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Published in: openIndiaCut-throat competition distorts democracy in IndiaSo, what is the right measure of passion in politics that is good for the health of democracy? There has to be a...
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Published in: HomeSnowden to Cambridge Analytica – making the case for the social value of privacyConstitutionally inculcated rights and morality are slowly being undone “by the use of automated processes to assess...
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Published in: openIndiaStatues are not safe in IndiaOne cynic says that after every election, the new Government can spend its first year in uninstalling the statutes...
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 1: women and the far rightWe talk to three women who know more about the far right than most: councillor Jolene Bunting in Northern Ireland,...
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Published in: HomeSri Lanka local elections: the return of RajapaksaAfter his recent win, Mahinda Rajapaksa urged his voters not to attack the losing side, saying: “No matter what they...
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Published in: openIndiaThe myth of the Indian ‘New Middle Class’Families in Modi’s India are caught in a spiral of working class conditions in jobs pretending to be middle class,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCounter-terrorism: new UK strategy must learn obvious lessonsSince 2001, Britain has compromised its passion for the rights of people in the name of counter-terrorism, thereby...
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Published in: openIndiaHindu authoritarianism and agrarian distressTo defeat populist-nationalist forms of communal authoritarianism in India, we have to fight against more than just...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGandhi, Palestine and zionism: a book reviewIn India it is the season for rediscovering Gandhi, and everyone from politicians to intellectuals are doing it in...
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Published in: openIndiaModi government and the muzzling of the Indian mediaThe more damaging development has been the role of the mainstream media in the face of the government attempts to muzzle it.
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Published in: 50.50How India's Café Sheroes fights back against acid attacks
Run by survivors of acid attacks, the café is part of broader campaigns for women’s access to public places and...
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Published in: openIndiaWhen faith fills ballot boxesIronically, the message of scientific temper, modernity, secularism resonated more in India when the rate of...
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Published in: 50.50Kashmir abuses: women searching for justice challenge state use of forensicsThousands of young men have 'disappeared' in Kashmir and there have been numerous allegations of sexual assaults....
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Published in: HomeOne Zionist view of the Balfour DeclarationThe State of Israel came into being thirty-one years after the Balfour Declaration, precisely because Zionist Jews...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?EU approval of Sri Lankan labour standards whitewashes abuseWorkers are not poor and disadvantaged because they have been left behind. They are poor because they are being robbed.
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end child sexual abuse in India?In 2012 new legislation was passed to protect children against sexual abuse. But the gap between the law and ground...
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Published in: HomeEmpire of madness: fiddling through the smoke in 2025The year is 2025, and the war on terror rages on – as does the increasing extremity of the planet's weather.
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Published in: HomeParticipatory democracy in emerging contexts: Fiji and Nepal“They used to insist that they were sufficiently conversant with the issues. How would they know unless they discuss...
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Published in: HomeThe end of anonymity? Trump and the tyranny of the majorityWorldwide, there is an administration-sanctioned attack on anonymity, online and off.
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Published in: 50.50The long road to gender equality in southeast AsiaSingapore may soon elect its first female president – but the struggle for gender equality in the region is far from...
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