Middle East 4 ChangeIran jolts India to activate US sanctions loophole
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Kaveh Afrasiabi Earlier this month, authorities in New Delhi were rattled by reports from Iran that India had been expelled from a key investment project in favor of…
Indian Muslims facing ‘genocidal climate’ amid pandemic
Monday, June 22, 2020
Arundhati Roy India’s coronavirus lockdown, which began in March, has been one of largest and strictest in the world. It has left tens of millions without work prompting…
Two poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Waiting The song I came to singremains unsung to this day.I have spent my days in stringingand in unstringing my instrument. The time has not come true,the words…
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Who can use the term “gone viral” now without shuddering a little? Who can look at anything any more — a door handle, a cardboard carton, a bag…
Indian elections: it wasn’t the economy, stupid!
Monday, June 3, 2019
L K Sharma. The people accepted electoral authoritarianism for their security. This neutralised warnings by intellectuals and opposition parties that Modi’s India was heading towards fascism. Narendra Modi’s…
5.5 Million Women Build Their Wall in Kerala
Monday, January 14, 2019
Vijay Prashad. On Jan. 1, 5.5 million women in the Indian state of Kerala (population 35 million) built a 386-mile wall with their bodies. They stood from one end…
Will India Help Iran Avert Sanctions-Related Medical Crisis?
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Aveek Sen, Mojtaba Mousavi, and Udayan Tandan. Zeinab, the mother of a four-year-old girl suffering from blood cancer, says that “Mina has been under medication for nearly five…
Asia’s Shifting Alliances in the Time of Trump
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Conn Hallinan. Posted on ZNet August 30, 2018. “Boxing the compass” is an old nautical term for locating the points on a magnetic compass in order to set…
India: how and why the poor don’t count
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Manali Chakrabarti. Posted February 21, 2017 on Redline. According to the World Bank, India’s nominal GDP crossed the $ 2 trillion mark in 20141, and is slated to…