The EU Eyes New Horizons
Germany’s military build-up is a poignant issue in European politics, and what trajectory it will take once the dust settles, only time can tell.
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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.
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Scientists Issue ‘Dire Warning’ on Climate
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest IPCC report, released on 28 February 2022.
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India and the Future of the Planet
Climate justice activists encounter a quandary in India. It is currently the third largest emitter of carbon in the world, behind China and the United States. On a per capita basis, however, India emits only 1.7 tons, which places it far behind the United States (14.4), China (7.1), France (4.3), or even Thailand (3.6).
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By 2035, Risk Of Sea-Level Rise in Mumbai, Ahmedabad an Urban Heat Island: Climate Panel Report
Climate change impacts will continue to increase, reducing the window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future, if drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are further delayed, a new report warns.
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Act in Leisure, Lie in Haste: Prime Minister Modi as Perpetual Saviour
As the BJP pulls out its old tactics of creating a spectacle of an emergency, the students returning from Ukraine have seen through the fraud and refused to play ball.
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Beware of the Avalanche of Stupidity Threatening to Bury Us All
From the prime minister down, lies, fakery and bogus claims are growing at an alarming rate, and what is more, are believed.
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The Legal Exception Forcing Married Indian Women Into a Cycle of Sexual Abuse and Spousal Violence
The Delhi High Court is soon to deliver a verdict on petitions arguing that marital rape should be a crime. Millions of Indian women are affected by spousal sexual violence. Counsellors and experts narrate how the absence of legal protection is forcing survivors into a cycle of sexual abuse and silence.
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Indians Want Women to Have Equal Rights as Men, But Still Want Men to Get the Jobs
According to a recent Pew survey, although eight out of 10 Indians said that gender equality is “very important”, at the same time, 80 per cent of those surveyed agreed that when jobs are in short supply, men deserve greater rights to employment than women.
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What Women’s Suffrage Owes to Indigenous Culture
The author describes how White leaders of the women’s suffrage movement were influenced by Indigenous political structures and culture, and how some of this influence took place around Seneca Falls in upstate New York, site of the first U.S. convention for women’s rights.
