A Hindu Papacy?
In India, we appear to have succumbed to some ultramontane form of Hinduism, though in this setting, the Prime Minister is the figurative Pope.
Tablighi Jamaat: Vindicated, Finally
Bombay High Court quashes the FIRs against 29 foreigners and six Indian members of the Tablighi Jamaat and chastises the police for “non-application of mind”, hopefully drawing the curtain on the sustained vilification of the largest Muslim organisation in the country.
Bihar Police Shower Bullets and Lathis on Adivasis in Kaimur!
The Adivasis were staging a peaceful sit-in protest demanding rights over forest land and resources.
Modi Government Seeks to Corner Public Funds, While Denying Funds to States and Non-Profit Organisations – Two Articles
The Modi Government is cornering public funds via PM CARES while robbing states of GST share; at the same time, it is proposing to amend the FCRA to make it more difficult for activist organisations like Amnesty International to access foreign funding.
Media Policy 2020: Mocking Freedom of Speech and Expression in Jammu and Kashmir
Government interference and regulation of media hampers the effective functioning of any democracy. A critical examination of the New Media Policy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Swami Agnivesh – The Man Who Sought to Retrieve the Colour Bhagwa from Opportunists: Three Obituaries
He devoted his life to India’s most marginalised and to the cause of secularism.
A Nation in Tatters
Letter to Editor.
Remembering A People’s War Against Imperialism and Fascism
September 3, 2020 marks 75 years since the Japanese army formally surrendered to China. More than 25 million Chinese civilians and soldiers perished in their struggle against imperialism and fascism, accounting for a full one-third of global fatalities during the Second World War.
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A 70-Year War on ‘Propaganda’ Built by the CIA
Propaganda is vital in times of war because it is absolutely imperative that the people, who often need to make the greatest sacrifices and suffer the most, believe that such a war is justified; and that the “enemy” is sub-human.
A “New” Democracy?
We are witnessing the transformation of the regime of democracy, that had brought us the promise of liberté, egalité, fraternité political, social and economic, to its very opposite: the highest concentration of economic, political and therefore social powers ever in history.