May I urge every thinking Indian to listen to @ravishndtv's talk with India’s tallest public intellectual @AmartyaSen_Econ
Even in the autumn of his life, he brings so much wisdom & compassion to bear on India’s hate, inequality & failures of welfare
duck://player/NVUa0qUaUTM
"Till I have breath left in me, I am going to keep fighting.”
#ZakiaJafri, 83, told us 2 yrs ago. Her will to seek justice for husband Ehsan, murdered in #2002GujaratRiots & support from her children sustained her long legal battle, she said then. She passed away today.
https://t.co/4iQUBsYBRT
Global health is being remade again. Latest from Geneva Health Files
Trump's Snub to Global Health Leaves The Field Wide Open
https://t.co/yUAugRDkuu
Geneva Health Files Newsletter Edition #247 [The Files In-Depth]
The amendment made to the Conduct of Election Rules by the BJP government, in consultation with the Election Commission, will restrict public access to election-related records. Deals a blow to people’s right to information & has no place in a democracy. Our piece in @the_hindu today.
#SaveRTI
Santosh Mehrotra takes verifiable data to look at what the Indian economy did between 2004 and 2014 under Dr Singh and in the decade after that under Modi. The difference is stark, on at least five outcomes.
Former NSA @ShivshankaMenon writes about what it was like to work with Manmohan Singh: A Man of Integrity Among the Unscrupulous
https://t.co/Hcxwr6bVLC
Farewell, Dr. Singh. It will be a shame, if by choosing to replace rational analysis with empty slogans, and genuine reforms with nationalistic chest-thumping, India lets down the memory of its quiet internationalist. My @opinion piece, free to read: https://t.co/6lPGXNqQhQ
The secular ethos envisaged in the Constitution ... is the foundation for governing a society that negotiates multiple identities to exist in harmony. It's absence has led us down a path of hate and bigotry. We must restore the secular ethos. Its not too late...