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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Over the past decade, the new normal has been an increasing decline in standards of judicial independence and integrity. As the 52nd chief justice retires, we reflect on his complicated legacy as a jurist, an administrator, and a Dalit chief justice in a withering democracy.
India’s coastal cities face an increasing risk of flooding, driven by a warming world and the now-frequent extreme weather events. While some cities are at a higher risk, this imperils the lives, livelihoods and critical infrastructure across the cities.
‘Why Does India Still Need Nehru?’: In the huge and highly colourful pageant of modern Indian history, the Mahatma remains unquestionably the tallest figure; Nehru marches only a few steps behind him, yet streets ahead of everyone else. Also: ‘The Lasting Legacy of Non-Alignment Pioneered by India’s First Prime Minister’; ‘Towards a State of Sorrow-lessness: Let Us Build Nehru’s Asoka Rajya’.
The memoir transforms personal suffering into a forensic examination of institutional decay.
‘The UN Embraces Colonialism: Unpacking the Security Council’s Mandate for the U.S. Colonial Administration of Gaza’; ‘Why Did Russia Abstain From the Latest UNSC Resolution on Gaza Instead of Veto It?’; ‘Weapons of Willpower: Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Trump’s Gaza Plan’.
As Israel continues its genocide, more stealthily than before its relentless bombing came to an end, it is unpardonable that its continuing depravity towards Palestinians in its network of grotesque torture prisons continues to be largely ignored.
The struggle against fossil capitalism is inseparable from struggles for justice in the Middle East.
‘Syria Comes In from the Cold’; ‘Trump Meets with Former al-Qaeda Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House’: In reality, the regime headed by al-Sharaa is a bloody Islamist dictatorship, operating in alliance with US imperialism and in de facto alliance with Israel.
‘How Military Keynesianism Works’: How capitalism generates war and civil conflict. Also: ‘Capitalism and Endless War’: Europe is on the war path with grandiose plans for building a war economy akin to the American military-industrial complex.
‘$70 Trillion in Inherited Wealth Shows Global “Inequality Emergency” Spiraling Out of Control’; ‘New Wealth of Top 1% Surges by $33.9 Trillion since 2015 …’; ‘More than 400 Million Children Globally Live in Poverty’; ‘500+ Experts Worldwide Call for Global Panel to Address Inequality Emergency’; ‘Analysis Details Billionaire Takeover of US Politics’.
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