Scroll.in BRICS may not replace the old world order – but it could still make a difference The grouping can bring India investments, help find areas of cooperation with China, and influence the UN Security Council, IMF and World Bank.
People's Archive of Rural India The sting of bees and the tyranny of tigers The ‘mouleys’ or honey collectors of the Sundarbans work without safeguards in dense and dangerous jungles – encountering crocodiles, tigers and the diktats of the Forest Department
People's Archive of Rural India In emergencies we are really stranded Falling ill in the Sundarbans is a gamble. With difficult terrain, only a handful of healthcare centres and few doctors, the people turn to mobile medical units or other long-distance options – usually at great cost
Al Jazeera The bookseller saving Jerusalem’s Palestinian identity Stripped of their rights, the last wall of Palestinian resistance is culture, says owner of a Jerusalem bookshop.
People's Archive of Rural India Voting in a Sundarbans village Despite the heat and distances, people of Rajat Jubilee and other villages of Gosaba block in Sundarbans came to the poll booth on April 30.
Al Jazeera Janna Jihad: Meet Palestine’s 10-year-old journalist Janna Jihad Ayyad believes it is her duty to record Israeli injustices throughout the occupied West Bank and beyond.
The Wire 'Resisting codification of Muslim personal law is denial of Muslim women's constitutional rights Activist Zakia Soman on recent comments by Justice B. Kemal Pasha, the patriarchal stranglehold on Islam and the need to codify Muslim personal law.
Caravan Magazine Trade-Offs India’s farmers have long opposed pressure from the WTO for the country to abandon its agricultural subsidies. Agriculture was brought under the purview of the global trading system with the Uruguay round of the GATT, which closed in 1994.
Scroll.in How to fight intolerance with culture: A Palestinian-Indian theatre production shows the way Two theatre companies are collaborating to further the ideals of Safdar Hashmi and Juliano Mer-Khamis, both of whom were killed for agitating for freedoms
Scroll.in Is India's trade with Israel significant enough to justify jettisoning its support for Palestine? Photo: President of India/Facebook Published in Scroll.in. 17 October 2015 A "historic political milestone" is how President Reuven Rivlin of Israel described Pranab Mukherjee's just concluded visit, the
The Wire How the UN Cast out Caste, Leaving Dalits Behind The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the international community promise to ‘leave no one behind’ but by omitting any mention of caste, they have cast aside the dalits
The Wire Scholars, activists decry 'collective onslaught on reason' The collective assault on and silencing of rational voices
Al Jazeera India urged to use close Israeli ties for Palestine Critics lament New Delhi’s fading pro-Palestinian stance at solidarity convention as Israel relations flourish
Al Jazeera Poll: Indian Muslim women want end to verbal divorce Over 92 percent of women surveyed want total ban on practice allowing men to divorce by uttering word “talaq” thrice.
The Wire Informal workers organisations wary of new labour reforms Informal workers need pension, provident fund, revised minimum daily and monthly wages
The Wire In Riot-Hit Muzaffarnagar, a Beacon for Female Victims of Violence Women are among the worst hit in rioting. Protecting their rights is Astitva’s mission.
People's Archive of Rural India A right to fish, a fight to live “Why confiscate the canoes and hurt us in the stomach?"
People's Archive of Rural India Hanging by a thread Delhi’s old colony of puppeteers is in a state of flux, with threats to the land, housing and social structures
Kafila Wikipedia, Bhanwari Devi and the need for an alert feminist republic Needed: An alert feminist republic on the internet
DNA The displaced of Muzaffarnagar Poverty and sickness stalk riot victims as they grapple with survival issues
Firstpost Fear in Muzaffarnagar camps: We won't go back, they will burn us Fears of returning home haunt the victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots
The Hindu Imprints of a people The Sidi, a little known Indian tribe of African descent has over the years, made India home
Tehelka Magazine Advocates of a secure life deplore my uncertain existence A journalist reflects on her desire to leave her job as opposed to her family's wishes for a safe, predictable existence
The Hindu The dream of a long distance runner Meet athlete Arun Bhardwaj who is getting ready to run solo from Kargil in north India to Kanyakumari in the country's south
