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Jan 10, 2025 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Vaishna Roy |Moumita Alam
Labani Jangi was born in Dhubulia, a village about 40 km away from Plassey, in the district of Nadia in West Bengal. She is the eldest daughter of a family engaged in farming. She worked as a farmer at some point in time. It was her communist parents who ignited her love for painting. Her father used to buy books for her despite their poor economic condition.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
thewire.in | Moumita Alam
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Musharraf Hussain |Samina Salim |Moumita Alam
(“The commissioning of India’s largest blast furnace at Kalinganagar (on September 20, 2024) is a momentous occasion for the steel industry.” – T.V. Narendran, Tata Steel CEO & MD) jal-jangal-jameen the diku’s for the taking muscleright in adivasi country disciplined by threats and bulldozers audacity of Ho mother’s prayer for a toehold on ancestral land didn’t go unnoticed toehold on earth she said her forefathers tilled fished bathed rummaged for nature’s bounties bullets flew knives...
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Samina Salim |Moumita Alam |Sophie Michel |Soumyanetra Munshi
[In memory of my mother Atia Salim Kidwai*} The sun is down, the birds returned home; The trees stand cold as the leaves hold in embrace The moon is out, the stars dazzle a romance; The night is dark, the fireflies clash in a dance Shadows stretch, as twilight’s veil descends; A brush of dreams touch the corner of my eyes Soft night breeze murmurs through the oaks; As constellations weave their ancient design The hush of the world, a serene hymn or a soft lullaby; Stars peep through the...
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Amir Kiyaei |Yanis Varoufakis |Amir Nour |Moumita Alam
The death and destruction unleashed on Palestinians by Israel has torn away the masks of global hypocrisy. Western leaders quickly condemn violence against Israelis while excusing or justifying the mass killings of Palestinians as “collateral damage” or merely as Israel’s “right to self-defence”. The occupier is thus granted the right of self-defence, while the occupied are told that their resistance is terrorism.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Amir Nour |Moumita Alam |Linda Bilmes |Suresh Khairnar
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”(George Santayana)[2]Bad Students of History General Vo Nguyen Giap, the great military strategist[3] and political leader who led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in successive wars against Japan, France[4], South Vietnam and the United States, once famously said: “the imperialists are bad students. Yes. We taught them the right lessons, didn’t we?
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Bharat Dogra |Moumita Alam |Linda Bilmes
The world is constantly developing in various ways, but this development is also inviting numerous challenges and crises. While these problems persist, few are taking on the important role of addressing them. According to the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, the demand for resources has exceeded nature’s capacity. With the rise of multinational corporations and market forces, the trend of overutilizing natural resources has intensified.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Moumita Alam |Linda Bilmes |Suresh Khairnar |Marwan Asmar
(7th October 23 to 7th October 24…)A long Year and the year is not going to end soonHow does a poet measure an endless year? When the Second World War broke outMy grandmother’s grandmother was knittingWool for a newborn calf. She had a hen and a goat to look after.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sophie Michel |Soumyanetra Munshi |Moumita Alam |Mazin Qumsiyeh
I realized recentlyThatIf you look up at a pine treeFrom a certain angleWith both of your feetPlanted deep in its shadowIts branches become never-ending. Standing there like that, you can seeHow they reach out like wingsOf a pinwheelOr the arms of a person receiving a hug. These arms areForever pushingLayering one on top of the otherUpwards toward a multitude of realitiesUpward toward eternityUpward bravely intoThe unknown.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Soumyanetra Munshi |Moumita Alam |Mazin Qumsiyeh |Mitali Chakravarty
The night never was oursIt was by them, for them, of themNot made soft for the rest of a tired bodyNot made fragrant for the ease of sleepLullabies didn’t play for theHappiness of the soulThe velvet wasn’t spread to absorbThe sweat that smelled of dutyThe lights weren’t dimmedBecause eyelids were heavyWith too much exhaustionThe window wasn’t opened for theSoothing night wind to caress her face…How many nightsShould we walk the streetsBefore we can see the day?
