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A R Vasavi
The writer, a social anthropologist, is based in Bengaluru.
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Message from Karnataka: Saffron rollback, time for communal harmonySubscriber Only
June 04, 2024 20:24 IST
A new voter has emerged, demanding dignity and accountability from leaders
Wed, Jun 05, 2024
Farmers protest demands – why they need to evolveSubscriber Only
December 23, 2023 07:10 IST
Even as farmers are mobilised by various farmer organisations, unions and political party affiliates, the demands of agriculturists to the state must go beyond the priorities expressed by dominant and large farmers
Sat, Dec 23, 2023
A R Vasavi writes: At stake in Karnataka polls, the soul of a stateSubscriber Only
April 02, 2023 14:37 IST
Since the BJP’s rise to power in 2019, Karnataka has been subject to the relentless imposition of RSS-BJP agendas which have ruptured its very identity, orientation, and social fabric
Thu, Apr 27, 2023
India@75, Looking@100: On the road to 2047, the state of our democracy cannot be a distant concernSubscriber Only
March 15, 2023 07:05 IST
Even as our society and nation lurch towards a future in which even the rudimentary semblances of democracy and decency are defied, we are increasingly witness to a shrinking support base of persons who can struggle and assert the need for these indispensable norms
Wed, Mar 15, 2023
A budget that overlooks real needsSubscriber Only
February 05, 2022 04:30 IST
A R Vasavi writes: Budget 2022 has little to offer farmers and other citizens in rural India
Sat, Feb 05, 2022
The MSP that rural India needs: Maximum support policySubscriber Only
November 24, 2021 04:00 IST
A R Vasavi writes: It needs reforms that will revive the health of its soil and water resources, provide employment for people and enhance quality of life
Thu, Nov 25, 2021
Ten months on, what lessons have we learnt from the farmers’ movement?Subscriber Only
September 29, 2021 04:00 IST
A R Vasavi writes: It has stalled erosion of democracy in India, strengthened a new coalition of different interest groups, including farmers, workers, Dalits and civil society, and challenged the hegemony of agri-business
Thu, Sep 30, 2021
As Covid and institutional failures ravage us, a lament for what we’ve lostSubscriber Only
May 22, 2021 04:05 IST
Like the ambulance sirens that seek clearance of passage during the pandemic, we must wail and wail to make way for new pathways.
Sat, May 22, 2021
Neither govt nor protesting farmers recognise challenge of depleting natural resources and climate crisisSubscriber Only
December 07, 2020 03:01 IST
If we truly want to ensure the livelihoods of our farmers and provide safe, healthy, nutritious food for our consumers, it is imperative to make policies that go beyond the productivity trope and populist posturing.
Mon, Dec 07, 2020
NEP 2020 ignores crisis in education among the marginalised majority in rural IndiaSubscriber Only
September 15, 2020 03:05 IST
Although NEP claims that the purpose of education is to achieve “full human potential, develop an equitable and just society”, it fails to cater to the needs of rural India’s marginalised majority, who in so many ways are rendered into being subjects rather than citizens.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
Budget 2020 lacks vision to craft a policy and allocate suitable funds to address problems of rural IndiaSubscriber Only
February 03, 2020 04:25 IST
Rural India’s challenges have become sharply manifest in the high proportion of land that is uncultivated, the decline in food crops, and the devastation wrought by droughts and floods.
Mon, Feb 03, 2020
Citizens into supplicantsSubscriber Only
April 13, 2019 00:37 IST
Parties promise goods, without assuring functioning public institutions and equality of opportunity
Sat, Apr 13, 2019
Studies show Adivasis have preserved biodiversity, SC verdict turns a blind eye to such knowledgeSubscriber Only
February 28, 2019 00:06 IST
Today, the Adivasi has become a pawn in the games that an indifferent polity, a corrupt administrative apparatus and an aggressively ambitious dominant society are playing.
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Karnataka’s blindspotsSubscriber Only
May 12, 2018 00:04 IST
Core issues from health and education to agriculture have been invisibilised by competitive electioneering
Sat, May 12, 2018Journalism of Courage
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