With an Opposition Inactive for 5 Years, It Was the Farmers’ Protests That Swung West UP
Uttar Pradesh didn’t even have an opposition until now. Today, at least, there is a strong opposition, albeit one that the people have created on their own.
India’s Fate Hangs on Whether We Pick Exclusionary Hindutva or Gandhi’s Pluralism
Gandhi emphatically rejected the suggestion that the majority community had the right to dominate politics and governance in the country.
Making Legal Aid Effective for Women Prisoners
If we are to do any justice to the Constitutional mandate of equality before law, and the right to legal representation, we must put in place a mechanism to provide competent and effective legal aid to all those who cannot afford it, particularly to those languishing in jail.
Bengal The Story Behind the Arrest of Activists Objecting to Deocha Pachami Coal Mine
While the protest meeting itself was peaceful and without police presence, trouble started as the protesters returned home and nine people were arrested.
Withdraw the Proposed Coal Mining Project by Adani at Gondalpura, Jharkhand
If the coal project moves ahead despite the villagers’ resistance, it will decimate villages, farmlands and forests, and pollute the Badmahi river, an important lifeline of the region. It will also have severe climatic impacts over time, including erratic crop cycles and unseasonal rains.
Russia and Ukraine: Notes From Berlin
I am against killing and destruction. I will therefore join in a march for peace – but not in step with the greedy, violence-hungry forces who have taken up the Ukraine issue to pursue their own disastrous goals.
War Torn: Continental Drifters and the Nationless Nation
The number of people displaced by war, general violence, or human-rights violations last year swelled to a staggering 84 million, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. If they formed their own country, it would be the 17th largest in the world, slightly bigger than Iran or Germany.
Submission to the Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights
This submission comes at a crucial juncture in Pakistan’s socio-economic history. The Imran Khan government was elected on the manifesto to fight corruption and debt burden. However, it has miserably failed to arrest the galloping public debt and its adverse impacts on the working classes.
Godhra, Where the Fall of India’s Democracy Began
The burning train on February 27, 2002 – and the lies and false narratives built around it – kept Narendra Modi in power in Gujarat, and started him on the road to becoming the prime minister of India.
Protecting Adivasi Culture and Traditions
The rich traditional and cultural values of adivasis needs to be protected, sustained and nurtured. If adivasis are forcibly evicted from their homelands, if their culture is destroyed, the forests cannot be saved. There will not be any biodiversity left for future generations and the world will collapse.