Freedom IndiaFr Stan Swamy’s death highlights the need to repeal UAPAThis tragic death has also once again brought to light jail conditions endured by the others accused in the case Sabrangindia 06 Jul 2021 Father Stan Swamy’s death while in the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has reignited the debate on the deplorable […]
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The martyrdom of Fr. Stan Swamy!
Facebook post by Peri Maheshwer: Siddique Kappan’s mother passed away while not being able to see her son one last time. Natasha’s father passed away while his daughter was still incarcerated. Fr.Stan Swamy died waiting for his bail and to be with his own. The truth is, in all these cases, the judges saw this […]
Modi as Big Boss pits Centre Vs States- Rajdeep Sardesai
BY RAJDEEP SARDESAIJUNE 4, 2021 The last time the tiny, scenic Lakshadweep islands made the national headlines, 24 x7 private news television didn’t even exist in the country. In 1989, then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s new year visit to the islands had created a flutter over whether public monies were being spent on a ‘private’ […]
Modi’s Seven Year itch – Rajdeep Sardesai
Last August, when a Mood of the Nation poll showed prime minister Narendra Modi’s popularity still rock-solid, a senior Congress leader angrily rang up: “Why are you running these farzi (false) polls! Lockdown, economic recession, migrants walking home, lives and livelihoods both destroyed and you Godi (pliant) media people are still trapped in Modi mania!” […]
The Covid Charge sheet on Modi Govt.
_The Complete Covid Chargesheet_ _by Shashi Tharoor_ May 24, 2021,The Outlook Magazine As I write these words from my Covid sickbed—despite being vaccinated, I have been hit hard, with a diagnosis of Covid-induced viral myocarditis and intense fatigue—I am acutely conscious of our nation’s trauma in the face of the pandemic. As the cumulative number […]
Government’s chaotic response in India’s Covid Tsunami – Dr. Shashi Tharoor
Greetings, This week, I have three articles to share with you. As Covid-19 overwhelms India’s healthcare system with unprecedented violence, I examine the government’s chaotic response in India’s Covid Tsunami, syndicated in 88 newspapers around the world. Although I praised India’s export-led “vaccine diplomacy” in my piece just two months ago while warning that the government was […]
A Crime against humanity – Arundhati Roy
‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastropheBurying a person who died of Covid-19 in Gauhati, India this week. Photograph: Anupam Nath/APIt’s hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, the chaos and the indignity that people are being subjected to. Meanwhile, Modi and his allies are […]
Safety Come s first in a Pandemic – Sagarika Ghosh
Whether it’s the voter or pilgrim, safety comes first in a pandemicApril 18, 2021, 7:43 AM IST Sagarika Ghose in Bloody Mary, India, TOI Sagarika Ghose has been a journalist for over three decades, starting her career with The Times of India, subsequently moving … MORE A deadly second wave of Covid has gripped India, […]
Greetings from Dr. Tharoor,
This week, I have two articles to share with you. In Kerala should end over-dependence on remittances, my column for The Week, I write in tempered praise of the ‘Kerala model’, a phrase revived as the state successfully suppressed the Covid-19 outbreak for much of last year. Generations of state leaders have established a system of […]
Making sense of Rahul Gandhi’s Politics
Making sense of Rahul Gandhi’s politicsRajesh MahapatraRohan D Souza UPDATED: MARCH 15, 2021 01:15 ISTDespite a hostile political environment, the Congress has not swerved hard to the right or the left For the past seven years, a vibrant cottage industry has emerged in India that can be divided into two unequal halves: the first offering […]