With cheers and songs, farmers call off year-long agitation (Photos) / At Singhu border: ‘fight will continue… don’t feel like going back’

Farmer leaders said that they will again meet on January 15 to see if the government has fulfilled their demands. At the meeting, a call on resuming protests will be taken, said SKM member Gurnam Singh Chaduni. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) https://indianexpress.com/photos/india-news/farmers-agitation-suspended-protestors-victory-marches-7664183/ It’s a Wrap: States ready jalebis, dhols as farmers prepare to head… Read More With cheers and songs, farmers call off year-long agitation (Photos) / At Singhu border: ‘fight will continue… don’t feel like going back’

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Gujarat HC pulls up civic body: How can you decide what I eat?

Hearing a plea by 25 street vendors that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation had seized their carts following objections from councillors to the sale of non-vegetarian items, the Gujarat High Court Thursday came down heavily on the AMC and instructed it to consider the cases “as expeditiously as possible” if approached by the petitioners within 24… Read More Gujarat HC pulls up civic body: How can you decide what I eat?

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PHIL TORRES: How the New Atheists merged with the far right

New Atheism appeared to offer moral clarity, it emphasized intellectual honesty and it embraced scientific truths about the nature and workings of reality. It gave me immense hope to know that in a world overflowing with irrationality, there were clear-thinking individuals with sizable public platforms willing to stand up for what’s right and true — to… Read More PHIL TORRES: How the New Atheists merged with the far right

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The Resilience of Life

As the pandemic stretches on, our collective ability to weather adversities and bounce back to emotional stability is being challenged daily. Many of us have suffered significant trauma from illness, hospitalization and death. Many more have experienced job loss, economic uncertainly and financial instability. And everyone has had to cope with an unprecedented uprooting of… Read More The Resilience of Life

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Justice not about money… punish officers responsible: father of killed Naga miner / Meghalaya to urge Centre to repeal AFSPA / Nagaland killings: Direct marise…they shot right at us, no signal to stop, we did not flee, says ambush survivor

NB: My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased miners. That one of them had just been married and that two of them were twins makes it all the more tragic. God bless the departed souls. DS The Monday after Langwang and Thapwang attended a wedding, the 25-year-old identical twins left Oting with their… Read More Justice not about money… punish officers responsible: father of killed Naga miner / Meghalaya to urge Centre to repeal AFSPA / Nagaland killings: Direct marise…they shot right at us, no signal to stop, we did not flee, says ambush survivor

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Michael Azar: Transcending ‘the absurd drama – the legacy of Franz Fanon

Frantz Fanon’s impact is as important today as it was when he wrote The Wretched of the Earth, a political work that assesses violence, both of colonists and activists. Glänta commemorates the psychiatrist and political philosopher’s life and work, highlighting his influence on postcolonial theory and anti-racism, in an interview with historian Michael Azar. Frantz… Read More Michael Azar: Transcending ‘the absurd drama – the legacy of Franz Fanon

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Church leaders condemn attacks on Christians in Karnataka / A Week Since Attack On Karnataka Church, No Arrests, Vigilantes Roam Freely / Catholic school in Madhya Pradesh vandalised

SHILLONG, Dec 5: Following the concerted attacks on churches, nuns and priests and the forcible entry of Hindu right wing activists into places of worship in different parts of the country, the Archbishop of Shillong, Rev. Victor Lyngdoh on Sunday strongly condemned the attacks against Christians as unwarranted. It may be mentioned that recently a… Read More Church leaders condemn attacks on Christians in Karnataka / A Week Since Attack On Karnataka Church, No Arrests, Vigilantes Roam Freely / Catholic school in Madhya Pradesh vandalised

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Her dream to teach English in Japan ended with a lesson for the country. By Emiko Jozuka

As a child, Wishma Rathnayake was fascinated with “Oshin,” a popular 1980s’ television drama about a young girl who rises from poverty to head a Japanese supermarket chain. Urged by her father to emulate her hero, Rathnayake started learning Japanese with a dream of one day moving to Japan from the small Sri Lankan town of Gampaha,… Read More Her dream to teach English in Japan ended with a lesson for the country. By Emiko Jozuka

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Africa alerted the world to Omicron. Why are we now the pariahs? By Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija

The advent of the Omicron variant has given us a glimpse of an alternative future in which, had the Sars-CoV-2 virus been initially identified in Africa in early 2020, the world would have maybe locked Africa away. There would have been no emergency funding for vaccine development, limited global attention, and Africa would have become known as… Read More Africa alerted the world to Omicron. Why are we now the pariahs? By Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija

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