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Since the Congress party’s victory in Karnataka, there has been lot of discussion around Karnataka model of development and Karnataka model of resistance to fascism. However, such uncritical endorsement of any such model overshadows its inherent limitations and possible deceptions.
Since the Pannun case involves a major foreign power such as India, the indictment would have been vetted by the State Department and the White House. Unsurprisingly, Biden has regretted the Indian invitation to be the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day.
Ayodhya’s cultural identity is shaped by its diverse historical influences, including Muslim, Buddhist, and Jain traditions, alongside its Hindu heritage. As Ayodhya takes on a unipolar identity, fuelled by Hindutva, it is feared that its syncretic heritage will suffer neglect.
The process of passing the Women’s Reservation Bill in September underlined how little the substantive process mattered to the BJP-led Government. Political parties, civil society, and other stakeholders have to ensure that the new law does not remain an empty promise.
Recent research shows that the environmental costs of the Green Revolution are as severe as its economic impacts. In Punjab, India’s top Green Revolution state, heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides has contaminated water, soil and food and endangered human health.
Mildred, Meena, and Rose Xaxa: These women fight for their own communities’ land, forests and water. In the process, they clash against the might of the state and often risk their lives.
The Allahabad University professor is battling police cases, varsity raps on his knuckles and volleys of harassment over his comments against the caste structure of Hinduism. But he is unrelenting.
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who risked life in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, spent the rest of his life warning us about the possibility of nuclear war and how to avert it.
One more UN Conference of the Parties, COP28, has flopped. The short-term financial interests of a few have again won over the health, lives and livelihoods of most people living on this planet. Meanwhile, new research has identified extremely disturbing deep trouble brewing in Greenland.
Over the past several weeks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been getting a taste of what it’s like to operate a business in a part of the world where unions still have formidable power.
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