Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha: Youngest Ghadar Party Hero Executed at Age 19
November 16 marks the 106th martyrdom day of one of the youngest heroes of the freedom movement, which right-wing forces have been demeaning these days.
The Ends of Justice: a Case of Bilkis Bano
A lone woman’s painful struggle for justice, and the recent remission granted to 11 convicts who had assaulted her during the 2002 Gujarat riots, sits, disturbingly, at the centre of this poem.
A Joyful March for Lula
Tens of thousands of Brazilians marched in Sao Paulo Saturday in a final show of support for former president Lula da Silva before Sunday’s election. Also: It’s official: Lula has won. He has defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the next president of Brazil.
From a Former Chief of the Indian Navy, Admiral Ramdas to Rahul Gandhi
Written with hope for a new tomorrow in Indian politics, dated September 26, 2022 when the Bharat Jodo Yatra began.
“Let there be Light”!
India today, is enveloped in darkness! As the nation embroils itself from one issue to another, the burden is felt by the ordinary citizen, as never before and in more ways than one. In these dark times, the people of India cry out in one voice, from the depths of their being “Let there be Light”!
Rise of Rishi Sunak and the Hypocrisy of Hindutva Politics in India
Rishi Sunak has become the PM of UK and India’s ‘bhaktmandali’ is celebrating. Celebrating those who had nothing to do with India except some relations hundreds years back is nothing but pure hypocrisy of those who do not acknowledge the contributions of minorities in our nation building.
This Diwali, Know That Prayer Is a Privilege in India
Majority community Indians have prayer privileges that many of our fellow citizens (especially Muslims, Christians and Dalits) can only dream of. In the year gone by, prayer – that universal act common to all religions – has been criminalised like never before.
Agri Biotech Sector Motivated by Monopoly Control and Sacred GMO Cash Cow
Food prices are rising due to a combination of an engineered food crisis for geopolitical reasons, financial speculation by hedge funds, and profiteering by global grain trade conglomerates. In addition, agribusiness forms are using this crisis as an opportunity to promote GE technologies.
Why the Idea of Reservations for Dalit Muslims and Christians has Divided Ambedkarites
In the wake of the Modi government forming a commission to reevaluate reservations for Dalits, Ambedkarite intellectuals are debating whether Muslim and Christian Dalits should be included in the Scheduled Caste list.
Elon’s Twitter
The world is coming to be dominated by the richest and most powerful people on the globe, who aren’t accountable to anyone for anything — for facts, truth, science or the common good. That’s Elon’s dream.