Author: Dilip

I'm a scholar, writer and teacher; and my blog is designed for intellectual exploration. It carries no advertisements and requires no cash subscription

Chris Hedges – We've lost control: The real lessons of the Trump regime and the pandemic

NB: An excellent analysis by one of America’s most forthright journalists. Hedges is also an upholder of human conscience: here’s a review of one of his books on war; and here are titles of two other books (among others) written with courage and of relevance to our times: American Fascists – The Christian Right and… Read More Chris Hedges – We've lost control: The real lessons of the Trump regime and the pandemic

Dilip

Marcus Barnes – 'It speaks to an ancient history': why South Africa has the world's most exciting dance music

Many people got their first taste of South African dance music this year via six Angolans dancing in their backyard, dinner plates in hand. Their viral video, with casual but masterful moves set to Jerusalema by South African producer Master KG, created a global dance craze; the track ended up all over Radio 1 this… Read More Marcus Barnes – 'It speaks to an ancient history': why South Africa has the world's most exciting dance music

Dilip

Matthew Taylor: Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss // Laura Spinney: Time for some home truths about deforestation

The global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land animals likely to lose some of their habitat by 2050, research has found. A study published in the journal Nature Sustainability shows that unless the food industry is rapidly transformed, changing what people eat and how it is… Read More Matthew Taylor: Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss // Laura Spinney: Time for some home truths about deforestation

Dilip

Kamal Dev Bhattarai: What Nepal Prime Minister Oli Hopes to Achieve by Dissolving Parliament

Kathmandu: In an unprecedented move, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli recommended on Sunday the dissolution of the House of Representatives and that mid-term elections should be held on April 30 and May 10, 2021. Oli came to power in 2018 with two-thirds support in parliament, becoming the first prime minister in the last three the decade to receive such… Read More Kamal Dev Bhattarai: What Nepal Prime Minister Oli Hopes to Achieve by Dissolving Parliament

Dilip

Putin says if Russia wanted to kill opposition leader Navalny, it would have 'finished' the job

NB: The Russian head of state speaks like a cheap street thug. The USSR may have faded away, but the KGB lives on. He and his chum in the White House have a lot in common: a mafia mentality. DS    Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Thursday that opposition politician Alexey Navalny “is enjoying the support of… Read More Putin says if Russia wanted to kill opposition leader Navalny, it would have 'finished' the job

Dilip