Due to Record Price Hike, India’s Poor Give Up Refilling LPG Cylinders
Modi government’s flagship Ujjwala scheme continues to hand out new gas connections, but an increasing number of India’s poor have stopped refilling them due to high gas prices.
Inside India’s War to Silence the Free Press
Since 2020, attacks on independent media have surged, with arrests, terror and sedition cases, even as a right-wing ecosystem issues rape and death threats and discredits any narrative against official interests.
Parleying with the Infinite: India in Beethoven’s Imagination
There are many surprising ways in which Western classical music, and more particularly the music of Beethoven, has relations with India. The name of Beethoven is also inextricably linked up with the name of someone who is inescapably present in nearly every conversation—Gandhi.
The New Farm Laws May Facilitate a Shift in India’s Agricultural Export Policy
Increasing agricultural exports from $40 to $100 billion is deemed a ‘national imperative’ to double farmers’ incomes by 2022-23. But it is actually a part of a global agri-business agenda.
Four Reasons to be Worried About India’s New IT Rules that are Supposed to Regulate Big Tech
Though the rules are framed as a check on internet giants, they actually give the government much more power over expression online.
Drought Is Not Simply a Natural Calamity, it Is Also Driven by Commercial Greed
In his foreword to Kavitha Iyer’s book ‘Landscapes of Loss’, P. Sainath writes about the commodification of water and the thriving ‘thirst economy’ in the Marathwada region.
Farmers’ Movement Spreads; Farmers Plan Ahead – Seven Newsreports
Reports from mahapanchayats at Lakhnaur (Saharanpur district), Munderwa (Basti district), Barabanki (eastern UP), and Barnala (Punjab). With harvesting season coming, focus shifts on youth and workers to keep Delhi morchas running.
A Tale of Two Monuments
Ahmedabad hosts a Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, the iconic monument where values and foundation of Indian democracy evolved through decades of freedom movement. Now the city also hosts a five star Narendra Modi stadium, a new monument named after our seven star prime minister.
A Year on, No Sign of Let Up in Witch-Hunt’: Delhi Riots Victims, Activists Condemn Police Role
A year has passed since the Delhi riots, but victims still long for justice, as the state continues to launch a vilification campaign against activists.
In Modi Government’s Clampdown on Critics and Climate Activists, Big Tech Is an Enabler
Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against activists like Disha Ravi.