Women Rise in Anger at Farm Law Protests Breaking Patriarchy and Stereotypes
One of the fascinating fallouts of the protests by farmers on the borders of Delhi has been the emergence of women in the forefront taking charge.
The Global Angle to the Farmer Protests
The USA and Europe are seeking to transform the agriculture of developing countries like India in accordance with their needs – in effect, they want a re-creation of the economic scenario of the colonial period. Modi govt’s three farm laws are meant to comply with their wishes.
Too Much Democracy, Mr. Kant, or Too Little ?
Democracy is not just periodical elections or a brute majority in Parliament, but the existence of robust constitutional values. If only Mr. Kant would take the trouble of stepping out of his bio bubble in Niti Aayog, he would notice their absence in his New India.
India’s Farmers Provide an Object Lesson in Democratic Mass Action
Where mobs flail to a tune set into motion by some dog-whistle, refuse reasoned debate, take recourse to abuse, vilification, threat, and finally, the strong arm, democratic mass actions bank on the power of knowledge.
Why are People Going Hungry if India has Surplus Foodgrain Stocks?
A country that ranks 94 among 107 countries in the Global Hunger Index can’t be said to be self-sufficient in foodgrains. The surplus stocks are due to shortage of purchasing power in peoples’ hands.
Minority Places of Worship Were Attacked in India and Pakistan. Guess Which Country Took Action?
The comparison highlights just how far India has moved away from its ideals of secularism.
2020 Witnessed the Deliberate Destruction of Democratic Rights Organisations in India
The year 2020 has also been marked by the destruction of the democratic rights organizations of India, as part of a vicious plan of the BJP government to irreparably shrink the democratic space for a future that we can only tremble to think about.
Elsevier and Wiley Declare War on Research Community in India
Three academic publishers have asked the Court to block the websites Sci-Hub and Libgen in India, which provide free downloads of research publications and books. Without access to the journals available on these websites for free, it is almost impossible to do quality research..
Why the BJP’s Attempt to Appropriate Rabindranath Tagore Goes Against the Nobel Winner’s Own Beliefs
In works like ‘Home and the World’, ‘Gora’ and ‘Where the mind is without fear’, the Nobel Laureate demonstrated his opposition to aggressive nationalism.
Hamida Bi, the Voice of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims for Over 30 Years, Passes Away
With a deep understanding of the extent of loss brought by this man-made disaster, she crusaded all her life so survivors could receive compensation and medical care.