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• Vimla Bahuguna: A Legacy of Radical Dissent and Tough Action | Deepti Priya Mehrotra

  22 February 2025, by Deepti Priya Mehrotra

  Vimla Bahuguna (1932-2025) the educator, environmentalist, activist and leader was an extraordinary phenomenon. Gandhian, feminist and socialist, her approach of caring and non-violence combined with uncompromising opposition to social injustice as well as capitalist development. Thoughtful commitment nourished the life she had chosen. Immersed in constructive work and socio-political activism, her convictions drew her into direct confrontation with state and private agencies. Resisting (…)

• Remembering Tapan Bose | Pritam Singh

  22 February 2025, by Pritam Singh

  The death of Tapan Bose (1946-2025), documentary filmmaker and a leading campaigner for human rights and peace in South Asia, in Delhi on January 30 after a period of illness has been widely mourned by the human rights community in South Asia and beyond. He was more popularly and affectionately known as Tapan Da. My friendship with Tapan Da started over 30 years ago when a friend from London called to say he was coming with an Indian friend, Tapan Bose, to meet me in Oxford. I had already (…)

• What should we expect from Rekha, Parvesh and Kapil trio? | Faraz Ahmad

  22 February 2025, by Faraz Ahmad

  A friend of mine, still an active reporter, told some of us soon after the swearing in of the new chief minister of Delhi Rekha Gupta that she is the choice of the Sarsanghchalkak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat. Maybe. I really don

• Indo - US Relations: Any gains from Modi

  22 February 2025

  Exactly seventy-eight years ago, on August 15, 1947, India attained freedom from British colonial rule, after decades of protracted struggle, which witnessed thousands of Indians sacrificing their lives, but ironically the protagonist of the rightist politics Narendra Modi, who claims to be the true nationalist, is on the mission to turn India into a colony of USA ruled by his rightist friend Donald Trump.
  Putting a curb on illegal migration has been a major issue for Trump, but he is (…)

• Developing Inland Waterway Ecosystem in West Bengal | Saumitra Mohan

  22 February 2025

  Being a state with a great network of rivers and expansive water bodies, West Bengal boasts of one of the longest navigable waterway networks in the country, with approximately 4,593 kilometers of rivers and canals, of which 97% are navigable. This rich network of waterways

• 75 Years of UN: Surviving in Anarchic World Order | Hanna Sunny, Karamala Areesh Kumar

  22 February 2025

  Abstract
  The devastation and atrocities of the Second World War led to the foundation of the United Nations in 1945. It was not merely an international organisation but a solemn promise by sovereign states to uphold human rights, international peace, and security. Over the past 80 years, the UN has thrived in an anarchic world order, disciplining the global community while promoting its core values. Its existence has safeguarded these principles and reduced the likelihood of a third world (…)

• Trust deficit in medical services promotes violence against doctors | Vijayetta Sharma

  22 February 2025

  December 16, 2024
  Lack of awareness of health policies related to prevention of violence, non-reporting by doctors and delays in remedial proceedings lead to such incidents.
  In November, a renowned oncologist at a government hospital in Chennai was stabbed several times by the son of a cancer patient, allegedly for providing incorrect medicines to his mother.
  WHO data shows that between 8-38 percent physicians have experienced violence at least once in their medical career.
  Not all (…)

• Trump 2.0 Suffers From Selective Amnesia | Manoj Kumar Mishra

  22 February 2025

  President Donald Trump

• When He Turned Six

  22 February 2025

  A baby from the time he arrives into the world from his mother

• Pythagoras and the holy dip | Jawed Naqvi

  22 February 2025, by Jawed Naqvi

  RELIGIOUS beliefs and science have coexisted for centuries. Science and superstition can also find a way to trudge along together. A brilliant scientist may not tread the path that has been crossed by a cat. Ergo, superstition and science can coexist provided they do not interfere with each other