Pew Survey on Religion Shows Indians are Hypocrites
The claim of Indians that they respect all religions does not square up with their attitudes towards religious communities to which they do not belong.
The Cinematograph Act Always Gave the Govt Too Much Power. That’s Why We Challenged it.
As we stand at the intersection of freedom and state control, the judiciary is the only hope. Though that hope has also faded in recent years, our challenge is to not give up the Sisyphean fight to set governmental authoritarianism at naught.
Let’s Have Some Power with Our Pride
Every civilised country grants dignity, rights and protection to citizens regardless of identity. It is about time India does so too. For this, it is important that LGBTQIA+ leaders enter electoral politics because without political power their pride will always be challenged.
Geopolitics, Profit, and Poppies: How the CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-state
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a death knell to so many industries in Afghanistan. Charities and aid agencies have even warned that the economic dislocation could spark widespread famine. But one sector is still booming: the illicit opium trade.
The New Cold War on China
Just as the USA declared a Cold War against the Soviet Union and China in the 1940s-50s, as part of a grand strategy to secure its global hegemony in the immediate post-Second World War era, today it is declaring a New Cold War on China in the interest of maintaining that same imperial hegemony.
Living on a Sci-Fi Planet
Once upon a time, who could have imagined that humanity would inherit the kinds of apocalyptic powers previously left to the gods or that, when we finally noticed them, we would prove eerily unable to respond?
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.
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.
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.
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.