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Ethics and economics to save society
Deep rifts are tearing through the body of our society. They cause new anxiety and anger among people and create new currents in politics....
Improving human rights through empowering citizens and rebuilding trust across Europe
"2020 has been a disastrous year for human rights in Europe," commented Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at a speech...
Indian farmers’ sons-of-the soil movement: What next?
India is, currently, in throes of a son-of the soil farmer’s movement. They have been demanding repeal of three controversial farm laws at different...
Savarkar, Savarkarism and Hindutva: The Representations of an Ideologue in India
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966), popularly hailed as Veer Savarkar by his acolyte followers and Savarkar by his political and ideological opponents, is one of...
How Legitimate Is Police Use of Deadly Force?
Every year, thousands of people are killed by the police around the world. In the United States, for example, more than 3,000 civilians were...
Separating the wheat from the chaff: Saudi moderation put to the test
Saudi Arabia’s combustible mix of religion, nationalism, and tradition as well as contradictions in the kingdom’s projection of itself as a driver of moderate...
Gender Discrimination in Pakistan
Discrimination mean social, cultural, political inequality in a society. It has required new orientation in the form of Men and Women status in a...
Moment of Truth: Russia Faces Demography Crisis
Russia has demographic crisis. Notwithstanding official efforts to boost birth rates, reverse brain drain, use immigration policy over the past few years, Russia's population...
Electoral trends and Latin American societies in the 2019-2021 period
In 2019 as many as eight general elections were held in Latin America: El Salvador (February 3), Cuba (constitutional referendum on February 24), Panama...
Revival of Gandhi during COVID-19
Authors: Omir Kumar and Wriju Banerjee*
This article attempts to trace Gandhian ideals and principles in the measures adopted by India to combat the COVID-19...