Opinions

Guwahati: Commending the Assam government for deciding to name the under-construction Dighalipukhuri–Noonmati flyover in the city after legendary Kamrup ruler Prithu Maharaj, a forum of nationalist citizens appeals to the State chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, for erecting a life-size…

It is not fatigue: it is erosion. Reality, when it touches you daily with the coldness of a war report and the smell of a morgue, wears you down from the inside until it makes invisible the edges that once…

Global Warming (“GW”) is winning, and it is gaining. Obstacles to hotter temperatures are falling to the wayside, allowing GW to go for more intense heatwaves along with much, much higher sea levels. Alas, the greenest of green countries are…

Pakistan recently celebrated its 78th Independence Day, marking nearly eight decades since its inception. This period is comparable to the lifespan of an average human being—enough time to experience birth, growth, maturity, and decline. Similarly, Pakistan’s history has been a…

This article examines supremacism as a transhistorical technology of power, breaking down its operating mechanisms, its institutional translation, and its consequences for human coexistence. It argues that supremacism, far from being a marginal phenomenon, is a recurring pattern that manifests…

In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared O. Bell, a former USAID Foreign Service Officer;…

 In the contemporary era, the rapid transformation of the state into a corporatized entity has fundamentally altered the relationship between governments and citizens. The traditional notion of citizenship, rooted in rights, responsibilities, and collective welfare, is being replaced by a…

It is paradoxical that many advocate for ending wars without acknowledging the root issue of violence. If now is not the time to finally address violence, when will it be? We must name and challenge all its forms—physical, religious, economic,…

by George Banez Full of confidence and naiveté of inexperience, I traveled to Pune, a historic city in India of the early 90s.  An international agency invited practitioners, young me included, to talk about the work of replanting trees to restore…

A Clinical, Ethical, and Human Call from Al-Shifa Collective Chronicle from the Epicenter of Gaza’s Health Crisis “I can’t go on” “It was like a ‘March 11’ every single day,” repeats Dr. Raúl Incertis, a Spanish anesthesiologist recently returned from…