“Secularism in India faces manifold challenges that require multilevel interventions to make it socially relevant and sustainable,” according to Irfan Engineer, noted Human Rights activist and Director, Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai. Engineer was speaking...
“Theyyam as a folk genre and performance is a creative and ritual invocation of the people who had been killed and silenced by the hegemonic structures of social power,” according to Dr. Rajesh Komath, a faculty in Social...
Even before the COVID pandemic hit, hundreds of millions of workers worldwide were being paid less than the minimum wage.
GENEVA (ILO News) – A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that monthly wages fell or...
“Knowledge production in disciplines of Social Sciences and Humanities is emerging out of the everyday practices of human beings,” according to Dr. P. Sanal Mohan, former Director, Kerala Council of Historical Research (KCHR) and Professor of Social Sciences, Mahatma...
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The United Nations refugee agency says about 32,000 people have fled Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region into neighboring Sudan, and it is preparing to take in up to 200,000 in the next six months if necessary.
Axel Bisschop, the agency’s...
A primer for how to be an anti-capitalist in the 21st century
Amidst waves of economic crises, class struggle and neo-fascist reaction, few possess the clarity and foresight of world-renowned theorist, David Harvey. Since the publication of his bestselling A...
“Though Kerala model of local governance is a mixed bag of achievements and setbacks, the State has shown the right way by reaching out to the last man in terms of localising the sustainable development goals (SDGs),” according to...
“Kerala is a state with remarkable feats in decentralisation and grassroot level development, but most of its achievements go unnoticed because of the laxity in proper documentation and the lack of continuity in successful development projects due to change...
“Journalism demands multidimensional engagements with freedom,” according to veteran journalist B.R.P. Bhaskar. He was delivering the inaugural address of Vakkom Moulavi Memorial and Research Centre established in Vakkom in memory of Vakkom Abdul Khadir Moulavi, a pioneer of Kerala...
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Democratic White House challenger Joe Biden blasted President Donald Trump as a conman during a campaign foray into traditionally Republican territory.
In Georgia, Mr Biden said that Mr Trump's handling of coronavirus amounted to a "capitulation".
Mr Trump kept blitzing the...
