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Let My Children Go: World Efforts to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child LabourPresident, Association of World Citizens Your children are not your children; They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they... -
Pastoralism: a minimalist and environmentally friendly way of livingShe is an author, an activist working on social change, with a special focus on pastorals, land and on gender issues. She is associated with South Asia Pastoral Alliance as the focal person. Virambhai - The Pastoralist “It is the first time in our lifetime... -
Identity as citizenship or citizenship as IdentityRadical Humanist, political analyst and human rights activist Bangladeshi film star Anju Ghosh has recently joined BJP in Kolkata. Nobody raised any objection to her being part of the BJP family. When Anju Ghosh was being greeted for membership of the BJP, an army veteran who fought... -
I stand with RamPuniyani, govt should ensure his safety.Dr Ram Puniyani is one of the most prolific authors of our time writing on communalism particular that of the Sangh Parivar variety. At the time, when most of the 'liberals' of the 'khan market' variety have either surrendered or have become part of the Maharna Pratap society, of 'new India', he continue to... -
Unravelling the Election results, 2019 – and the way forwardWriter A week has passed since the results of the 2019 General Elections for Lok-Sabha were declared. On 23 May, 2019, Mr. Narendra Modi and BJP came back to power with a more comprehensive win than 2014. Their vote share increased from roughly 31% in 2014 to about... -
Fascist International? Note on EU Parliamentary Election ResultsWriter, Climate Change Activist Fascism is always latent in a Republic, and makes its appeal in underhand ways. They incite you to believe that the survival of your family is dependent on the survival or expansion or maintenance of the Republic itself and scoop up your vote in... -
Era of Dictatorial Democracy | Pieter FriedrichSouth Asian Affairs Analyst “In the west, we have labels,” commented journalist François Gautier on WION TV, during a panel about the results of India’s 2019 general election. “Right, left. Far-right, far-left. We keep applying them to India, where they’re not applicable. We cannot apply to India labels we... -
Elections 2019: Redrawing Contours of Democracy in India | Neha DabhadeCentre for Study of Society and Secularism The exercise of general elections in the largest democracy in India concluded with victory of second consecutive term of BJP at the centre. The BJP got a staggering majority with 303 out of 543 Lok Sabha seats. In order to politically analyze... -
Was Dr Payal Tadvi victim of a hate crime ?Radical Humanist, political analyst and human rights activist While in truly technical terms Dr Payal Tadvi committed suicide on May 22nd 2019 in her hostel room in Mumbai, but for all practical reasons, I would call it a murder, a crime which was not merely racial hatred... -
Sri Lanka: Sectarian Violence and the Higher SelfPresident, Association of World Citizens On 14 and 15 May 2019, revenge violence broke out in a number of towns in Sri Lanka against Muslim shopkeepers by Christians motivated by the Easter Sunday attacks on three Christian churches, two Roman Catholic and one Protestant. The Easter church attacks... -
Urgent Appeal for Relief in Odisha for Cyclone Fani affected people.Bharat Mata ki Jai ! Friends, as you are aware an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani, the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha since 2013, struck India on 5th May 2019. As of 11 May 2019, 68 people are known to have been killed by Fani, while the state government of Odisha... -
Tinkering with History Textbooks-The Case of Channar RevoltLovely Professional University Politics over history textbooks is a bane of modern India. In the month of March this year, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) under the political dispensation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to drop chapter on Channar revolt (upper cloth movement) in...
Education, Reforms
Let My Children Go: World Efforts to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour
Your children are not your chi...
Environment, Travelogue
Pastoralism: a minimalist and environmentally friendly way of living
“It is the first time in our l...
Faiths, Governance
Unravelling the Election results, 2019 – and the way forward
A week has passed since the re...