The repeal of the three farm laws came about not because the PM failed to āpersuadeā some farmers, but because many farmers stood resolute, even as a craven media devalued their struggle and strength
The laws contain among the most sweeping exclusions of a citizenās right to legal recourse in any law outside of the Emergency of 1975-77
When people look back on the causes of this campaignās success they may find at least part of the answer in the triumph of a ground-up, crowdsourced, popular politics over a controlled, elite-focused top down one
Their determination outstrips the devastation. Savaged by the August floods, facing a looming drought, the women of Kudumbashreeās pathbreaking group farms are rebuilding, using solidarity as a strategy
Imagine a democratic protest where a million farmers, labourers and others march to the capital and compel discussion of the exploding crisis of the countryside in a special three-week session of Parliament
One of the most enduring of media-created myths is that of mass suicide amongst lemmings, the little rodents that live mostly in…
Presented with a chance to make history, the Press Council of India has made a mess instead. The PCI has simply buckled…
Over 20,000 killed. Over half a million victims maimed, disabled or otherwise affected. Compensation of around Rs. 12,414 per victim on average…
Seeking authenticity for his letter to the Prime Minister and the President, Ramachandra Raut composed it with care on Rs.100 non-judicial stamp…
There were at least 16,196 farmers’ suicides in India in 2008, bringing the total since 1997 to 199,132, according to the National…
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