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Published in: HomeOccupy Wall Street: where are the migrants?The lack of demographic diversity amongst the protestors and uncertainty about their demands make Occupy Wall Street...
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Published in: 50.50India's war on its poor"They forced us to sit naked in a row and splashed a mug of water on each of us". Bashirabi is a poor vegetable...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia and its international commitment to ending corruption
India has ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The instrument is legally binding and comes at...
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Published in: openIndiaNationalism, media and corruption in India. An interview with Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy ranges broadly over corruption scandals, Wikileaks' excessive desire for the spotlight, Pakistan/India...
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Published in: openIndiaFrenzied argument in India
A high-decibel debate lasting several weeks in India has forced an agreement on introducing a draconian...
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Published in: openIndiaGreed Revolution?
Even if we believe that the first Green revolution benefited India by making it a food-surplus nation, it is...
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Published in: openIndiaThe India-Israel relationship: what it means for secularism
India's relationship with Israel has the potential to shift the broader Middle Eastern narrative, affirming India's...
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Published in: openIndiaContradictions of ‘development’ in contemporary IndiaIs India moving on a path towards segregating society, enclaving economic space in a way that essentially excludes...
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Published in: openIndiaIndian constitutional democracy: a freedom in crisis
Declining political morality and increasing moral policing are suffocating the rule of law in India, shrinking...
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Published in: 50.50Mobilising for Muslim women’s rights in India
The emerging Muslim women-led networks in India are challenging the authority of the religious elite to represent...
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Published in: openIndiaAfter protests, militancy in the Valley
The killing of a young Kashmiri heralds renewed militancy in the Kashmir valley after summer's protest movement.
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Published in: 50.50Gender and the perils of identity politics in India
Hindu women’s activism in the service of the political goals of the BJP and the Sangh Parivar and the debates around...
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Published in: openIndiaRising India!The Indian Prime Minister might be enjoying the fact that he is now in a position to offer the American president...
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Published in: openIndiaEmerged India: enter a great power
India can no longer be ignored. It is a necessary and valuable partner, and this is something on which the rest of...
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Published in: openIndiaThis isn't the end of the far right in India
To some observers, the recent Ayodhya verdict and lack of mass ethnic violence in India indicates the softening of...
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Published in: openIndiaDelhi 2010: Where did it all go wrong?
With the Commonwealth Games underway, Satbir Singh traces the psychology underpinning India's celebration of and...
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Published in: openIndiaChinese dragon versus Indian tiger
China's military and diplomatic expansion points to an intensifying arms race between the world's two most populous...
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Published in: openIndiaBribe-and-tell
A website urging Indians to speak out against corruption is not the only initiative of its kind, but it may be one...
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Published in: openIndiaKashmir: a place of blood and memory
In attempting to suffocate a separate Kashmiri identity, India reveals the cracks in its own idea of nationhood,...
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Published in: openIndiaKashmir's e-protestFahad Shah reports on the rising tide of e-protest in Kashmir.