There is one recurring theme: Young people feel robbed of their future Pratap Bhanu Mehta NB: A timely and typically thought-provoking essay by this scholar. I add some observations below 1/ The crisis of the 1960s and 1970s culminated in the Trilateral Commission’s 1975 report on The Crisis of Democracy, authored by Samuel Huntington et… Read More Nepal, France, America: democracy seems overtaken once more
by Christina Macpherson via thefreeonline https://t.me/thefreeonline/ Depraved!- Only 14 of the 533 corrupt Congress refused to endorse and pay with public money for ongoing Israeli genocide, ethnic cleansing, torture, bombing, kidnapping, starvation….. and sadistic murder of thousands of innocent kids. In a sane country with rule of international law ALL THESE 519 RULERS WOULD BE ARRESTED… Read More 519 out of 533 in US House of Representatives voted to continue sponsoring the Mass Murder of 2.4 millon Palestinians
By REPUBLICA – September 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The Brihat Nagarik Andolan (BNA), a civil society alliance representing people from diverse walks of life, has raised serious concerns over the Nepal Army’s growing role in national affairs after it assumed command of the state. In a strongly worded statement, the group… Read More Brihat Nagarik Andolan questions Nepali Army’s intent, warns of plot against federal republic
NB: My old schoolmates from the Sainik School Kunjpura will recall that the village of Kunjpura is named after the Demoiselle Crane, which is a sub-species of the Siberian crane. The name koonj is derived from the Sanskrit word kraunch, which is a cognate Indo-European term for crane itself. Our School magazine was named The Grey Kunj. In the winter the lake besides the school… Read More Siberian crane: Back from the brink
Roman Gautam 10 Sep 2025 Nepal’s parliament burns after an anti-corruption uprising that brought down the prime minister and government. IMAGO / NurPhoto Nepalis don’t often pay attention to the politics of their Southasian neighbours beyond India. But when Sri Lankans rose up in 2022 to boot out the Rajapaksa regime, they took notice. Then… Read More Nepal’s horrific reckoning with its failed political class
Amish Mulmi (FB) If what I felt on Monday [8 September 2025] was rage, there is only despair and fear today. The burning down of state institutions and public property [on 9 September 2025] means that we have gone backwards as a state. The gains – I know there was a lot of frustration at the… Read More An anguished pro-democracy voice from Nepal / Dr Sanduik Ruit calling for restraint
Modern corporations are not merely economic entities, but political entities without democratic accountability Grace Blakeley‘s Vulture Capitalism critiques the alliance of corporations, finance, and states underpinning the capitalist system that drives inequality, stifles democracy and enriches elites. Brilliantly combining theory, analysis and practical solutions in engaging prose, this book offers a blueprint for reclaiming power… Read More Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes and the Death of Freedom
Supposedly irrefutable evidence of division is said to lie in the Muslims over the last 1,000 years having victimised the Hindus, treating them as enslaved. Romila Thapar explains why historians question this theory The following is the text of the C.D. Deshmukh Lecture delivered by Romila Thapar on January 14, 2023, at the India International… Read More What History Really Tells Us About Hindu-Muslim Relations
Senior advocate and retired Delhi High Court judge S. Muralidhar said that the courts have failed to uphold constitutional values in the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition. Senior advocate and retired Delhi high court judge S. Muralidhar has delivered a sharp indictment of the judiciary’s handling of communal disputes, warning that the courts have… Read More ‘Unforgivable Institutional Amnesia’: Retired HC Judge Slams Judiciary’s Handling of Communal Disputes
Iris Leal It is, of course, not the first instance in history in which a regime builds a community of crime, as historian Adam Raz has described, and expands it to the entire nation: war crimes, annihilation of life-support systems, killing 20,000 children Smoke rises as a residential building collapses after an Israeli air strike,… Read More Israel’s War in Gaza Is Nothing but a War of Annihilation
After the truth-shower 