The Shattering of the Muslim Hope in India
A young Muslim reflects on the collapse of constitutional promises and on the everyday fears and dilemmas faced by the minorities.
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Defend Parliamentary Democracy — Citizens Statement (March 28, 2023)
Expressing concern over the expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from the parliament and his conviction in a defamation case, over a 1000 members of the civil society call upon the people of India to take all measures to save parliamentary democracy from the assault of the ruling party.
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Women’s Work Is Not Valued Properly
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh talks about gender blindness of official policies, inequalities in society, the state of women empowerment and why women face multiple disadvantages in India.
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‘You Breach Your Own Oath of Office’, Retd Civil Servants React to Rijiju’s ‘Barbs’ at Judiciary
Over 90 signatories have penned an open letter to the Law Minister seeking an explanation from Rijiju on the legal basis of his “open threat in a public forum” to some retired judges.
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The Clock Is Ticking
With landmark anniversaries of the invasions of Iraq and Ukraine, and the failure to address global heating, ninety seconds to midnight may be too generous an appraisal.
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France: On the Frontlines of the War Against Austerity
The French masses have raised the banner of class struggle in what is becoming the first major battle against austerity after the pandemic. Working people across the world should pay attention.
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The Indigenous People, Again
It is not strange that the US, Canada, and Australia do not sympathize with the Palestinians because they themselves were settlers too who wiped out whole cultures and confiscated their land.
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‘They Can Exploit Only Bhagat Singh’s Emotional Quotient, Not the Ideological Quotient’
Professor Jagmohan Singh is one of the prominent conscience-keepers of our times. He is also Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s nephew. Naren Singh Rao spoke to him about Bhagat Singh’s ideological legacy and the current concerns regarding his appropriation by the Hindu Right.
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What Is the Rs 20,000 Crore Figure Rahul Gandhi Spoke of in Adani’s ‘Shell Companies’?
A Financial Times report claimed “offshore companies linked to the Adanis” invested at least $2.6 billion in the group between 2017 and 2022. Also: The way Rahul Gandhi has been hounded over the last month shows that the BJP is unnerved. However, Gandhi has refused to buckle under pressure.
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At Mahapanchayat in Delhi, Farmers Vow to Build Bigger ‘Andolan’ for Democracy
With the general elections a year away, farmers’ unions say they will build more pressure on the government to resolve their issues and ‘will take their movement to its logical end’.
