Odisha: Dongria Kondh Tribals Take on Corporate Goliaths to Save Forests
The Forest Conservation Amendment Act 2023 and the Forest Conservation Rules 2022 have opened the floodgates for massive deforestation.
Bartering for a Nuclear Discount
Forced removal of Chagos islanders gave the US a nuclear base and the UK a deal on nuclear weapons.
Files Expose Syrian ‘Revolution’ as Western Regime Change Operation
The document cited in this article is the most palpable evidence to date that the entire Syrian “revolution” unfolded according to a pre-prepared, well-honed Western script.
It’s a Capitalist World: No Country on Earth Respects Labor Rights
Conditions for working people continue to get worse. The right to strike, or to join a union, is denied by an increasing number of the world’s governments. The 2023 Global Rights Index report says that there is no country on Earth that fully protects workers’ rights.
How Agencies That Promote Nuclear Power are Quietly Managing its Disaster Narrative
Because of the cover-up strategy of the international nuclear lobby, the lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima are not being applied at all, but rather, the actual health hazards are being covered up. Any so-called cleanup projects are being carried out for the sake of immediate interests only.
‘Silent Coup’: How Capitalism Defeated Decolonization
The crumbling of European empires after WWII didn’t usher in a new era of democracy — instead, we now live in a regime of international corporate rule.
The Reason Behind BJP Raising Women’s Reservation Issue
The BJP raising the women’s reservation issue, in the last eight months of a nine and a half year tenure of the Modi government, appears to be wanting to take the heat off serious concerns that have tarred the record of this government around the safety and well-being of women.
Digital India Has Run Out of Freedoms
With the Personal Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the Government of India claims it has provided Indians with the ability to exercise their fundamental right to privacy. The reality is that it is full of exceptions that suppress our freedoms.
Data: Rise in Attacks on Christians in India, Up Four Times in 11 Years (2012-2022)
There have been 525 attacks against Christians in India just in the first eight months of 2023. This year will likely cross the violent record set in 2022, and in 2021 before that.
What Does a Dupatta Mean for a Young Woman?
Patriarchy starts from homes, not the streets. Families, especially mothers, impose salwar-kameez and dupatta on young girls and women, as soon as they turn 12 or 13. But they never have a conversation with their sons about respecting women or even their own sisters.