Three years of Modi government – an over view
2017-06-23
What is obvious is the rise of the Hindutva forces in the country and the centralization of the cowContinue Reading
As Darjeeling burns, bad news for India
2017-06-21
Kanchan Gupta The demand for a separate Gorkha state has come back to life. Long dormant, the desire for a Gorkhaland has been given new breath by the West Bengal government’s ill-conceived move to impose the teaching of Bengali to Nepali-speaking Gorkhas. The Gorkhas are agitated over the attempts byContinue Reading
Encounter refugees, embrace them
2017-06-19
We need to stand up with refugees, to accompany themContinue Reading
Cooking beef in public to protest
2017-06-07
By Vidhi Doshi Kozhikode: As soon as the evening call to prayer sounded over Kozhikode, a line formed along the esplanade. Volunteers started heaping food onto plates, cautious to keep the beef-to-rice ratio low, making sure there was enough to go around. One man took out his smartphone to filmContinue Reading
Beef, peacock and a heartless Major Gogoi were mere diversions
2017-06-04
S.R.Praveen Beef, peacock and a heartless Major Gogoi were mere diversions from some really damaging news for the Sanghi Government in the past few weeks. These are some of the things they diverted your attention away from ******************* 1. Major slow down in Indian economy thanks to the dicktator’s hare-brainedContinue Reading
Suicides turn epidemic in ‘God’s own Country’
2017-06-03
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: In the last weekend of May, I had an extremely disturbing and difficult undertaking at hand. One of my nephews passed away. I, as family, visited the bereaved family to pay our last respects. The family was dear to mine. The person who passed wayContinue Reading
Bihar’s mass cheating scam, only one third students pass
2017-06-01
Indrani Basu Two years after viral photos of mass cheating in high school exams in Bihar blew open the holes in the state’s education system, the results show a downward trend. Compared to 2015, when more than 75% students had passed the senior secondary exams, only one out of threeContinue Reading
Will ban on cattle slaughter turn into reality in Northeast India?
2017-05-29
By: Ibankyntiew Mawrie Shillog: The surprising gazette notification issued by the environment ministry recently banning the sale of cattle for slaughter across the country is likely to affect Northeast India the most as cattle are usually imported from outside the region, like from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. While this ban hasContinue Reading
When girl took ‘things’ in hand in ‘God’s Own Country’
2017-05-23
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Kerala, known for many positives such as a buoyant health care delivery system, natural beauty, healthy Quality Of Life Index, communal amity, a peaceful society and high levels of literacy, came to be christened ‘God’s own country.’ However, one single smudge stood out to defyContinue Reading
Why are millions of Indian women dropping out of work?
2017-05-21
The numbers are stark – for the first time in India’s recent history, not only was there a decline in the female labour participation rate, but also a shrinking of the total number of women in the workforce. Nearly 20 million Indian women quit work between 2004-05 to 2011-12 TheContinue Reading