recorded on November 1st, 2019. Veeramani says that Periyar was not opposed to Hindi, he was against its imposition on Tamil Nadu; the RSS wants to impose Hindutva culture on Tamil Nadu.
Study: India’s True Pandemic Death Toll Likely to be Well Over 3 Million
“True deaths are likely to be in the several millions, not hundreds of thousands, making this arguably India’s worst human tragedy,” said its authors, one of whom is a former chief economic adviser to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Farmers’ Movement Organises First Kisan Sansad; Farmers’ Tractor March – Three Articles
Starting Thursday, about 200 protestors will participate in the farmers’ parliament at Jantar Mantar, which will take place on each working day of the Parliament until the ongoing Monsoon Session ends. Also – Farmers’ tractor marches in UP.
The Nationalisation of Banks in 1969
On July 19, 1969, 14 major banks were nationalised in the country. Today, after 52 years there is talk again of privatising the nationalised banks, which naturally raises the question: why were banks nationalised at all?
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A Gandhian Case to Repeal Sedition Law
The CJI rightly asked why independent India needs a colonial-era law used to convict freedom fighters, for the law cannot persist unless a vestige of colonial mindset persists.
Of Father Stan Swamy, Humans and Other Species
For Stan’s thousands of admirers, the challenge is clearly to join the Adivasi people in their fight to be treated as equal human beings and also upholding their traditions, far superior to those of the ‘civilised’.
For India’s Sake, Stop Destroying Communal Harmony with the Bogey of Love Jihad
The hate-filled and menacing messages on some WhatsApp groups are frightening in their implications.