What the Arrest of Disha Ravi, a Climate Activist Linked to Greta Thunberg, Says About India’s Crackdown on Dissent Police in India have accused Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old climate activist with ties to Greta Thunberg, of sedition. Her alleged crime: helping to create and share an online “protest toolkit” that outlined how to support the mass […]
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India: The Farmers’ Protests Are a Turning Point for India’s Democracy—and the World Can No Longer Ignore That
The Farmers’ Protests Are a Turning Point for India’s Democracy—and the World Can No Longer Ignore That BY SIMRAN JEET SINGH FEBRUARY 11, 2021 9:00 PM EST Jeet Singh is a scholar and historian of South Asia. He is an Equality Fellow for the Open Society Foundations, a Council on Foreign Relations term member, and […]
India Farm Protests Highlight Country’s Youth Unemployment Crisis
India Farm Protests Highlight Country’s Youth Unemployment Crisis NEW DELHI – Hundreds of young, educated men like Manveer Singh who defy the typical image of the Indian farmer are among the sea of protesters camped along a highway at Delhi’s borders to demand the scrapping of three new farm laws. The 27-year-old postgraduate in information […]
Castas, eunucos y bragas rosas para pensar el feminismo en India
“No podemos ser un muro en la frontera, sino la fisura de ese muro”, dice la politóloga india Nivedita Menon. En esta idea y en la influencia del colonialismo ahonda en su libro ‘Ver como feminista’, recién traducido al español. En 1985, una mujer musulmana llamada Shah Bano reclamó la manutención a su exmarido ante […]
India: El enfoque armonioso de la vida de un estado Indio
El enfoque armonioso de la vida de un estado Indio En Mizoram, en el noreste de la India, la armonía y la sostenibilidad de la sociedad, más que la riqueza económica, son los objetivos más valorados en la vida. Por Zinara Rathnayake 11 de enero de 2021 Mi investigación me había dicho que Reiek Peak […]
How India’s competitive exam-prep treadmill ground to a halt
How India’s competitive exam-prep treadmill ground to a halt In India’s brutally competitive testing culture, students focus on exam prep for years. But, despite their best intentions to study for success, the pandemic had other plans for them. Early on 10 December, more than half a million students from across India tuned into a live […]
Agricultores de India endurecen protesta en rechazo a reformas
La primera tanda del ayuno voluntario de los manifestantes tendrá 11 miembros. Intensificando su protesta contra las nuevas leyes agrícolas, el movimiento de agricultores de India comenzó este lunes una huelga de hambre de 24 horas en varios sitios cercanos a la entrada de Nueva Delhi, la capital del país, colindante con los estados de […]
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