India

 

Dalit Women and Village Justice in Rural India: The vast majority of India’s 1.3 billion people live in its 630,000 villages. Read more
 The Tragedy of being a Girl in India: It is said that India is the ‘most dangerous country in the world in which to be a girl’. Read more
MOM Madness Amidst Astronomical Poverty: Insanity in India: In a macho violation of common sense and the needs of hundreds of millions of people living in crushing poverty. Read more
Children and Women for Sale: Trafficking in India: To be born poor in our world, is to be born vulnerable and in danger of exploitation of one kind or another. Read more
India’s new Prime Minister: A Dangerous Lurch to the Extreme Right: The landslide election earlier this month of Narendra Modi does not bode well. Read more
Gender and Caste Discrimination: Apartheid in ‘New’ India: A suffocating patriarchal shadow hangs over the lives of women throughout India. Read more
Lie, Cheat and Steal: Corporate-State Corruption in India: Since Independence (1947) endemic corruption has been part and parcel of daily life in India. Read more
Filthy Mayhem in India: Cars, Lorries and Weddings: Along with the choking fumes and piles of putrid waste, sound systems and a constant bombardment of honking horns. Read more
Land Conflict and Injustice: Development in ‘New India’: Hedonism is said to be the hallmark of a civilization in decline. Read more
Health care in India: Sick from Distorted Development: To speak of growth is to allude to one thing only: economic development, GDP and GNP figures. Read more
Commercialisation and Conflict in New India: Developing divisions: Participation is a cornerstone of the democratic ideal.  Read more
The struggle for justice in Manipur; Laws, suppression and the Lawmakers: The primary colours of any civil democracy are we would agree, social justice, freedom of expression, freedom to protest and participation. Read more
Corporate India Versus Indigenous People: Violent in the Name of Development: Consistent with the unjust, decaying economic model of our deficit times, the commodification of everything and everyone proceeds apace in India. Read more
India: Growing Inequality and Destructive Development: Upon a foundation of deep spirituality and philosophical treasures. Read more
Indian Farmers Trapped & Desperate: Losing the will to Live: India has the largest number of smallholder farmers in the World, 600 million by some estimates. Read more
Daughters of India Violated and Abused: A Woman’s Lot: In the ancient land of India, where female deities deeply revered, Kali and Lakshmi, Sarasvati and Parvati, are held high upon the alter of Hinduism.  Read more
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