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22 March, 2022 Riding high on its victory in the Punjab assembly election, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will look to make a splash with its debut in the upcoming corporation election in Mumbai. This will also help… Continue Reading →
Comrade Mallu Swarajyam– The Iron Lady of Telangana Highlights The Iron Lady led the Telangana armed struggle to liberate this region from Nizam rule and fought against landlords in the interest of the poor She awakened the tribals in Warangal,… Continue Reading →
Along with Lucknowi mushaira and Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, Urdu literature is in decline. And the current socio-political atmosphere can’t escape its share of the blame Sharib Rudaulvi Photograph: Shutterstock Sharib Rudaulvi Several aspects of the literary landscape of Uttar Pradesh have changed… Continue Reading →
By Baher Kamal Women sell fruit and vegetables on a sidewalk in the Philippines. Credit: ILO/Minette Rimando MADRID, Mar 15 2022 (IPS) – More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labour force –or about 2 billion workers– work in the informal… Continue Reading →
By Kabir Agarwal On a very pleasantly cool and sunny Delhi afternoon last December, farmers were preparing to finally go back to their homes from the borders of India’s national capital where they had been stationed for over a year… Continue Reading →
Russia’s deadly assault on Ukraine is a bonanza for arms manufacturers, which are lined up to profit as the United States and its allies increase military spending in an effort to bolster Kyiv’s forces. “The spiraling conflict over Ukraine dramatizes the… Continue Reading →
HEADLINEMAR 15, 2022 Newly declassified documents reveal the CIA used a prisoner at a secret prison in Afghanistan as a training prop to teach interrogators how to torture other prisoners. Portions of a 2008 report by the CIA’s inspector general made public… Continue Reading →
March 16, 2022 Tuhina is paying the price of being a female. In a state with a woman at the helm, who knows how many Tuhinas have to die to draw the attention of the administration as well as male… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON MARCH 16, 2022 Recently, while I was in Jammu city, I heard about the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, a well-known Dalit saint, poet and spiritual leader of the Hindu & Dalit Sikh community of North India. I… Continue Reading →
A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada acquitted prominent Adivasi activist Soni Sori in a sedition case filed against her in 2011. On Tuesday, Special judge Vinod Kumar Dewangan found Sori, her aide Lingaram Kodopi, a contractor BK Lala and Essar… Continue Reading →