By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 4, 2026: A joint statement signed by more than 140 activists, academics, former ministers, artists and scientists has warned of “all out fratricide” in India following violent attacks on opposition leaders in West Bengal. The statement, titled “Is India on the Verge of aContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 13, 2024: India is in the middle of a highly decisive election because many political observers are of the view that the future of Indian democracy hinges on the result of this election. To a democracy, periodic free and fair elections are like the soulContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 19, 2022: There are many who admire Arundhati Roy. Many others do not. But no one can deny she speaks truth to the powers. Listen to her recent conversations with Aljazeera: “The bulldozing of Muslim homes, it marks a moment in time where youContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: Time is running to resist organized hate machinery and save the democracy, said Apoorvanand Jha, a professor at the University of Delhi. “Unfolding of the fascism in India and the spreading of hatred goes unabated,” he said. He was speaking at the international webinar onContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: One will be amazed to compare the India of today with the same a decade ago. BJP’s getting majority in the Lok Sabha (2014) has changed the political, social and economic scenario in adverse direction. The rising prices, the free fall of economy with GDP atContinue Reading
Experts have expressed serious concerns over the downgrading of India’s status from ‘the world’s largest democracy to an ‘electoral autocracy’ and from a “Free Country” to a “Partly Free Country” in the international reports. They expressed their views in a group discussion held by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) here on theContinue Reading
