The Heroism of Khudai Khidmatgars in Today’s India
The documentary maker explains the context to a short film he has assembled about arrested communal harmony activist Faisal Khan.
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Real Power Is with Centre, Which Holds the Purse-Strings
Post 2014, two centralisations – of political and economic power – continue to reinforce each other, with profound consequences for the country and potential to define popular narrative in days ahead.
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The Last Straw: Civil Society Must Step In
Each citizen, as Havel once said about totalitarianism, must become iconic of protest from body language to symbolism. When indifference and prejudice becomes a monstrosity of legal indifference, civil society must reinvent democracy as a new politics of caring.
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Want to Avoid Pandemics? Eliminate Factory Farming
Packing huge numbers of animals together in confined quarters is what gave birth to earlier pandemics like H1N1, HIN5, SARS-CoV-1 and now SARS-CoV-2. It will go on happening, so long as industrial farms continue to exist.
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Argentina Passes “Millionaire’s Tax” to Fund Covid Recovery
While Argentina has passed a wealth tax to confront the current crisis, people in other countries are clamoring for similar measures, although most politicians have so far opposed such efforts.
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Love, Faith and Consent in a Hindu Rashtra
The Uttar Pradesh ordinance couples marriage and conversion, love and faith – and, simultaneously, detaches both from freedom of conscience, thought and self-determination.
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In Search of a Radical Legacy of B. R. Ambedkar
At the beginning of the 21st century, it seems that any vision of radical politics in India is incomplete without having a dialogue with the radical legacy of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
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12 Major Impacts of Global Climate Change in 2020
The World Meteorological Organization’s draft report on global climate change in 2020 describes continued deterioration on all fronts.
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Venezuela Wins Simply by Holding an Election
These days, even the holding of an election is a contest between the Venezuelan people and the United States government.
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The Intended and Unintended Consequences of the Farm Laws
The farmers have risen to defend their rights and this has now also become linked with the wider constitutional rights of all Indian citizens. We should do away with our pessimism and join them …
