Red Ant Dream – A review
In the Islamic interpretation of dreams, to dream about insects means a weaker people organizing themselves to win something over. Sanhati, May 25, 2013. By Azaan Javaid. Organization is both loved and loathed…
‘Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki’ A Report from PUDR
What makes the Maruti story extraordinary is certainly not the company and its cars but the extraordinary struggle of its workers that has continued inspite of ruthless repression by the management and the…
Gujarat and The Illusion of Development: Shipra Nigam
This volume of essays is the outcome of a detailed study by a team of contributing research scholars led by Atul Sood. This timely evaluation provides an insight into many crucial questions: What…
Heightened tensions in Posco Project Area : A fact finding report
On the 9th of March 2013, a 12 member team consisting of human rights activists, journalists, academicians, democratic rights and civil liberty activists, conducted a fact finding visit to Patana and Gobindapur villages…
Where Have All the Seasons Gone? Current Impacts of Climate Change in Gujarat
Global warming has finally begun to get the attention of the world in the last few years, though a sense of urgency and a commensurate response is still lacking where it is needed…
Asghar Ali Engineer (1939-2013)
Kafila, May 14, 2013. An obituary by ZAHIR JANMOHAMED: I first met Asghar Ali Engineer in January 2002 in Mumbai. I was a fellow with the America India Foundation and a few weeks…
Evicting the Gandhians: Justin Podur interviews Himanshu Kumar
Himanshu Kumar is a Gandhian activist who, together with his wife, ran the Vanvasi Chetana Ashram in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh for 22 years. He learned the local adivasi language (Gondi) and worked through the…
Why censorship is the greatest threat to India: Michael Edison Hayden
Source: Kafila Guest post by MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN: An editorial published earlier this month in India Today bemoans India’s willingness to placate religious fundamentalists through artistic censorship. The author, Peter V. Rajsingh, makes…
What the post-racials are looking for
Source: Africa is a Country April marks the springtime festival of fertility and harvest, Holi, which is celebrated throughout northern India. Because Holi is a yearly event that includes a large amount of…
The Bastar Land Grab: An Interview with Sudha Bharadwaj
Source: Kafila This intervew with SUDHA BHARADWAJ of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha was conducted by JUSTIN PODUR in Raipur on 5 March 2013 JP: As a lawyer and an activist, how do you see…
