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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
A US commission in its report released on 01 May 2023, categorized India as ‘a country of particular concern’ for its ‘severe violations of religious freedom or belief’ in the year 2022. In response, the Indian government termed the comment as ‘biased and motivated.
The ludicrous opposition by the Union government, BCI and retired judges all reek of homophobia, aimed at upholding the heteronormative hegemony existing in Indian society.
Rajasthan’s Right to Health Act shows transformative potential by guaranteeing access to health for all. Despite protests by some doctors, implementation of a rights-based framework would lead to appropriate allocation of resources and raise accountability.
Syrian women are building on the legacy of Kurdish feminism to lead a political and cultural transformation.
What the BJP completely misses is that Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan not only kept the British at bay for more than 30 years, they also significantly advanced rocketry beyond what existed anywhere at the time. But all this has no relevance for the BJP – all that matters is winning Karnataka elections.
A poem.
The real needs of humanity haven’t changed since Ike’s time. Whether in 1953 or 2023, more guns won’t serve the cause of peace. They won’t provide succour. They’ll only stunt and starve us, to echo the words of H.G. Wells, while imperiling the lives and futures of our children.
In the midst of all the hullabaloo around the award to the musical score ‘Naatu Naatu’ at the Oscars Academy Awards ceremony, let us spare a few moments to see the song and its film in a wider context – which is both cultural, historical and political.
Amina S., a French entrepreneur and activist who had to leave France because of the discrimination she faced for wearing the hijab, discusses the intersection of secularism, democracy, cultural nationalism and individual liberty.
It has not been easy for Savitribai and Fatima, for Nagarathna and Bilkis and for several other women who have dared the system and worked towards change! These are women who have risen against all odds, ploughed the lonely path and courageously decided to embrace equity.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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