Over the Last 75 Years, Struggles of India’s Tribal Communities Have Multiplied
Instead of being recognised for their conservation efforts and relationship with nature, tribal communities are paying the price for ‘development’.
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Vulnerable and Marginalised at Receiving End of Climate Change
A recent study on impact of droughts catalysed by climate change on Dalits and the Adivasis of Marathwada region of Maharashtra points to the grim reality that it is the socially and economically vulnerable who are the worst sufferers of these weather-related natural disasters.
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In Hunger Hotspot, Aadhaar Is Depriving Adivasi Mothers of Crucial Assistance
Their health, and the health of their children, is put at risk because they lack the documents needed to obtain the biometric number.
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The Music of Humanity
Gandhi remains so real. It is because he drew meaning from ordinary things, especially those that signified the persistence of friendship and love amidst hatred and violence. That is why his life and message are so much a part of the “still sad music of humanity”.
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The Time Has Come to Bring Ambedkar and Gandhi Together
The struggle for inter-faith harmony remains vital and urgent. To overcome the malign forces of Hindutva, we need Ambedkar and Gandhi on the same side.
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Gandhis after Gandhi: Four and Counting
May 2000: There are four Gandhis who have survived Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s death. Fifty years after Gandhi’s (1861-1948) assassination, it may be useful to establish their identities.
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In the Name of Gandhi
At the very outset, two things can be said about Gandhi. One, no leader of modern India has been misunderstood as much as Gandhi. It would be true to say that Gandhi has been written about a lot, but understood very little. Two, today we need to understand him more than ever before.
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The Hijab Protests Have Resonated Beyond Iran – to All Countries That Want to Control Women
No state, whether it is Iran, India or any other, has the right to tell women what to wear.
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Gandhi, Marx & the Ideal of an ‘Unalienated Life’
Akeel Bilgrami speaks on the relationship between Gandhi and Marx, issues of modernity, academic philosophy in India, secularism, caste and current politics in India, the Hindutva political challenge and ways of resistance, and the importance of Left politics.
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Modi has Destroyed More Temples than Aurangzeb: Vishwanath Temple Mahant
Those who want to tailor history to suit their political agenda never mention Akbar built Vishwanath Temple—only that Aurangzeb destroyed it.
