South Asia

The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”

From publicity campaigns across Uttar Pradesh to diplomatic tours abroad, official figures reveal how public funds have been spent on government outreach   

Raising troubling questions about personal choices and contradictions, the author, both a professional and political activist, queries the active presence of the person at the Jharkand protests and his token support for the Jantar Mantar students uprising that saw brute police actions

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction