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Israeli attacks kill at least 16 people in Gaza as aid agencies warn of famine Latest wave of bombings brings number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to nearly 70 in less than 48 hours

Israel is using starvation as a weapon - not just genocide and mass murder of civilians, but torture.

It is evil beyond belief, and it is evil that the world isn't rising collectively to stop this country.

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How Police Misused the Law to Arrest Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s social media posts do not meet the standards or even definitions of the stringent provisions invoked against him.

The lawfare that's being deployed to chilling effect.

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What Donald Trump has in Common with Colonial-Era Indian Thinkers Indian and American trysts with protectionism serve as bookends for long-running critiques of globalisation, from the perspective of both poverty and plenty, respectively.

"Indian and American trysts with protectionism serve as bookends for long-running critiques of globalisation, from the perspective of both poverty and plenty, respectively."

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How to Crowd an Election Rally Large political rallies do not always translate into votes but a political meeting that sees huge crowds is a sign of a political party’s organisational strength and capability. Voters’ demands have…

Large political rallies do not always translate into votes but a political meeting that sees huge crowds is a sign of a political party’s strength. Voters’ demands have changed over the years and they are no longer willing to be bused in for the meetings.

Ex-Israeli general hits out at government for 'killing babies as a pastime' in Gaza Around 14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours if many more aid trucks did not reach the Palestinian enclave, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief said.

“Around 14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours if many more aid trucks did not reach the Palestinian enclave, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief said.”

(And again, a western news org - NBC News - centers an Israeli in the headline, but at least it’s drawing attention to the ongoing horror)

Strategic Thinking and the Nuclear Garden Path The recent conflagration between India and Pakistan is time to reflect once again on the logic of nuclear deterrence and its false assurances of safety. Taking off from the movie “Dr. Strangelove”, th...

The recent conflagration between India & Pakistan is time to reflect once again on the logic of nuclear deterrence & its false assurances of safety. Taking off from the movie Dr. Strangelove, this essay discusses some loose ends in conventional strategic thinking
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India, Pakistan and The Day After We must wake up and realise what we are sitting on.

"Are we now so casual about the dangers of nuclear weapons that we do not realise what we have escaped from with the decision by India and Pakistan to cease fire on May 10?"
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Grotesque anti-Muslim, anti-migrant hate against victims of genocide who are vulnerable in Myanmar.

“Children as young as 15, girls as young as 16, senior citizens up to 66, people suffering from cancer & other ailments were among those abandoned into the sea without regard for their lives/safety”.

Columbia, the university that administers the Pulitzer Prizes, with a brutal crackdown on press freedom. There are no words for this

Shame on Claire Shipman

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The Illegality and Inhumanity of Women in Pre-trial Detention: Gulfisha's Poems Gulifisha’s continued imprisonment without trial and her poetry on the injustice of pre-trial detention showcase the masculinist carceral culture of the Indian State.

Gulifisha’s continued imprisonment without trial and her poetry on the injustice of pre-trial detention showcase the masculinist carceral culture of the Indian State.
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Challenging Hindutva: Voices of Resistance in India Three new books reveal how Hindutva exploits every lever of power—the BJP’s political sway, state machinery, the judiciary, Aadhaar, police, and investigative agencies—to crush dissent. Though they co...

Three new books reveal how Hindutva exploits every lever of power—the BJP’s political sway, state machinery, the judiciary, Aadhaar, police, and investigative agencies—to crush dissent. Each chronicles an episode in the campaign against those who resist.
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Alon Tal's work on forestry in Israel has this telling passage:

The India Forum's May 2025 issue is out. A range of interesting articles for you to read! Read and share what you like, and keep supporting independent journalism. Oh, and ask others to follow us too.

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Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code: Excessive Bureaucracy, Few Rights The Uttarakhand law may violate privacy and religious freedoms by imposing controls on marriage, live-ins, and divorce – measures that can disproportionately burden women and inter-faith couples. This...

The Uttarakhand law may violate privacy and religious freedoms by imposing controls on marriage, live-ins, and divorce – measures that can disproportionately burden women and inter-faith couples. This risks undermining rights rather than safeguarding them.
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