A pandemic in an unequal India
The official strategies place the responsibility on citizens, a majority without privilege, to fight the virus.
The official strategies place the responsibility on citizens, a majority without privilege, to fight the virus.
Harsh Mander writes: The Indian government found it fit to charter planes with medical staff to fly in migrants from other countries. But it felt no responsibility at all to the millions of migrants stranded without work and food in every corner of the country.
If not urgently addressed and mended, the cessation of a constitutional state will destroy social trust.
An immense deal can be achieved by the administration to help victims of violence, if it musters political courage and morality and is driven by public compassion.
India’s dismal treatment of the Rohingya must lead to a movement for an inclusive state, with an acceptable refugee law
History will long remember this moment for how citizens pulled India back from the edge of fascism, through both, the resolve of collective civil disobedience and the public affirmation of their solidarity.
They have demonstrated conclusively that there is no hegemonic consensus in support of the idea of a Hindu Rashtra.