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Harsh Mander
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Harsh Mander writes: As Manipur crisis intensifies, where is the state?Subscriber Only
August 02,2023 07:45:08 AM
The narratives of fury, of congealed hate on both sides are the most worrying. People grieve inconsolably about the loss of their homes and loved ones, while they completely erase the acknowledgement that people of what is now the “other” have often suffered almost identical tragedies.
Wed, Aug 02, 2023
Harsh Mander writes: Demolitions of homeless shelters in Delhi show a lack of compassion, and a disrespect for the CourtSubscriber Only
March 18,2023 07:00:08 AM
Twelve years ago, the Supreme Court had ordered the establishment of these shelters for the destitute
Sat, Mar 18, 2023
Rights activist Harsh Mander writes: The line between the vigilantes and the state seems to be blurring in HaryanaSubscriber Only
February 25,2023 06:55:31 AM
The death of Junaid and Nasir are evidence of the dangerous consequences of state authorities joining hands with vigilantes
Sat, Feb 25, 2023
India needs a new social contractSubscriber Only
January 29,2022 03:40:53 AM
🔴 Harsh Mander writes: The pandemic exposed the horrors of the existing economic and social arrangements that privilege some but treat others as expendable
Sat, Jan 29, 2022
Democracy is flailing in IndiaSubscriber Only
December 15,2021 03:57:52 AM
🔴 Harsh Mander writes: India’s commitment to pluralism, social harmony and the rule of law, lauded at President Biden’s democracy summit, is crumbling.
Wed, Dec 15, 2021
Where does all our hatred come from?Subscriber Only
September 28,2021 03:00:28 AM
Harsh Mander writes: The violence in Assam, like that inflicted by lynch mobs, shows normalisation of hatred against communities. It cannot be ascribed to social anomalies.
Sun, Oct 03, 2021
Remember the horrors of Partition, but also draw the right lessons from themSubscriber Only
August 21,2021 04:01:53 AM
Harsh Mander writes: We must remember always what the politics of religious hate does to a people.
Sun, Aug 22, 2021
What does state’s treatment of pre-trial political prisoners tell us?Subscriber Only
June 10,2021 04:05:04 AM
Harsh Mander writes: It’s been three years since Bhima Koregaon accused were incarcerated by a state that continues to oppose bail for them, despite Covid and other grave threats to their health.
Thu, Jun 10, 2021
Our silence against forces of hate has enabled this Covid crisisSubscriber Only
May 08,2021 03:05:48 AM
Harsh Mander writes: Current moment in pandemic points to systematic undermining of countervailing institutions, and to people's complicity in cheering an uncaring and incompetent state.
Sat, May 08, 2021
Stan Swamy has stood with the oppressed. The state considers him an enemySubscriber Only
October 23,2020 03:05:17 AM
It is adversaries as powerful as these that Swamy and the young Adivasis, who he stands in unflinching solidarity with, are fighting. Is it a surprise then that he is seen as a dangerous enemy of this government?
Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Nearly seven months after Delhi violence, a continuing attempt to target dissenting voicesSubscriber Only
September 14,2020 00:54:32 AM
As threats of arrest and incarceration on charges of secession and armed rebellion shroud young dissenting voices, who will ask: “Who lit these embers? Who stoked the wind?”
Mon, Sep 14, 2020
What govt could have done differently to deal with the pandemic, what it can still do nowSubscriber Only
June 13,2020 01:38:26 AM
Harsh Mandar writes: It is apparent the policies of the Union government to battle the pandemic have failed. I believe that the people of India will gravely suffer the consequences of these failures for at least a generation.
Sat, Jun 13, 2020
Covid-19 crisis calls for universal delivery of food and cash transfers by the stateSubscriber Only
April 27,2020 00:36:07 AM
In these dire circumstances, it is essential for the state to directly provide the basic means of survival to anyone who needs it. This must be in both cash and kind.
Mon, Apr 27, 2020
Solidarity is a potent weapon against pandemic, prejudice weakens us allSubscriber Only
April 15,2020 00:01:01 AM
Harsh Mander writes on COVID-19: Public health experts differ about whether such a harsh and comprehensive a lockdown was advisable in India. But assuming it was, it was designed and implemented entirely bereft of empathy and compassion.
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
State’s measures to fight coronavirus are stripping the poor of dignity and hopeSubscriber Only
March 27,2020 01:10:40 AM
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.
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Protests are not just against the CAA-NRIC-NPR trinity, but have already succeeded in numerous waysSubscriber Only
February 20,2020 00:07:28 AM
The other part of the movement, therefore, must be to deepen our unity and solidarity. It must address not just the state but each of us. In the end, the kind of country we become will be determined not by law or court judgments, but by whether love or hate colonises our hearts.
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
States boycotting NPR can cause a constitutional crisisSubscriber Only
January 31,2020 00:35:06 AM
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.
Fri, Jan 31, 2020
CAA protests mark collective rejection of toxic politics and policies that dominate public lifeSubscriber Only
December 25,2019 04:00:10 AM
India’s young have picked up mantle of an older battle — for a country that is equal, just and kind
Wed, Dec 25, 2019
If Parliament passes the Citizenship Amendment Bill, India’s constitutional structure, as we know it, will lose its soulSubscriber Only
December 11,2019 04:32:10 AM
The CAB-NRC poses the gravest threat to India’s secular democratic constitution since India became a republic, and must be fought with a nation-wide civil disobedience movement. The contours of this struggle need to be worked out by We the People.
Wed, Dec 11, 2019
On NRC, Shah and Gogoi show a similar disregard for suffering of the vulnerable.Subscriber Only
November 25,2019 04:06:10 AM
Justice Gogoi chose a moment, a few days before he remitted office, in a public function in Delhi, to vigorously defend the NRC in Assam. It is unusual for an incumbent Chief Justice to publicly declare his views on highly politically fraught matters.
Mon, Nov 25, 2019
National dishonourSubscriber Only
October 29,2019 01:37:28 AM
We need to ask why India lags behind its neighbours in combating hunger, malnutrition
Tue, Oct 29, 2019
We need to ask why India lags behind its neighbours in combating hunger, malnutritionSubscriber Only
October 28,2019 03:35:10 AM
Among all the countries included in the report, India has the highest rate of child wasting (which rose from the 2008-2012 level of 16.5 per cent to 20.8 per cent). Its child stunting rate (at 37.9 per cent) also remains shockingly high.
Mon, Oct 28, 2019
The middle groundSubscriber Only
October 06,2019 00:16:58 AM
Despite some omissions, an eclectic volume of writings by one of India’s longest-serving politicians.
Sun, Oct 06, 2019
Citizenship Amendment Bill will result in untold fear and dislocation of Muslim citizensSubscriber Only
October 03,2019 03:00:50 AM
This is the fearful tempest that threatens to engulf India in the coming months, one which will destroy in its wake this country as it was imagined and promised.
Thu, Oct 03, 2019
Tabrez Ansari lynching case: Why the outcome must concern us allSubscriber Only
September 14,2019 00:20:59 AM
India’s criminal justice system has always been biased against disadvantaged castes, women and Muslims. Few people who organised and participated in caste and communal massacres and rapes have ever been punished.
Sat, Sep 14, 2019Journalism of Courage
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