Writings – Page 67 – Madhu Kishwar

CSDS: A Citadel of “Academic Freedom” being Unmasked by Madhu Kishwar

In response to historian Sanjay Subramaniam’s charge in The Sunday Times (20 December 2015) that the coming of BJP government had endangered academic freedom in India because of…

Emergency Avatâr of a Secular Goddess: Manushi Swachha Narayani Descends to Protect Street Vendors

On 12th March 2005, a new goddess, MANUSHI Swachha Narayani chose Sewa Nagar hawker market as her abode. The Goddess evolved out of MANUSHI’s work to…

Thoughtless or Hypocritical? –Congress Party’s New Brainwave for Women’s Reservation

In an ostensible bid to break the deadlock on the Women’s Reservation Bill, the Congress Party has come up with a rather outlandish and I would…

When the Head is Hostile to” Eyes and Ears”: Police Failure in Combating Terrorism

Terrorists strike once in a while and at random whereas the police terrorise and extract bribe every day from the very people who could act as their “eyes and ears” — street vendors, rickshaw pullers, rag pickers and other urban poor…

Heroes Of The Secular Brigade: A Glimpse Into The Doings And Misdoings Of Sanjiv Bhatt

Just as during the festival of Holi, people take a lot of liberties with each other saying ‘Bura na maano, Holi hai’ (please don’t mind, this is…

Left-Libs Didn’t Protest Much When Rajiv Gandhi Wanted To Make Singing The National Anthem Compulsory

Imagine the left, liberal furore if Narendra Modi made the singing of our national anthem a key litmus test of a citizen’s’ patriotism. But not many protested when Rajiv Gandhi wanted to do the same.

Need for Bottom-Up Reforms

Twenty-five years on, the agenda of economic liberalisation remains top-down, not bottom-up. Here is the tragic story of how our micro and nano enterprises have hardly seen any reforms at all.

Why Christian Missionaries Hate Modi And RSS So Much

The Sangh parivar and Narendra Modi in particular are not willing to go out of their way to assist Christian missionaries in harvesting souls – and that irks the missionaries.

Remembering Sharad Joshi: A Life Devoted To The Farmers of India

Sharad Joshi was a farmers’ leader like no other. He could hold his own among the most erudite economists as well as among the humblest farmers…

Laws, Liberty, and Livelihood

Towards a Bottom up, Woman Friendly Agenda of Economic Reforms

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