2022 was the Year World Turned Against Strongman Politics. Bharat Jodo Is India’s Chance
From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.
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From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.
For low-income residents across India, and particularly women, bathroom use is dictated by poor toilet infrastructure.
Hooch-related deaths in the state, more recently in Botad district, underscore the ineffective prohibition policy and lack of preparedness for public health emergencies like toxic alcohol poisoning.
Israel is putting together an aggressively racist rightwing government under the leadership of the unprincipled Benjamin Netanyahu. It is a logical outcome of a national point of view—represented by Israel’s Zionist state ideology—which has always been fundamentally racist.
Aseemun’s repertoire, with its easy mix of folk, ritual, spiritual and pious, bespoke a syncretic tradition that is fast becoming anachronistic in India.
The villagers living in Dhinkia and surrounding villages are continuing their strong protest against the transfer of 1,174 hectares of land to JSW Utkal Steel Ltd. The state government is using every possible means to break their unity and destroy the resistance. Press Release by the movement.
The Maharashtra government panel will make life harder for both women wanting to exercise their choice and minorities.
In 2022, the Indian government made several attempts to dilute environmental laws and pushed for infrastructure projects in eco-sensitive areas.
In spite of touted claims of communal oneness between them and the ruling dispensation, now is the hour of their severest disillusionment.
Veer Narayan Singh (1795-1857) is remembered today as a great freedom fighter of Chattisgarh and India who sacrificed his life fighting colonial rulers. However there is more to his valiant life that we need to remember, in particular his combination of great courage and concern for his people.
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