Kalpana Kannabiran Human rights groups combating sexual assault, women's groups and groups working on child rights have come together to reflect on the extent to which the proposed Criminal Law Amendment B
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Riane EislerWe stand at a critical point in human cultural evolution. Going back to the old normal where peace is just an interval between wars is not an option; what we need is a fundamental cultural transform
Ravi Hemadri The Other MediaSpeakers at a panel discussion “Non-violent struggles against Militarization” urged Government to respond humanely to the non- violent struggles against the Armed For
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Laxmi Murthy“Yeh kya hai, huh? Computer, huh? HUH?” says the jawan disbelievingly, unwilling to let us through yet another checkpoint at the border of Manipur and Nagaland. Having driven from Imphal on the
David BuhrilThe proposed Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydro Electric Project wades deeper into controversy than before as the State actor, particularly the Government of Manipur, doggedly flexes militarisation approa
Padma GovindanThe complex of funding, widespread attention, and advocacy around HIV has enabled queer individuals to talk openly about their sexual desires and created space for more political subversion and cr
Navin Chawla To love one’s neighbour was to love God — this was the key, not the size of her mission or the power others perceived in her. Mother explained it thus to her biographer: “We are called u
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Charumathi SuprajaNo one knows how many street children are at risk of contracting, or have died of, HIV/AIDS. They are not even listed as a vulnerable group, like commercial sex workers and homosexuals. Yet th
Brian McCartanUnited States Senator Jim Webb’s trip to military ruled Myanmar highlights again the difficulties of dealing with the ruling generals and brings into focus the debate over the usefulness of sanc
M.S. Swaminathan Agriculture is not just a food producing machine but the backbone of the livelihood of 60 per cent of Indians. The extensive drought spotlights a situation of mass rural deprivation and a
Larry Jagan Source: AsiaTimes International responses to Tuesday's sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, to an extended period of house arrest have split on Asian and Western
Amartya Sen There is a strong case for focussing questions of justice on what actually happens and actual lives rather than merely looking for ideal institutions and arrangements.If the reliance on public
Noam ChomskyJune 2009 was marked by a number of significant events, including two elections in the Middle East: in Lebanon, then Iran. The events are significant, and the reactions to them, highly instructiveTh
Kristina AielloThe recent conflict in the Peruvian Amazon is only the most violent symptom of an ongoing cold war being waged by President Alan García and his ruling Aprista party against indigenous groups. Be