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Published in: openIndiaHyper-extremism tends to follow extremismThe Hindutva storm-troopers would feel let down, having been trained to abuse the secular Hindus, liberals,...
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Published in: 50.50US and Russian religious right unite against ‘invasion of radical liberalism’Anti-abortion and anti-LGBTIQ rights activists, politicians, and religious leaders met in Moldova this month for the...
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Published in: openIndiaFaultlines in India's parliamentary democracyThe executive is hardly accountable to the legislature, legislators lack tangible power, so notions of the consent...
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Published in: ourBeebWhen traditional communications outperform digital technology: Rohingya refugeesCommunity radio projects in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh demonstrate the significance of...
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Published in: openIndiaNaipaul: an abandoned child looks and relooks at the motherlandNaipaul always felt that his books would stand the test of time. But which of his books on India, after multiple...
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Published in: HomeBangladesh teen protests are proof that politics is not the preserve of adultsStudent-led mass protests in Dhaka challenge the notion that political consciousness begins at adulthood.
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Published in: HomeFree Shahidul Alam: the Bangladeshi photographer exposing injustices around the worldAlam must be released immediately to continue his vital work as a voice for the powerless.
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Published in: openIndiaDemocracy eats its parents!"If a principled yet powerful leader does emerge, he can only come from yesterday’s disempowered classes."
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Published in: HomeIndian elections: disinformation threatens to exacerbate religious tensionsIn a country with low press freedom and media literacy, fake news could be a recipe for disaster.
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Published in: openIndiaSubverting democracy without vote-riggingRecent events in some prominent democratic nations have highlighted the internal threats that are hard to see and...
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Published in: HomeHarvesting hope: the permaculture movement in IndiaThe major transformative potential of permaculture in India lies in its ability to make small-scale farmers...
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Published in: HomeThe ceasefire is essential – but what should happen next for peace in Afghanistan?So far a persistent theme of the Afghan conflict is the glaring gap between words and actions, with both sides...
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Published in: openIndiaGod votes in India, abstains in Britain, Part IIUnlike in India, British democracy, distorted by Mammon, is spared by God.
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Published in: openIndiaGod votes in India, abstains in Britain. Part 1Once Britain moved beyond religious nationalism, religion itself became a spent force, though not one prevented from...
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Published in: HomeThe Pashtun protest movement is a test for Pakistan’s democracyThe state has been openly hostile towards the Pashtun Tahafuz movement – the right to protest must be protected.
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Published in: openIndiaHow students in India are resisting the Hindu-right's attacks on universitiesIn India, student protests have escalated under the current far-right, Hindu-supremacist government and been...
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Published in: openIndiaIndian Supreme Court curbs one of the world’s most powerful anti-discrimination lawsThe vitriolic anger directed at the PoA might mean that Indian society is not entirely ready to face the depth of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfghan interpreters: belonging on the battlefield, exclusion from the nation?The recent Windrush migration scandal poignantly illustrated the tensions between people’s sense of belonging to a...
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Published in: openIndiaSilence and din define Indian journalismRavish Kumar has recorded the Republic of Fear for posterity. These are the heroes of World Press Freedom Day.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Political precariatThe concept of the precariat has explanatory power day-to-day and transformative potential in the socio-political...
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