35 Years of Narmada Bachao Andolan: Remarkable Leadership, Unique Movement
This movement has been a source of inspiration for thousands of people’s movements across the country.
Prashant Bhushan and the Gandhian Response to an ‘Illegitimate Law’
By evoking Gandhi in the Supreme Court’s contempt proceedings, the lawyer has contextualised the need to ‘test’ all laws to see if they further the quest for justice instead of simply being etched in stone.
Remembering Rahat Indori, Fearless Poet of Dissent in Dark Times – Two Articles
From the virulent communalism and corruption sweeping our public life to the common man’s struggle, his powerful verse mirrored the times.
How – and Why – ‘Jana Gana Mana’ Became India’s National Anthem
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who was instrumental in making it the anthem of the INA, particularly appreciated its pan-India and secular reach.
Never Surrender in Portland, Oregon
A whole new generation of Americans have decided that non-stop resistance is the only way to confront the lethal power structure that is determined to tattoo obedience on their very souls.
Milords on the Bench Have a Choice: To Serve Colonial Law or Constitutional Precept
The law was born out of subjugation in empire and the constitution conceived in the struggle against subjugation. They sit uneasily on a bench etched with the Ashokan emblem of the state.
Bhagat Singh for Today
At a time when the entire country is plagued with the Hindutva brand of communalism in its worst-ever ferocity and perfidy, Bhagat Singh’s words are of particular relevance for our nation and polity.
More than 1 Crore Workers and Farmers Come Together for ‘Save India Day’, Protest Centre’s Policies – Three Articles
During the past four months, lakhs of working people have protested the brutal onslaught on their lives and livelihoods. August 9 was observed as ‘Save India’ day by more than one crore people.
US: Crimes Against Humanity at Home and Abroad
Since its inception the US has brutally repressed every country that stood in its way of its expansion for control of resources and its entitlement to limitless accumulation of vast wealth for a few.
Humanity Must Rise to the Legacy of the Hiroshima Survivors – Two Articles
75 years after bombings, witnesses struggle to remind us of the horrors of nuclear weapons.