How the Indian Govt Is Pushing Money Down a Mythological River
Science is slow, tedious and evidence riddled, while mythology provides quick and immediate results.
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The Challenge of Saying How Many Excess Deaths Could be Due to Covid-19
Five states saw over 460,000 excess deaths in the first five months of 2021, but the official Covid-19 toll in these states in this period accounts for only 6% of these excess deaths. How many of the remaining 94% are ‘missed’ Covid-19 deaths will not be easy to disentangle.
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What’s Stopping Us from Teaching Annihilation of Caste in Schools?
Dr Ambedkar’s book, Annihilation of Caste, continues to trigger the orthodox minds even today and that’s why it is, unfortunately, rarely discoursed on in the social sphere and in academic spaces.
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25 Years of PESA: Violations and Attempts at Dilution
The Act, which aimed to decentralise power and empower indegneous communities, has completed 25 years in existence, but faces glaring incompetence, gross violations and structural loopholes.
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Emergency: Then and Now – Two Articles
The last seven years show that democracy, rules and regulations can be the perfect cover to suspend democratic values and civil rights. Plus review of a new book on the Emergency by Christophe Jaffrelot and Pratinav Anil.
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When a President Lies
Speaking at a press conference following his meeting with Russian president Putin, US President Biden stated that the US has never interfered in elections in other countries, unlike Russia. Sadly, Biden was lying.
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200th Anniversary of the Decisive Battle of Carabobo; Plus: Manifesto Issued by Peoples’ Organisations
June 24, 2021 will be the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo in which Simón Bolívar’s patriotic forces won a resounding victory that effectively ended 300 years of colonial dominance by Spain; also: Manifesto issued by the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World held in Venezuela to mark the occasion.
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A Simmering Revolution, Stories Untold, a Military Crackdown: Myanmar
Young journalists are staking their lives to report from the underground, hounded doctors are setting up secret clinics, urban guerillas have emerged in cities, and youngsters are moving into border areas to join armed guerilla armies. Yet, why are India and the world so silent on the coup in Myanmar?
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Understanding the Economic Roots of Political Turbulence in Pakistan
Intra-elite struggles in the corridors of powers go on, as IMF debt piles up, the economy tanks, and people struggle against privatization.
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Brazil’s ‘Covaxingate’ Investigation Closes in on Bolsonaro and Bharat Biotech
As the vaccine scandal reached the doorstep of Jair Bolsonaro, a Brazil senate panel is considering unlocking the fiscal records of Madison Biotech, owned by Bharat Biotech.
