India

“I am afraid Coronavirus will kill us later, we will die of hunger first.”

Forced by a sudden countrywide lockdown to control the Coronavirus pandemic, 22 or more migrants have died while undertaking the…

5 years ago

Can a battered economy afford a long lockdown

At this stressful time, people need the steady hand of a government that bases its decisions on empirical data, objective…

5 years ago

Death in the time of Corona

We may end up defeating Corona, but Corona has already cleaved the idea of an Indian people -- as a…

5 years ago

Corona Lockdown: Why have the poor been dumped to save the affluent

Was the PM misled by the diabolical vested interests to impose lockdown? Or this government has chosen to willfully disregard…

5 years ago

Corona and Kerala: Fighting a difficult fight smartly

When it comes to tacking a natural catastrophe or a pandemic, the Left government in Kerala, led by Chief Minister…

5 years ago

Corona: No dilution of basic rights

The global pandemic should not lead to legitimizing authoritarian tendencies among governments, as in China and Israel. This is especially…

5 years ago

Delhi Riots: ‘We know who attacked us’

It has been called a pogrom. So what will happen after the devastation and the killings, the brunt of which…

5 years ago

You say goodbye, I say hello

Letter from a dad to a daughter. An ode to freedom and beauty, from the earth and sky to the…

5 years ago

When the IT man comes knocking….

Mankotia’s memoir is not really a book limited to anticipating an IT raid and to conceal your riches, but a…

5 years ago

Shaheen Bagh: A Running Epic of Liberation

The resurgent people of India must acknowledge that it is the students, mothers and sisters of Shaheen Bagh who have…

5 years ago