The secret killings of Assam: skeletons from the closet

Dr Dharanidhar Das was my parents’ classmate in high school. A shy, quiet, intelligent man who spent more time with his poetry than his medical books. This man was the leprosy doctor in Juluki in the village of Barama, invol...
by Priyanka Dass Saharia
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Stop Complaining About The Government! Instead, India Wants Citizens To Help

There’s a new website in India called “MyGov” that invites citizens to participate actively in the country’s governance and development. MyGov is the work of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s we...
by Alka
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[Featured Image] Devaluing the Chinese Yuan

Commodity Culture and Currency Wars: The Consequence of Devaluating China

Global financial markets were thrown into panic as China allowed the Yuan to devalue for three days in a row in an effort to combat the countries slowing economic growth. The annual increase of China’s economy has slowed from...
by Vincent Gillan
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International Political Forum

WATCH: The True Cost of Coal

Jharia lies in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand and is India’s largest coal mining region supplying 67% of India’s electricity. For more than eighty years now fires have been burning underground on its coal ...
by Nicky Armstrong
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International Political Forum

India’s Story: Let’s Talk Petrol, Onions and Dollars

If you are spending time to read my attempt at textual sanity after reading the headline, it is quite likely that India interests you. You must either be an Indian or someone who keenly follows what India is up to. Well, in th...
by Nishant
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And The Nobel Peace Prize Goes To…

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Pakistani teenager and girls’ rights advocate, Malala Yousafzai, alongside Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. As most of us already know, Malala Yousa...
by Jamal Russell Black
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