Youth and democratic disconnect
DEMOCRACY is not merely a system of governance — it is the heartbeat of a free society, the framework upon which freedom of expression, individual rights and public participation are ReadMore
Meanwhile, 100s of millions die of hunger
Enough food is produced to meet the needs of 11 billion people. Why do so many of the 8 billion people on the planet go hungry? Vijay Prashad writes I HAVE written ReadMore
Contexts of liberation war – III
by Ali Ahmed Ziauddin : A SMALL Muslim army invaded Sindh as early as the 8th century but arrived as traders in both the Malabar coast and Bengal by the ReadMore
When the dead speak and the living refuse to listen
Jeffrey St Clair : THE problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what ReadMore
Israeli lies about ‘Hamas stealing aid’
by Jonathan Cook : Western journalists, having promoted Israel’s claims for more than a year and half, have grown entirely insensible to their active collusion in genocide, writes Jonathan Cook ISRAEL’S ReadMore
Collateral damage and Trump’s tariff
Imran Khalid : BY THE time Washington and Beijing released their latest joint statement on May 12 — ostensibly pressing pause on a spiralling tariff war — much of the ReadMore
Not in the name of Islam
Tina Nandi : WAZ mahfils — Islamic religious sermons rooted in centuries of South Asian Islamic tradition — have long served as spaces for spiritual guidance, communal unity, and a ReadMore
Rethinking ‘sex work’: Why the victim narrative hurts more than it helps
Nazneen Shifa : WHEN the government forcefully evicted sex workers from the brothels of Tanbazar, Narayanganj, in 1999, they did so under the guise of ‘rehabilitation’, claiming it was to ReadMore
