The saltpetre workers could no longer put up with the weekly tokens and the punishing stocks. Those were times of humiliation in the industry. They had to fight. Men, women and children crossed the pampa and the dryness of silence,…

SKM calls for complete Bandh on 27 September, 6 am to 4 pm. Widespread bandh preparation in East UP. Vyapar Mandals, Tempo Associations, Lawyers bodies in East Uttar Pradesh are joining the farmers to enforce the bandh. Peoples’ anger against…

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha Press Release 25th September, 2021 Vyapar Mandals, Tempo Associations, Lawyers bodies in East Uttar Pradesh are joining the farmers to enforce the bandh. Peoples’ anger against misrule of the RSS BJP govt is increasing. Today marks completion…

POEM     Wake my womb from icy slumber There where all good things are born   Kindle the fire in the belly Send a Light straight to my Heart   Spine erect and energy strong Upflowing, unhindered Unto my…

MUSIC     by Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In Bangladesh, Fakir Shahabuddin is known as the king of Bangla folk songs. This year marks the 500th anniversary of Mexico City which also is the bicentennial celebration of Mexico’s independence from…

VISUAL ARTS By Kurit-Lagting Art Collective Members of the Kurit-Lagting Art Collective renewed their calls for a clean and green environment by breaking free from plastic during an exclusive online discussion on Art Making and Zero Waste Lifestyle amidst Covid-19…

POEM     The silence of the world immolates sunflowers desperate to bloom   The mother could not hear yet bore a son unable to be deaf to this world’s screams   Hollow souls wandered round you in Arles’s terrifying…

The answer is simple. Who was the person in charge of the propaganda of Nazi Germany? Joseph Goebbels. A wordsmith. A master manipulator. A terrific orator. A man who knew how to whip up a crowd in a frenzy. A…

Images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback whipping Haitian asylum seekers as they waded across the Rio Grande River into Texas shocked the world this week. After as many as 15,000 refugees arrived, sheltering under a bridge in Del…

To the attention of the Representatives from all the world’s governments attending the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Dear Sir/Madam, I am the President of the Association of Doctors for the Environment- Italy, a member association of the International Society of…