Pakistan is facing one of the worst economic and political crises at present. The political crisis is best manifested by the fact that almost half the members of the National Assembly (the lower house of the parliament) have resigned, while two of the four provincial parliaments were dissolved a year before the elections otherwise due… Read More Pakistan Collapsing
Whether defending human rights on an international stage, checking facts from the frontline, processing traumatic experiences over a lifetime, or even questioning the language you have spoken since childhood – all matter in the collective fight for justice. Eurozine Editorial – Sarah Waring Invading and absconding with children, indoctrinating them, destroying artefacts and literature, forcibly… Read More Breaking the cycle
Debayan Roy The Supreme Court Wednesday came down upon the Manipur High Court for its recent judgment which had called for inclusion of the Meetei/ Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe list. The judgment had triggered violent clashes between tribal and non-tribal communities. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala said… Read More Manipur Violence: SC pulls up Manipur High Court for judgment to include Meitei community in ST list
Head of the Gandhi Vidya Sansthan said he had moved a petition before Allahabad High Court alleging the government action violated an earlier high court order. Piyush Srivastava Uttar Pradesh government officials and police allegedly barged into a non-government institution that propagates Gandhian values in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, and said they were… Read More UP govt officials ‘takeover’ non-government institution that propagates Gandhian values
Bharat Bhushan Union minister of state for law and justice, Satyapal Singh Baghel, made a statement that there were very few tolerant Muslims, and even those who appear to be tolerant use it as “a mask” to stay in public life; to become governors, vice presidents and vice-chancellors. Nobody reacted; not the Opposition parties, not… Read More Indian Union Minister’s hate speech about Muslims liable for prosecution
Peter Pomerantsev The powerful were meant to be afraid of the truth. Journalists were meant to “hold truth to power”. Evidence was meant to destroy wrongdoers as sunlight does a vampire. Find the evidence, the logic went, and the powerful could be shamed and brought to justice. Historically, the powerful would try to censor and… Read More What happens when leaders disregard the truth? Putin and Trump are about to find out
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
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
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