At a Time of Acute Farmer Distress, Karnataka’s Bovine Slaughter Bill Will Make Lives Worse
The dairy industry will be crippled.
BJP Is Always Uncomfortable with Tagore – PM Modi Quoting His Poems Won’t Reverse This
Modi’s wanton quoting of Tagore strikes as too much of an attempt to woo Bengalis in election season, considering the overall unfamiliarity with Tagore and his verses, displayed by BJP leaders. Also: Students protest Amit Shah’s visit to Visva-Bharati.
What Modi’s Central Vista Plan Says About His Vision of a New India
It’s the Gujarat model, scaled up: of place marketing conflated with RSS goals against the backdrop of neoliberalism and a narrative combining stigmatisation with hyperbole.
A Nonsense called ‘Hurting Religious Sentiments’
A petition has been filed against actor Saif Ali Khan and director Om Raut of the film Adipurush in a district court of Uttar Pradesh for Saif’s comments on his role in the film. The judge by admitting this petition is shutting the door to free speech.
Farmers’ Protests in India: Then and Now
The Modi Government’s game plan behind passing the three farm laws; and the farcical manner in which it has entered into negotiations with the farmers’ groups. But the farmers have seen through every trick being played by the government.
‘One-Nation-One-Election’ Destructive to Our Federal Structure
The Prime Minister’s arguments lack sincerity and are being used only to divert attention from the many flaws in our electoral laws and practices, including those relating to safeguards in the use of EVMs and to the use of post-election defections to gain power.
The Poem for His Mother that Got Salil Tripathi Suspended from Twitter
An outrageous act of censorship against one of the most important advocates of free speech.
Covid-19 Impact: Will Impact 29 Crore Children in India
Education is a human right, legally guaranteed in India for all children without any discrimination. Shockingly, Covid-19 has adversely impacted the education of 290 million children.
Urgent Measures Needed to Rescue the Indian Health System; Health Status Is Shocking
The pandemic has unravelled India’s broken health care system and we must implement urgent reforms to fix it.
The Mystery Behind the Aarogya Setu App
The creation of an exclusive, State-driven, contact tracing enhancer for smartphone users in India during Covid times has multiple faults. The primary one is that there is considerable mystery about where the data is being stored and to what extent it is protected.