Working up public outrage is an art and not all political
parties are able to create mass hysteria.
As capital elbows its way in and remakes the
world according to its own designs, the need to democratise this polity is more
urgent than ever.
During a festival celebrating the
Goddess who kills a demon menacing Gods, scores of educated Indian women have unmasked
their tormentors and sparked a mini-revolution.
The west's failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, says our columnist who predicted both, is above all one of understanding.
Writing on Gandhi in an India stricken by faux patriotism
and jingoism causes gloom. A poem in Indian English provides an antidote.
The Hindutva storm-troopers would
feel let down, having been trained to abuse the secular Hindus, liberals,
intellectuals, dissenting writers and a minority community.
Anti-abortion and anti-LGBTIQ rights activists, politicians and religious leaders met in Moldova this month for the World Congress of Families
The
executive is hardly accountable to the legislature, legislators lack tangible
power, so notions of the consent of the governed and the will of the people are
a farce.
Community
radio projects in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh demonstrate
the significance of context-specific humanitarian responses and the power of
effective communication.
Naipaul always
felt that his books would stand the test of time. But which of his books on India, after multiple visits to his ancestral land, will stand that test?
Student-led mass protests in Dhaka challenge the notion that political consciousness begins at adulthood.
Alam must be released immediately to continue his vital work as a voice for the powerless.
