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India’s Climate Strategy: Can It Fight Climate Change Without Social Justice?

“Climate Justice in India,” edited by the interdisciplinary social scientist of global environmental and climate change,…

Discrimination and Deception: How to Become a ‘Self-identified’ Victim by ‘Caste-marking’

On August 7, 2023, The Times of India published a report about the numerous false…

How My Christmas Vacation in India Helped Me Understand the Country’s Unsung and Unheard Adivasis

According to a World Bank brief, India’s “Adivasis,” otherwise known as the scheduled tribes, account…

‘What’s Happening in India is Not Loose Variety of Internet Fascism. It’s the Real Thing’

I thank the Charles Veillon Foundation for honoring me with the 2023 European Essay Award.…

The Genius and Madness of King Musk: Walter Isaacson’s Biography Grapples With the Man of Many Contradictions

When I think of the greatest inventions of the last decade, I am amazed and…

The Hindu American Foundation Should Stop Blaming Others for Its String of Failures

In her recent article in the American Kahani, Kavita Sekhsaria of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) laments…

A Cop’s Laugh, a Political Heir’s Sneer: Dehumanization is the Real Disease of Our Times

The release of a recording of a Seattle police officer laughing about the tragic death…

‘A Man from Motihari’ Masterfully Blends Personal and the Political With a Nod to Fact and Fiction

“You cannot a vigorous literature by terrorizing everyone into conformity. A writer’s inventive faculties will…

Hatred Against Muslims is Being Fomented in Schools Across India, Corrupting Young Minds

In a recent incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, a young Muslim student in the…

Why Was Police Case Filed Against Editors Guild of India Following Its Report On the Realities of Ethnic Strife in Manipur

A First Information Report (FIR or a police report)) has been filed against three journalists…

View Form the Middle School: India’s Most Pressing Developmental Challenge is to Eradicate Poverty

“Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to…

Some Organizations Have a Nefarious Agenda of Disempowering Anyone With Any Pride in Their Hindu Identity

Between August 14-18, the Parliament of World Religions gathered leaders from a wide range of…