Saif ur Rehman More than 72 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) on December 10, 1948 which is rooted in the principle that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Whether this declaration has ever been implemented in …
Read More »Feature: Stench of death pervades rural India as Ganges swells with Covid victims
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Saurabh Sharma There was a time before when the Ganges was “swollen with dead bodies”. In 1918, when the great flu pandemic swept through India and killed an estimated 18 million people, the water of this river – upon which so many lives depended – was …
Read More »Article: India’s suffering isn’t just the fault of a new Covid variant
Rukmini S The variant that threatens the British summer has already done far more damage in India. In October last year a sample from the western state of Maharashtra containing what would later be identified as the B.1.617.3 variant was sequenced and uploaded to Gisaid, a global database of Covid-19 …
Read More »Article: How India’s relationship with the Israelis and Palestinians changed from Nehru to Modi
Manvi Kapoor The ongoing crisis in the Gaza region has put India’s right-wing in a bind. Even as Hindutva supporters have openly supported Israel’s violence in Palestinian territories, because of what they believe is a shared hatred for Muslims, the Indian government—under the leadership of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party—has …
Read More »Article: May 21-Kashmir Martyrs Day
Sheikh Fakhar-e-Alam May 21 is recalled annually by Kashmiris across the globe to pay homage to their great freedom fighters like Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq, Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone and victims of Hawal massacre. Indian occupied forces have always treated the Kashmiris as outsiders in India. Hindutva driven Indian forces …
Read More »Feature: Accused of its own violent occupation, Modi’s India tries to erase Kashmiri solidarity with Palestine
Umer Beigh As the graphic images of Israeli airstrikes on Palestinians in Gaza reached 32-year-old Mudasir Gul in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, the artist in him was compelled to express his pain. Upon deliberation with his peers, Gul went ahead and began painting a solidarity mural “We …
Read More »Feature: Kashmiris are being arrested for pro-Palestine protests
Qadri Inzamam and Haziq Qadri When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were firing missiles at Gaza on May 14, thousands of miles away, in Indian occupied Kashmir’s Srinagar, 32-year-old artist Mudasir Gul stepped out of his home with his painting supplies. He climbed the pillars of a bridge and painted …
Read More »Article: The Indian shame
Malik Muhammad Ashraf The history of Kashmir is replete with myriad massacres of Kashmiris at the hands of the Indian security forces, including the killing of some prominent leaders of the freedom movement after it was launched in 1989. Among them were Mirwaiz Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone, who were …
Read More »Article: Sacrifices of Kashmiri people will not go in vain
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai In the annals of history, nations and peoples are often blessed with leaders, guides and activists who play singular roles providing leadership that transcends inspiration and casts a lasting impact on these societies. May 21, 1990 was the day when the Indian occupation forces assassinated an …
Read More »Article: As India’s daily COVID-19 deaths reach new high, Modi opposes free vaccinations
Wasantha Rupasinghe Although India’s new daily COVID-19 infections dropped this week below 300,000 for the first time in almost a month, the official death toll reached record highs on successive days, with 4,329 fatalities registered on Tuesday and 4,529 on Wednesday. Making the situation even worse, the pandemic has found …
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