Since 2014, when “New India” was apparently inaugurated, we are in a remarkably similar phase of federalism as in the 1970s and early 1980s when the centre called the shots and state autonomy was constrained. With the “One Nation, One India” rhetoric now in the limelight, the era of “federalism without a centre” (Sáez 2002),… Read More K. K. Kailash: ‘One Nation’, New India and the Hollowing Out of the Federal Idea
What the Indian farmers are enduring now happened in the U.S. almost four decades ago We Stand with India’s Farmers! Now Let’s Connect the Dots Between the Forces of Neoliberalism that Stifle Farmers, from India to the U.S. A solidarity statement in support of the brave and historic protests in India from farmers, and other agroecology, farm and… Read More We Stand with India’s Farmers! Now Let’s Connect the Dots Between the Forces of Neoliberalism that Stifle Farmers, from India to the U.S.
In September 2021 the UN will hold a Food Systems Summit. The aim will be to reshape world agriculture and food production in the context of the Malthusian UN Agenda 2030 “sustainable agriculture” goals. The recent radical farm laws from the government of Narenda Modi in India are part of the same global agenda, and… Read More The WEF Agenda Behind Modi Farm Reform. By F. William Engdahl
Press Conference Invitation STOP STIFLING DEMOCRACY! ENTER INTO DIALOGUE WITH YOUTH TO SECURE INDIA’S FUTURE! Organised by National Alliance of People’s Movements Coalition for Environmental Justice in India People’s Union for Civil Liberties Time: Friday, Feb 19, 2021 03:30 PM IST The shocking manner in which Disha Ravi has been arrested has raised innumerable questions… Read More STOP STIFLING DEMOCRACY! ENTER INTO DIALOGUE WITH YOUTH TO SECURE INDIA’S FUTURE!
NB: It is a repulsive, but expected response to any controversy involving the Sangh Parivar and its army of trolls that the first thing they like to do is to cite the religion of a critic. In this case, they have begun circulating a rumour that the activist Disha Ravi is a Christian. It is… Read More “Pack of lies”: Disha Ravi family lawyers dismiss social media claims about activist’s religion
NB: This is some information – kindly sent to me by a friend – on the implications for Indian agriculture and Indian livelihoods, of the governments’ plans. It provides clues as to why critics and opponents are being defamed, intimidated and arrested. This is the altar of ‘muscular’ nationalism and pseudo-patriotism at which our democratic… Read More COLIN TODHUNTER: Farmers’ Protest in India: Price of Failure Will Be immense // Global Corporations' plans for India's agriculture
Two days before his retirement from the Supreme Court, a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra sentenced Prashant Bhushan for “destablising the very foundation” of the judiciary by posting two tweets. In one of them, Prashant Bhushan said: “When historians in future look back at the last 6 years to see how democracy has been… Read More Justice Arun Mishra & The Supreme Court’s Rule Of Whim. By Anup Surendranath, Aparna Chandra & Suchindran Baskar Narayan
Why would the Indian state arrest a 21-year-old woman activist who seeks a cleaner and safer planet? Should not the country want young people to look beyond their narrow personal interests to the interests of society at large? Why did our government lock up a young citizen seeking to build a better future for herself… Read More Ramachandra Guha: Why Modi And Shah Fear Young Activists // "Attempt To Browbeat Disha Ravi Into Submission": Mount Carmel Alumni
Let me tell you what the Delhi Police knows. And I do not mean the abstract entity called Delhi Police. I mean every single IPS officer and every constable involved in carrying out the “toolkit investigation.” They know that 22 year old Disha Ravi is not the Prime Mover along with the relatively recently formed… Read More Nivedita Menon: Toolkits of democracy and a paranoid Hindu Rashtra
Sparking a fresh controversy, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Sunday said that the BJP is planning to expand its footprint not only across the country but also in neighbouring nations. Speaking at an event in state capital Agartala, Deb raised eyebrows when he disclosed Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah’s alleged plan to… Read More BJP planning to form governments in Nepal, Sri Lanka? Tripura Chief Minister discloses global expansion plan
