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Eighth March this year on a Different Note
11 March 2019, by Gargi ChakravarttyEighth March is a day for women across the world—not merely a day for celebration as is generally considered in the corporate sector, but a day to express solidarity with all the toiling and grassroots women, a day to protest against the (...) -
Pollution Threatens Villages, Saryu River
11 March 2019COMMUNICATION
Several villages in the Kesarganj block of Bahraich district (Uttar Pradesh) and nearby areas are seriously threatened by effluents released in a nullah by a sugar factory. Villagers said that this nullah later merges into the (...) -
International Scholars Decry Attack on Freedom of Speech in India
11 March 2019International scholars, including Noam Chomsky, James Petras, Angela Davis, Fredric Jameson, Bruno Latour, Ilan Pappe, Judith Butler amongst others, have signed a statement castigating the Modi-led government for creating an environment of fear (...) -
Imran thanks Modi, and eyes Joint Nobel Peace Prize
11 March 2019by L.K. SHARMA
The following piece appeared in Open Democracy in October 2018. It is being reproduced, with due acknowledgement, as its contents have become highly topical at present.
“India led by you would never think of undoing the Partition. (...) -
Climate Refugees and Human Rights: Caught in the Tide of Time
11 March 2019by Shubhra Seth and Govind Singh
Introduction
The feeling of returning home gives a sense of settlement and belongingness to many people. But how does one feel when the home does not give a sense of belonging and it is just a mere cemented (...) -
Reading State Power in Our Troubled Times
11 March 2019, by Arup Kumar SenMichel Foucault’s seminal lectures delivered in College De France (1977-78) were published with the title Security, Territory and Population. (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007) While introducing the theme, Foucault argued: “...what is involved (...) -
Imran Khan Breaks Silence on Pulwama
11 March 2019, by M K BhadrakumarIf Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s televised address in the afternoon of February 19, breaking his silence on the fedayeen attack in Pulwama, is to be succinctly captured in a single pithy sentence, it is that he has thrown the gauntlet (...) -
Christian Colonial Impacts and Sustainable Reparations
11 March 2019by Ava Sturm
Colonialist exploits have existed for centuries. Despite this, the awareness of the impacts of recent exploits have increased and their impacts continue with the globalised capitalistic system. This paper explores the spiritual (...) -
Imparting Creative Dimension to Marxist Criticism: The Role of Namvar Singh
11 March 2019TRIBUTE
by Prem Singh
Professor Namvar Singh is no more. After battling with a prolonged illness, he drew his last breath on February 19 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. In the tributes which immediately followed his (...) -
Hanoi Summit on North Korea’s Nuclear Issue: Implications and Opportunities
11 March 2019by Sudhakar Vaddi
As far as the Korean Peninsula is concerned, one can declare war overnight but can’t declare peace and it can only be built through the gradual process of mutual trust among the parties. The second summit at Hanoi (Vietnam) on (...)
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