Commentary
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Small Steps for Climate Change Amidst the Short-Sighted Ways of Bolsonaro, Trump and Modi
Ankit Goyal | Small steps are essential to raising a particular “consciousness” in individuals. When Mahatma Gandhi organized the Dandi March and made salt, it was just not to oppose the salt tax, it was to demonstrate defiance against every injustice imposed by colonial rule.
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Narendra Modi Has No Right To Lay The Foundation Of Ram Temple
Sandeep Pandey | Swami Sanand had held Narendra Modi responsible for his possible death in his three letters and Narendra Modi didn’t do anything to save the life of Swami Sanand, who was superior to him in all respects. How can Narendra Modi for whom Swami Sanand had sought punishment from Lord Ram lay the…
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Disregarding Ravi Chopra’s Recommendations on the Chardham Project Will Destroy the Already Fragile and Threatened Ecology of the Himalayan Region
Surabhi Agarwal, Lubna Sarwath and Sandeep Pandey | The manner in which members of the High Powered Committee who have their own vested interests are misusing their power to further an agenda which is completely contrary to the public interest is condemnable and undermines the authority of the Supreme Court.
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नरेन्द्र मोदी को राम मंदिर का शिलान्यास करने का अधिकार नहीं
संदीप पाण्डेय | स्वामी सानंद ने जिस नरेन्द्र मोदी को अपनी सम्भावित मौत के लिए तीन पत्रों में जिम्मेदार ठहराया हो और नरेन्द्र मोदी ने एक सच्चे संत, स्वामी सानंद, जो उनसे हर मायने में श्रेष्ठ थे, की जान बचाने का कोई कोशिश ही नहीं की और जिनके लिए स्वामी सानंद ने राम दरबार में…
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Until the Rich and Poor Alike Use the Same Public Health Services We Cannot Beat the Pandemic
Shobha Shukla, Bobby Ramakant, Sandeep Pandey | It is also important to recognize that bad sanitation and hygiene, dirty or non-functional toilets, unsatisfactory healthcare standards and other concerns we associate public services with, are not new: they have ailed the public services for long but those-who-can-pay have conveniently made an alternate parallel system where they…
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A Caged Journey Home
Shivangini Piplani and Sandeep Pandey | It is beyond comprehension how some families managed to walk back on foot with their toddlers and all their belongings packed in one or two bags carried on their backs or heads facing threats on three fronts – the coronavirus disease, hunger and the police.
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Signals of Desperation?
Pannalal Surana | Our honourable Prime Minister would do well to remember that the devil is hidden in the details. If we streamline our administration and take firm steps to raise the incomes of our farmers and other toiling masses so that more purchasing power reaches their hands and boosts demand in indigenous markets, the…
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Despite Government Claims, Migrants Continue to be Vulnerable and Abandoned
by Arundhati Dhuru and Sandeep Pandey | Hardly anybody got paid for the period of lockdown, despite the appeal by the prime minister. About 20 per cent of them also have payments worth more than 7.5 lakh in salaries and wages pending for work done earlier. Overall, the workers stare at a bleak future.
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भारत-चीन सीमा निर्धारण की तिथी तय करो
पन्नालाल सुराणा | युध्द यह विवाद हल करने का तरिका नहीं होता. उसके लिए बातचीत ही करनी होती है. युध्द बहुत विनाशकारी होते हैं. चीन और भारत दोनों अण्वस्त्रधारी हैं. युध्द में उस अस्त्र का प्रयोग करना बड़ा खतरनाक है. अणु बम पहले किसने फेका इसका कोई माने नहीं रहता उससे जो विध्वंस होगा वह…
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Political Vendetta Sole Explanation for Varavara Rao’s Incarceration
Surabhi Agarwal and Sandeep Pandey | The persecution of Rao under the Modi regime comes, of course, as no surprise. Writers and poets have always been at the forefront of political dissent under authoritarian and autocratic governments and are always among the first voices to be suppressed during such times.
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Is Bad Politics Overshadowing the Science of COVID-19 Vaccine Research?
Shobha Shukla, Bobby Ramakant, Sandeep Pandey | Why did ICMR, knowing very well that it is fundamentally unethical to pre-determine research outcomes and also that it is principally impossible to do a robust clinical trial in 5-6 weeks, try to force researchers to begin and finish research and make a vaccine available for “public health…
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अति-राष्ट्रवाद और बदले की भावना उकसाने की राजनीति का परिणाम
संदीप पाण्डेय | 1962 के युद्ध के बाद पहली बार भारत-चीन सीमा, जो असल में भारत-तिब्बत सीमा है परन्तु तिब्बत पर 1951 से चीन का कब्जा चला आ रहा है, पर कोई भारतीय सैनिक शहीद हुआ। भारत और चीन के बीच बकायदा लिखित समझौता था कि उनके सैनिक एक-दूसरे पर गोली नहीं चालाएंगे।