In 2006, I attended an event of ISABS. I had just returned to Mumbai after spending several years in the mountains, and was still missing rural life. So when the community turned out to have two activists from rural Andhra Pradesh, who also happened to share the room next to mine, I tended to prefer …
Transcript of Globalizing Inequality – a lecture by P. Sainath, sponsored by the Center for Social and Environmental Justice of Washington State University, Vancouver. Video by pdxjustice Media Productions. Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZZiDX3sWQ0 [In fact, so many new boutiques in fashion… fashion boutiques and designer stores have …
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Like Krishna came to the rescue of Draupadi, Yamraj protects Sati victims. Beware! The master artist Stupidosaur exposes the hidden workings of divine justice. It is rumored that these apply for all murders. And thus, my friends, the practice of killing innocents may be injurious to your health. Gifted in the cause of Violence Against …
Here are some supplies needed desperately at the sites of disaster in Sikkim. I imagine the needs in Orissa will not be all that different. The earlier post on helping Sikkim recover contains information on volunteers all over the country and world. Find one for your area (better still, become one). Send the supplies you …
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The term internet addiction has been around for a while. I have always found this term offensive. When I was walking two hours to surf fifteen minutes on the internet, and when I was virtually plugged in all day – booting the computer on waking up, shutting down before sleeping – sometimes not even that …
Ramkrishna Paramahamsa once shared this parable: A number of blind men came to an elephant. Somebody told them that it was an elephant. The blind men asked, ‘What is the elephant like?’ and they began to touch its body. One of them said: ‘It is like a pillar.’ This blind man had only touched its …
On comments and other dialogue around the slutwalk think this is a misguided movement. Never mind that it spread like wildfire around the world because people saw its significance. “misguided” is an incredibly patronizing way to describe what essentially amounts to a difference of opinion. It is quite unrealistic as well, to assume that people …
The critics seem obsessed with the political formula. The latest “big problem” with the slutwalk seems to be that there are no minorities in the committee. I see this as a spontaneously evolved action, planned by whoever was connected in the moment. It is ridiculous to criticize the message because the messengers aren’t structured like …
EVER BEEN ON A DISCUSSION FORUM WHERE A MEMBER KEEPS COMMENTING IN CAPITAL LETTERS TILL YOUR EYES CROSS? This person has a name. A universal name. Its TROLL. Now imagine the forum moderator doing it. And no, you can’t unsubscribe easily. This happens to be your country here. What is happening with these constant laws …