Women Celebrate Repeal of Laws – and Their Own Role in the Protest
After a year of balancing duties and battling hurdles, women farmers are now rejoicing. But they know the job is not done yet.
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A Winter’s Night With the Farmers at Delhi’s Tikri Border
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces that the three farm laws will be repealed, Rohit Kumar tells the story of one winter night (among many) he spent at the Tikri border, and the grace and grit with which the farmers faced the hardships of life on the road.
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Akshay Yadav and the Loud Silence of India’s Hindus
Arresting the violence against India’s Muslims depends not on the judiciary, police or politicians but on a billion Hindus – or just one.
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How NAM Changed International Relations: Part 1
Organised opposition to colonialism and imperialism began in the late 1920s, and Indian leaders, especially Jawaharlal Nehru, made significant contributions via the Non-Aligned Movement.
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A Farewell to COPitalism
The future was supposed to be copitalism: national governments working with the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) to limit emissions and prevent climate breakdown – while leaving capitalism intact; COP26 has made it evident that copitalism is a utopia.
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What Role does the Military Play in Climate Change?
A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.
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The Non-Violent Ram: Stories from the Jain Tradition – and How They Differ from the Hindu Canon
Followers of Hindutva believe that Jainism is just a branch of Hinduism, despite the fact that it is deemed a minority religion in India’s Constitution. While there are no doubt many things that are common between Jain and Hindu belief systems, there are also many things that differentiate them.
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Deepa Mohanan Won a Rare Battle Against Academic Casteism, But it Wasn’t Because of the Law
In a country where Dalit teachers have been slapped, Dalit students called “bloody bastards” and their “merit” frequently questioned, a Dalit scientist won her rights after a 11-day hunger strike. But that is a rare instance; casteism continues to pervade academia.
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Ahmedabad Meat Ban: Does the Law Give Indians the Right to Eat the Kind of Food They Want?
From partial restrictions to total bans, the judiciary has swayed in its interpretation of this question.
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Electoral Bonds are a Threat to Indian Democracy
The electoral bonds system allows corporates to anonymously donate theoretically infinite amounts of money to political parties, triggering concerns that the ruling party will return the favour through corporate-friendly public policy.
