The BJP has grown and thrived by evoking the worst in this country’s citizens. It cannot be the presumption that what has been evoked, and what is on display, will disappear on its own by not facing up to it. This is just wishful thinking. What is the point of an opposition that is afraid… Read More The call for banning the Bajrang Dal shows rare electoral courage
Turkey’s general election on Sunday, May 14 will see voters cast their ballots for 600 members of its parliament and the country’s powerful presidency. This election has become intensely competitive in a country which has undergone severe democratic erosion over the past decade, but may now be looking for change. Turkish president, and previously prime minister, Recep… Read More Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: Turkey’s opposition leader is leading in the polls
This May, The Caravan’s work has been recognised by two institutes. Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center has awarded us the Shorenstein Journalism Award for 2023 for our steadfast coverage that champions accountability and media independence. “Despite intimidation and harassment from the government, The Caravan continues to document the erosion of democracy and… Read More The Caravan awarded Stanford University’s Shorenstein Journalism Award for 2023
Hannah Ellis-Petersen Explainer How Imran Khan became the man who divided Pakistan From cricket star to ousted PM, Khan is an anti-establishment rebel to some and a corrupt force for destruction to others Hannah Ellis-Petersen Imran Khan is often regarded as the most divisive man in Pakistan. For some, the former superstar cricketer turned prime… Read More How Imran Khan became the man who divided Pakistan
NB: This is the result of the relentlessly divisive politics of India’s ruling establishment. They have no principle other than ‘divide and rule.’ When sections of officialdom go along with this policy, they are doing nothing less than defile the Indian Constitution. The irreparable consequences of this policy will be felt for a long time.… Read More ‘Everything is gone’: entire Indian villages burned in ethnic violence
Some genuine investigative journalism, congratulations to this reporter Rahul Gandhi Case : Gujarat से जुड़े बड़ी प्लानिंग के तार, सच आएगा सामने | Justice Loya ************************* Apoorva Mandhani: Judge Loya’s Confidants Died Mysterious Deaths Death of Judge Loya: A critical examination of the ECG and post-mortem demonstrates the failings of the SC verdict A Family Breaks Its… Read More Rahul Gandhi Case: Gujarat से जुड़े बड़ी प्लानिंग के तार, सच आएगा सामने – Justice Loya
The contentious issues of eviction of forest villages, Meiteis demanding ST status and the breakdown of talks on autonomy with the Kukis coalesced, creating an explosive situation Bharat Bhushan The volatile situation in Manipur will no doubt be brought under control by the large-scale deployment of the Army and Central paramilitary forces. However, that will… Read More Shielding governance failure will not resolve Manipur’s problems
First posted October 22, 2019 NB: This report on the deaths of Judge Loya and his two friends appeared in 2018. Our ‘free and unfettered’ media continues to ignore this matter; as it has ignored the suicide of an ex Chief Minister who alleged high-level corruption in the judiciary; and has also failed to pursue the manner in which criminal cases… Read More Apoorva Mandhani: Judge Loya’s Confidants Died Mysterious Deaths
a day after this tragedy, I noticed a serpentine line of students waiting to enter the very college where Samarveer had taught for over 5 years… the college was having its annual cultural festival. The irony of this temporal juxtaposition was presumably lost on the college authorities. Or maybe it is a sign of times… Read More Suicide of a teacher: Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold
Mortaza Behboudi, an Afghan-French journalist, had been drawn back to Afghanistan, which he had left aged 21, to report on the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and situation for women. “He has a passion to give voice to people who had their voices taken from them, which is why he went back to Afghanistan,” says Aleksandra Mostovaja, Behboudi’s… Read More ‘We can’t remain silent’: journalists refuse to give up despite Taliban terror
