Op-eds

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Time for proof is now, Mr. Gandhi

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Analysis Op-eds Bharatiya Janata Party Bihar Assembly elections Election Commission of India electoral fraud electronic voting machines Maharashtra Assembly elections Model Code of Conduct political capture Prime Minister Narendra Modi public trust Rahul Gandhi voter list inflation

Rahul Gandhi is free to voice himself but on the question of the Election Commission “stealing votes”, as he has been claiming to the press, he needs to offer the proof he claims he has right away. By…

On the BDS movements against Russia and Israel

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Analysis Op-eds Science Alan Paton Anna Netrebko anti-war protest authoritarianism BDS Movement Benjamin Netanyahu civil society David Shulman Gaza Gidi Weitz Israel Joe Slovo Nadine Gordimer palestine public opinion Radzyner School of Law russia Tel Aviv University Vladimir Putin

Russia began its full scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. On March 8, a poll conducted by independent survey organisations in Russia among a randomly selected cohort of 1,640 people reported a…

The fever dream of 'technological sovereignty'

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Culture Op-eds Science air pollution air purifier Brahmaputra river farm fires genius Gita Chadha Homi Bhabha Indian Space Research Organisation Industrial47 investment fund J. Robert Oppenheimer Leona Woods LinkedIn nuclear weapon Prime Minister Narendra Modi reason of state scientific superpower scope creep smokeless chulha social harm Social welfare solar cooker technological sovereignty technologisation The Hindu Three Gorges dam Walchand Hirachand Yarlung Tsangpo river

I recently came across an initiative called “Industrial47”. Someone had shared a link to it on a group I’m part of, and when its card loaded, the image was of a nuclear weapon going off. I found on L…