What kind of India do we seek?
What kind of India do we seek? https://vikalpsangam.org/article/yogendra-yadav-writes-what-kind-of-india-do-we-seek/ Yogendra Yadav Reporting on the 10th Anniversary of Vikalp Sangam, and its session at Bhuj Nov 24.
real alternatives to modern development? Can they take on the challenge of scale and survive in the face of giant corporations in a globalised market economy? Does the practice of majority-based democracy leave any room for concerns of future generations and nature? Valid questions. But you must also ask another set of valid questions: Can anyone seriously think of offering to every Indian the lifestyle available to everyone in the Global North? Is this model worth replicating? Can we afford to go on with the destruction of nature, lives and livelihoods as an inevitable cost of “development”?
Once we recognise the unbearable weight of these questions, a quest for alternatives does not remain an obsession of a mad minority. Once we realise that alternatives are not about going back to our past, but about imagining and shaping our future, this becomes a collective search. How do we make these radical alternatives feasible? Can we think of a “scale out” rather than “scale up” model? What is the roadmap of transition from where we are to where we wish to go?
210 Forest Rights Act Claim Forms Approved in Gram Sabha at Naranag, Kangan
In a significant step towards empowering forest-dwelling and nomadic communities, 210 individual claim forms under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006 were passed today in the Gram Sabha held at Naranag, Kangan. This milestone event underscores the growing momentum in securing the rightful access and ownership of forest resources for indigenous and pastoral communities in Jammu & Kashmir.
The Right to Live Under the Grip of UAPA
The Right to Live Under the Grip of UAPA Eenadu 15.10-2024
Professor Saibaba, who languished in prison for ten years for a crime he did not commit, passed away last Saturday. With a 90% disability, he endured a hellish experience in a dark cell. He was not even allowed to see his mother one last time when she passed away.
The Bombay High Court, which determined that there was no evidence to support the charges against Saibaba, overturned his life sentence last March, describing the criminal proceedings against him as a 'judicial failure.'
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