Joycia Thorat

Jan 9, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Shahruk Ahmed Mazumdar |John Graversgaard |Joycia Thorat

It is great listening to politicians’ “commitment” to ensure, usually money loaded schemes, for the welfare of electorate, if they succeed in forming the government. This trend is always most visible, naturally when elections are around the corner. With Delhi Assembly polls scheduled for February 5, politicians in the fray have begun displaying this trend. Of course, there is nothing surprising about this. However, this year, Delhi’s political drama appears to be accompanied by a new twist.

Jan 9, 2025 | countercurrents.org | K M Seethi |John Graversgaard |Joycia Thorat |Niles Niemuth

PUCL’s detailed response to the observations made by the Special NIA Court, Lucknow; against the PUCL and other Human Rights organisations. FIR 60/2018; Case numbers 1049/2022, 1758/2022 and 2766/2022Targeting human rights activism: Shocking comments by the NIA Court, Lucknow, against PUCL for promoting the constitutional values of ‘spirit of harmony’ and ‘brotherhood’. The PUCL hope that these prejudiced and invidious observations are suo motu expunged from the reported judgment.

Jan 9, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Joycia Thorat |Ranjan Solomon |Franklin Caesar Thomas |Harsh Thakor

by Dr Joycia Thorat and Dr Ranjan Solomon“Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger is about the way things are and expressing the courage to see that they do not remain the way they are”, said St .Augustine of Hippo. The true hallmark of a Christian is holy anger and Christ-like courage. Today in India this is visible only in a handful of citizens irrespective of the faith they affirm and not necessarily all of them are Christians.