Farmers Sow Harvest Of Hope
The manner of the repeal of the draconian and anti-farmer Farm Laws by the Modi regime has been as undemocratic and dishonest as the manner of their enactment. The laws were passed in Parliament by […]
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The Indian Farmers Defend the Rights of Farmers Everywhere
BY VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: Ravan Khosa, edited by Aristeas – CC BY-SA 4.0 On November 19, 2021, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “[W]e have decided to repeal all three agricultural laws.” The prime minister was referring […]
Debt Trap Tightens On India’s Poor
Covid-19 has intensified the indebtedness crisis that plagued Indian households even before the pandemic. An analysis by Dvara Research, a policy research organisation, found that even before the pandemic, debts had risen steeply by 84% […]
75 Years of Independence: People’s Campaign
The people’s campaign called by historians, intellectuals, cultural activists and civil society to mark 75 years of the country’s independence began at the Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir in Patna on 18 November 2021 on the […]
India’s Farmers and ‘Andolanjeevis’ Win a Historic Victory Over the Arrogant Modi Regime
Fourteen months after the Modi government had bulldozed its way in Parliament to convert the widely resented farm ordinances-turned-bills into laws, the Prime Minister had to bow down to the unprecedented farmers’ resistance to announce […]
India: Free Khurram Parvez
In another case of unrelenting state repression against human right defenders, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 22 arrested prominent activist Khurram Parvez associated with Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) from Srinagar […]
Historic victory for India’s farmers: Modi gov’t concedes, struggle continues
Zara Azad Download PDF flyer On Nov. 19, the far-right Modi government of India relented and agreed to repeal three pro-corporate, anti-farmer agricultural policies enacted into law in September 2020 over massive opposition from India’s […]
The Possibility of a Third Covid Wave in India is Frightening
BY PARTH M.N. Gandewad gathers the ashes at the cremation grounds. Photo: Parth M.N. Rama Adellu Gandewad feels anxious and disturbed all the time, and he knows why. Even though the dreadful second wave of Covid-19 […]
Biden Admin Official Held Meeting With the Leader of a Fascist Militia in India
BY: Basav Sen, Foreign Policy in Focus Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the U.S. recently, attending the UN General Assembly session and meeting with President Biden. In spite of his government’s reign of terror against religious and ethnic […]
BRITISH OFFICIALS WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST HELPED INVESTIGATE SAS ROLE IN GOLDEN TEMPLE MASSACRE
David Cameron’s review of Britain’s role in Operation Blue Star – which saw Indian troops storm a Sikh temple – allowed ‘one or more’ staff with a conflict of interest to influence what documents investigators […]