Father Stan Swamy To Posthumously Receive Human Rights Honorary Award At Geneva Today

Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist from Jharkhand who was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case and died in July 2021, will get a “special, posthumous homage” at the Martin Ennals Award in Geneva on Thursday. The award is widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for human rights defenders. The winners… Read More Father Stan Swamy To Posthumously Receive Human Rights Honorary Award At Geneva Today

3rd June 202230th July 2022 Dilip

Philosophy’s gentle giant Joseph Raz was one of the most important theorists of our age. By Jeremy Waldron

Joseph Raz, a commanding figure in modern legal philosophy, died in London on 2 May aged 83. He was one of three or four philosophers who made towering contributions to our theoretical understanding of law. The others were Hans Kelsen (1881-1973), HLA Hart (1907-92) and Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013). They are all gone now. Analytic jurisprudence… Read More Philosophy’s gentle giant Joseph Raz was one of the most important theorists of our age. By Jeremy Waldron

2nd June 202230th July 2022 Dilip

Farewell Umang

Umang Gupta one-time student of Sainik School Kunjpura (1961-65) and IIT Kanpur, a technology giant, passed away in San Mateo, California, on April 19, 2022 after a spirited battle against cancer. His mother, Mrs Ramnika Gupta, was CPI (M) MP from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. She was a writer, educationist and tireless worker for tribal rights and the preservation of tribal languages. She… Read More Farewell Umang

22nd April 202226th July 2023 Dilip

Ajay Singh: Fiji – A Love Story

My beloved friend Ajay Singh’s book will be released today, April 20, 2022; at 6.30 pm at the Indian International Centre. Hon’ble Kunwar Natwar Singh will launch the book. Three other speakers will be Mr. K C Tyagi, Mr. Bhai Chand Patel and me. All are cordially invited. Ajay Singh (1950-2020). RIP Beloved comrade and… Read More Ajay Singh: Fiji – A Love Story

20th April 202230th July 2022 Dilip

How I remember my friend, the brave journalist Deyda Hydara

Early in the morning of 17 December 2004, I woke up to a phone call from a Western diplomat. She asked me what I had heard about Deyda Hydara, a journalist and a mutual friend. “No, I am just back from an overseas trip and I have not yet spoken to him,” I replied. “Anything the… Read More How I remember my friend, the brave journalist Deyda Hydara

25th February 202230th July 2022 Dilip

Thích Nhất Hạnh, Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Dead at 95

“This body is not me; I am not caught in this body, I am life without boundaries, I have never been born and I have never died… Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take… Read More Thích Nhất Hạnh, Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Dead at 95

22nd January 202230th July 2022 Dilip

LIZ THEOHARIS: Which Way America? Confronting Christian Nationalism in the Spirit of Desmond Tutu

Tomdispatch.com – If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality – Archbishop Desmond Tutu The world lost a great moral leader this Christmas… Read More LIZ THEOHARIS: Which Way America? Confronting Christian Nationalism in the Spirit of Desmond Tutu

15th January 202230th July 2022 Dilip

Kumar Gandharva exemplifies the unity of form, meaning and being

Thirty years ago, on January 12, 1992, it seemed that the pulsating rhythms of the universe had gone silent forever. On this date, Kumar Gandharva drew his last breath. We are yet to fathom the full measure of this loss or take full stock of his legacy. One of the upsides of living in our… Read More Kumar Gandharva exemplifies the unity of form, meaning and being

13th January 202230th July 2022 Dilip

The Courage of bell hooks

The hills of Kentucky are enveloped in a legacy of resistance — first against the white colonizers who touched the Indigenous land we call America, and later against a state that confined an increasingly nonconformist working class, derogatorily designated hillbillies. It’s in the crevices of Appalachian dissent and Southern discontent that bell hooks, née Gloria… Read More The Courage of bell hooks

30th December 202130th July 2022 Dilip

After the truth-shower

Philosophy, history, literature, current affairs, and other stuff. Posted by Dilip Simeon

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