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Condemn the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie
by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Writers, thinkers and the democratic forces all over the world must condemn this attack. We all must see to it that the world is a place to live with creativity and security for writers, thinkers and artists.
Ideas
by Mitali
Chakravarty
Ideas will stay even if
ideators are put away.
You cannot stop them —
these ideas and dreams.
Warmer Nights Could Lead To A 60% Increase In Global Mortality, Finds Study
by Countercurrents Collective
Increasing night-time heat could have high toll on human health, finds a new research. According to models, by the year 2100, the world could see an up to 60 percent spike in mortality due to rising temperatures at night. Published in The Lancet Planetary Health, data from Japan, South Korea and China show hotter night-time temperatures could lead to a 60 percent spike in mortality rates around the world by the end of the century.
The Inflation Reduction Act – Is it Enough Soon Enough?
by Robert Hunziker
The real
question is whether it’s enough soon enough. And, similar to all commitments by nations of the world to mitigate climate change, will it really happen? Climate change mitigation plans have a very spotty, almost zero, record of achievement.
A Brief Outline of Strategy for the New Phase of Janatha Aragalaya
by Dr Maya John
This article is based on the discussions with activists of the Janatha Aragalaya and concerned Sri Lankan citizens. It is a humble contribution towards ongoing debates within the movement. As the French proverb goes: “De choc des opinions jaillit la vérité” – Truth arises from a conflict of opinions
Two Most Important Crises of World Today and Their Inter-Connection
by Bharat Dogra
Crucial to understanding the present day world is an
understanding of its two major crises and their close inter-connection.
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Independence – Why Gandhi-Nehru brothers RSS-BJP?
by Sunil Mukhopadhyay
Our current ruling dispensation led by BJP-RSS is working overtime to make India Congress-free and opposition-free and to change the basic tenets of the country’s constitution to make the country a Hindu Rashtra. And as a part of that strategy, founders of our nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru are being ignored while celebrating the 75th Anniversary of our Independence
75th anniversary of Indian Independence Part 2 -Post-1947 period
by Harsh Thakor
https://countercurrents.org/2022/08/75th-anniversary-of-indian-independence-part-2-post-1947-period/
True to their nature of falsification and betrayal, the BJP is trying to capitalize the patriotism of the
Indian people by this grand celebration of the “75th independence day” in Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostsav’.
Nafrat Chodo – Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan!
Press Release
Even as the entire country unites to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of our Independence on the 15th of August, yet once again the BJP-led Government is hell-bent on weaponsing its agenda of hate, by marking the 14th of August as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day”. Let not a day of national mourning and introspection, be abused and exploited to further the politics of hate and create the Partition of our hearts and minds. Indians across communities must resist this nefarious design
What’s that decisive moment in art and life?
by Joshy Joseph
Journeying through the real struggles of an artist, I create. Creating images about image-less realities in life. Not by
running away from reality as i did before. Getting into the vortex of creating images, to go beyond those images. Maybe like the bird, flying is born out of nothing-The first sky is within you…
5G Spectrum – Is it a distress sale? CAG may look at it carefully
by E A S Sarma
Looking at the Demand Notes issued by the Ministry on 5-8-2022, it is evident that there were only four players bidding in the auction but the major chunk of the auction had gone to a few players without any competition whatsoever, which raises serious public concerns at the manner in which the Ministry had rushed into auctioning such a large space of valuable spectrum, knowing well that the number of bidders would be highly restricted as per the terms of bidding, practically eliminating any worthwhile competition.
Information Overload: A New Challenge for a Modern Man to Tackle
by Bilal Ahmad Dar
https://countercurrents.org/2022/08/information-overload-a-new-challenge-for-a-modern-man-to-tackle/
The most challenging and cumbersome thing for a modern man to tackle is information overload or what Alvin Toffler in his book “Future Shock” calls ‘Infobesity’. It is a neologism. A portmanteau word blending ‘information’ and ‘obesity’, hence infobesity.
Sit-in protests by the families of the missing – 2000 days with no response from the Government
by Kumarathasan Rasingam
Hundreds of Tamil mothers on August 12 took out a rally in Sri Lanka’s northern Kilinochchi district to mark 2,000 days of their relentless struggle, seeking truth and justice for their loved ones forcibly disappeared during and after the civil war.
The plight of homemakers, post-Covid-19
by Kumudini Pati
Testimonies of home makers on facing Covid-19
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