Opinion

Venezuelans ready to defend Bolivarian revolution

PEOPLE in Venezuela shall defend the Bolivarian revolution. To defend the land, the people are prepared for a battle. This is the promise of the people in the land the

Distorting Shimla

INDIA’S blatant violations on August 5 of UN resolutions on Kashmir, its own constitution and multiple pledges to hold a plebiscite are perverse outcomes of a disrespect for the written

Political triplets of new democracy

The three leaders play stellar roles in an absurd political play with a gigantic setting in which things were never what they seemed, writes LK Sharma THREE important democracies have thrown

Commonsense gun control, the US army way

IN MY lifetime, incidents of gun violence in the US have progressed from rare anomalies to seemingly everyday occurrences. Over the past week, the attack on Sunday in Dayton, Ohio,

Hunger, food, political economy

LET us imagine a common, but often unnoticed, sight that a penniless and hungry person is roaming about the roads of the capital amidst thousands of people. Let us also

Legal aid matters

Legal aid is 70 years old today. We need to celebrate it’s past and campaign for it’s future, writes Simon Mullings ON THIS day 70 years ago the Legal Aid and

The state vs the citizen

Patriotism, respect for law, and allegiance are demands placed upon the citizen by the state. Such awesome authority, being capable of misuse, should always have to justify itself. Does the

Political religions and fascism

The creation of new symbols and rituals to evoke belief in a higher cause are central to the concept, ‘political religion’, prevalent in fascism studies for at least two decades.