Killing Him Softly With His Song: A Requiem for Father Stan Swamy
The entire episode leaves behind a feeling that Stan Swamy was virtually thrust a sentence of death without charges being framed against him and without a trial.
Father Stan Swamy – Two Poems
Father Stan Swamy; Swamy and Friends: A Poem.
Former Bureaucrats, Civil Society Express “Deep Anguish” on Violations and Breakdown of Governance in UP
In their open letter, they condemn the ‘complete breakdown’ of governance and blatant violation of the rule of law in Uttar Pradesh, and say that the Yogi Adityanath government has “ushered in a model of governance which swerves further and further away from the values of the Constitution”.
A Young Farmer Leader on how Seven Months of Protests Created Democratic Spaces
Rajinder Singh Deepsinghwala, the vice president of the Kirti Kisan Union, says that despite their core demands not being met, the past seven months of protests had won a major victory in how they had democratised politics in northern India.
In Modi’s India, Being a Tribal Woman Is an Act of Resistance
Adivasi communities continue heroically to fight to protect their lands. In doing so, they’re protecting all our futures. Because, more than anyone, activists like Hidme Markam are keeping the forests standing and the coal in the ground.
Indian Workers Deserve More than Food Security
The Supreme Court has “strongly disapproved” of the government’s “non-action” in providing rations to migrant workers and termed it “unpardonable”. However, in terms of tangible relief to workers, beyond chastising the government, the order is slightly disappointing.
Dalits-Adivasis in Uttar Pradesh and the Question of Land
The Dalits and Tribals of UP are mostly landless, low income and unemployed, which is the main reason for their social, economic and political backwardness. Successive governments of UP have not taken any measures to help these lowest sections of society; the BJP is worsening their situation.
From State to Civil Society, how Bengal Responded to Covid
During the peak of the second surge of the deadly killer virus in summer this year, when patients in several parts of India were literally gasping for breath, the situation in West Bengal was much better managed.
India’s Farmers and the Neoliberal Playbook
In Mexico, as transnational companies have seized control of the country’s agriculture, the loss of food sovereignty has induced catastrophic changes to the nation’s diet and many small-scale farmers lost their livelihoods. It should serve as a warning to India, as that is what the three farm laws will lead to.
Govt Plans to Sell Foodgrain Meant for Poor to Private Sector, at Subsidised Rates
Rice from the Food Corporation of India will be sold at a subsidy to private distilleries while India fares badly on hunger indicators.