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Why Do People Revolt?
Visitors: 168 Vithal Rajan, Ph.D. [L.S.E.], worked as a mediator for the church in Belfast; as faculty at The School of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, and as Executive Director, the Right Livelihood Award Foundation. He has founded several Indian NGOs, is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a member of the TRANSCEND […]
Why Do People Revolt?
Visitors: 397 Vithal Rajan, Ph.D. [L.S.E.], worked as a mediator for the church in Belfast; as faculty at The School of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, and as Executive Director, the Right Livelihood Award Foundation. He has founded several Indian NGOs, is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a member of the TRANSCEND […]
Roles of Civil Society in Nepal’s Development
Visitors: 273 Nepali nagrik samaj or civil society is getting high up in the last two and half decades or so in many aspects like raising awareness of the people, supporting democratic movement/s, working as development partners in community development and the like. Although it is not easy to ‘characterize’ (post)modern civil society that encompasses […]
Roles of Civil Society in Nepal’s Development
Visitors: 491 Nepali nagrik samaj or civil society is getting high up in the last two and half decades or so in many aspects like raising awareness of the people, supporting democratic movement/s, working as development partners in community development and the like. Although it is not easy to ‘characterize’ (post)modern civil society that encompasses […]
The Trump Presidency : The First Week
Visitors: 232 Prof Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, dr hc mult, is founder of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment and rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University-TPU. Prof. Galtung has published 1670 articles and book chapters, over 450 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service, and 167 books on peace and related issues, of which 41 […]
Putting the Last First
Visitors: 140 Moin Qazi, PhD Economics, PhD English, is the author of the bestselling book, Village Diary of a Heretic Banker. He has worked in the development finance sector for almost four decades in India. Handing the Poor the Reins of Development 29 Jan 2017 – The priorities of village people are constantly undergoing changes. These […]
Putting the Last First
Visitors: 175 Moin Qazi, PhD Economics, PhD English, is the author of the bestselling book, Village Diary of a Heretic Banker. He has worked in the development finance sector for almost four decades in India. Handing the Poor the Reins of Development 29 Jan 2017 – The priorities of village people are constantly undergoing changes. These […]
Dark Arts: How corporate dark money network is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic
Visitors: 546 George Monbiot, PhD Studied in Oxford University, columnist with The Guardian newspaper, also the author of the bestselling books The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order and Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain, as well as the investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed, No Man’s Land, How Did […]
Fundamentalism Raises Its Head
Visitors: 280 Syed Akhtar Ehtisham, USA [themify_hr color=”red”]In the late 20th century AD, militant piety dubbed fundamentalism emerged in every religion in varying degrees. Fundamentalists are intolerant of everybody else. Without a qualm they kill coreligionists and followers of other creeds while praying, suicide bomb girl’s schools, hospitals, shrines of coreligionists, abortion clinics and facilities […]
Fundamentalism Raises Its Head
Visitors: 273 Syed Akhtar Ehtisham, USA [themify_hr color=”red”]In the late 20th century AD, militant piety dubbed fundamentalism emerged in every religion in varying degrees. Fundamentalists are intolerant of everybody else. Without a qualm they kill coreligionists and followers of other creeds while praying, suicide bomb girl’s schools, hospitals, shrines of coreligionists, abortion clinics and facilities […]
Dr. Chitra Dinakar, A thought leader in the field of food allergy :: Committed to helping Asian Indian kids with food allergy
Visitors: 1,079 Ajay Ghosh “I have increasingly been seeing children with food allergies in my clinic and in my social circles, with many of them having severe, life-threatening allergies to multiple foods,” says Dr. Chitra Dinakar is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Director, FARE Center of Excellence at Children’s Mercy, […]
Genesis of Right Wing Islamic Activism
Visitors: 328 ‘Genesis of Right Wing Islamic Activism’ is a chapter in the book ,”God, Government and Globalization,” published in 2015. Right Wing Islamic Activism, usually called ‘terrorism’ is the product of post colonial Imperialist policy focused on combating the Soviet block; the cadres of Osama ben Laden’s Al-Qaida were trained, armed and organised by […]
After campaigning on civic issues for years : Lokayat is contesting its first elections directly. We are putting up four candidates for the Pune Municipal Corporation Elections
Visitors: 201 We are putting up these four candidates on behalf of Socialist Party (India), you must be aware that we are affiliated to SPI. All four candidates are committed Lokayat activists. This year, the government has modified the election system, and has made each electoral constituency bigger, with four wards combined into one single […]
All about the base : Our democracies are broken, debased and distrusted. Here are some ideas for restoring them
Visitors: 1,017 George Monbiot, PhD Studied in Oxford University, columnist with The Guardian newspaper, also the author of the bestselling books The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order and Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain, as well as the investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed, No Man’s Land, How Did […]
The Issue Is Not Trump – It Is Ourselves
Visitors: 194 John Pilger has won an Emmy and a BAFTA for his documentaries, which have also won numerous US and European awards. His articles appear worldwide in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Mail & Guardian (South Africa), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Il Manifesto (Italy). He […]
The Issue Is Not Trump – It Is Ourselves
Visitors: 214 John Pilger has won an Emmy and a BAFTA for his documentaries, which have also won numerous US and European awards. His articles appear worldwide in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Mail & Guardian (South Africa), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Il Manifesto (Italy). He […]
Nonviolent Action: Why and How it Works
Visitors: 323 Robert J. Burrowes PhD, has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?‘ Nonviolent action is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, however, […]
Nonviolent Action: Why and How it Works
Visitors: 262 Robert J. Burrowes PhD, has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?‘ Nonviolent action is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, however, […]
R-ADAG caught swindling Rs 1,000 cr from 7 State Govts
Visitors: 207 Krishnaraj Rao Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) was caught with its hands in the proverbial cookie jar, and that too by the Supreme Court! R-ADAG tried to twist the terms of its Power Purchase Agreement with seven states, and make a profit of well over Rs 1,000/- crore by making the states […]
R-ADAG caught swindling Rs 1,000 cr from 7 State Govts
Visitors: 196 Krishnaraj Rao Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) was caught with its hands in the proverbial cookie jar, and that too by the Supreme Court! R-ADAG tried to twist the terms of its Power Purchase Agreement with seven states, and make a profit of well over Rs 1,000/- crore by making the states […]
Duty to Warn : A Corporate Coup D’Etat
Visitors: 220 Dr Gary G. Kohls, MD [themify_hr color=”red” border_width=”5px”] Every weekend I find myself having to choose a pertinent topic for my next Duty to Warn column. The political turmoil surrounding the last election cycle and the resultant backlashes make it a difficult choice. There are so many things worthy of analysis, especially with Trump’s […]