A Special Appeal to Gandhian Activists on COVID-19
Gandhian activists acting with unity and resolve can add much to reducing distress, uncertainty and tensions of people in these pandemic times.
India – Joint Statement from the Indian Unions (CTU)
Central Trade Unions decide to observe nationwide protest on 22 May 2020 against the anti-worker and anti-people onslaughts of the government.
Nisar Ahmed (1936-2020): Three Poems that Show His Concern with Politics, Philosophy, Justice
The highly-acclaimed Kannada poet died on Sunday, May 3, at the age of 84.
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!
It was indeed with a deep sense of dismay and disappointment that we watched the rather prosaic address by the Chief of Defence Staff, thanking the ‘Corona Warriors’.
Two Articles on How the Modi Govt. is Using the Pandemic to Centralise Power
BJP is trampling upon the country’s federal structure and concentrating all power in the Centre’s hands, putting at risk the project of building a democratic, secular, inclusive and egalitarian India. Two articles.
Lenin in Urdu: His Every Word Became Poetry
Raza Naeem explores the Russian revolutionary’s influence on Urdu’s literati.
The Folly and Vanity of the Project to Redesign Delhi
Ramachandra Guha Six years ago, the then editor of the Hindustan Times invited me to write a fortnightly column. I agreed, on condition that there would be no censorship. While occasionally some changes to my text were made without my consent, there was no attempt to get me to rewrite my column or change its…
Petition – Levy a 2% Emergency Coronatax on the Wealth of the Richest 1% People.
Prominent activists, intellectuals, academicians release an online petition for signatures from people to mount pressure on the government to tax the rich to finance much needed relief measures and improvement of health services.
India’s Citizenship Laws Resemble South Africa’s Asiatic Registration Act
Sumanta Banerjee At a time when Delhi was burning in the fire of communal riots sparked by the provocative speeches of leaders of his own party as evident from video reports, it was ironical that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have invited President Trump to visit, of all places, Sabarmati, the ashram where Gandhi…
How Women Took Charge of the Dandi March
Malavika Karlekar As reports continue to pour in of nonviolent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the abiding trope is of women at the forefront, whether at Shaheen Bagh, Park Circus or venues at Mumbai, Pune, Patna, Lucknow … with each passing day, spaces of protest are growing. Women’s involvement in political protest…