Maharashtra’s Fishing Community Fights to Protect its ‘Golden Belt’ Coast
Fearing a fate worse than Maharashtra’s southern sea-coast, Dahanu fishing communities demand suspension of Vadhavan port project.
India’s Poor are Eating into Their Savings, Thanks to High Inflation and COVID-19
Rising inflation is forcing millions of households in India to cut back on food and dip into their savings for essentials. This could wipe out gross household savings, hampering future economic recovery because households would have no money to spend.
UP’s ‘Love Jihad’ Ordinance – A Sarkari Honour Crime
The law represents an attempt by the BJP to push a toe out of the constitutional ambit, to begin to build the legal infrastructure of the Hindu Rashtra.
Why India Must Oppose Dumping of Radioactive Water from Fukushima into the Pacific
Next year, the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant would start releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Several nations are up in arms against it, but Indian authorities are silent. A discussion about what is at stake for people and the environment.
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Fundamentalists Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Perhaps, the rulers and administrators manning the State machinery, haven’t heard this verse of Baba Farid Shakarganj (1173-1265 AD): “Farid, the earth questioned the sky, Where are the mighty captains gone? / In their grave they rot, was the reply / And rebuked for tasks not done.”
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das: The Man Behind the Name
Remembering Deshbandhu: a leader with enormous mass appeal, a pragmatic and a tactful politician, a legendary legal practitioner, a constitutionalist, a poet, an editor and an ambassador for Hindu-Muslim unity.
A Republic of Protest
The culture of the farmers’ protest is an extraordinary tableau that tells us what republican values look like.
“At a Time When We Have Jobless Growth, Why Do We Want Jobless Agriculture?”
The distinguished food and trade policy analyst says that it is high time we looked at the travails of 600 million people who are involved with farming with more understanding and empathy.
Misleading Economic Signals
Even while the real economy remains in contractionary mode, not only have stock market returns exploded, but India’s stock of foreign exchange reserves have registered record-breaking increases. Nevertheless, the economic crisis is all set to worsen.
Hindutva Leaders Revile Gandhi and His Message, But Can’t Resist Basking in His Glory
Try as it might, the Sangh parivar cannot discard the Mahatma or his legacy.