The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) released its 32-paged Lok Sabha Election Manifesto on 25th April 2024. The party highlighted welfare measures for the LGBTQIA community. The amazing thing is…
Respected Sir, 1)Have you thought about the infamous election speech delivered by the Prime Minister of India in Banswara, Rajasthan on Sunday, 21 April 2024? 2)Are you outraged over the…
Kejriwal has accused authorities at Tihar prison and Enforcement Directorate (ED) of depriving him of medication (Insulin) and of lying to a Delhi Court that he was intentionally eating high…
[Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the War Cabinet Meeting somewhere in Circa 2027, May 1st.] IDF Chief: Sir, we have killed over 200,000…
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Not surprising though, but cannot be left uncommented upon. Nazi Germany exterminated gays and lesbians. Modi’s BJP is making gays, lesbians and bisexuals invisible,…
The corporate press comes in handy when there is a media war between ruling-class parties. The Economic Times reported: “Talking to reporters in Patna on 11-4-2024 Bharti raised the issue…
“Even the cream of the talent in the country in the administrative field often collapses at the slightest pressure … forging of records, fabrication of ground[s] of detention, ante-dating detention…
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal When ABVA (AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan) released its report, ‘Less than Gay’ in 1992 it included a 16-point Charter of Demands (Gay Manifesto) which…
Were INDIA Bloc Parties to win 2024 elections, a Judicial Enquiry Commission should be set up to enquire into the electoral bond scam – said to be the biggest financial…
by P.S Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal “Ruke na jo jhuke na jo Mite na jo dabe na jo Hum wo inkalab hai Julm ka jawab hai Har garib har shahid…
Dear Venkataramani, I would like to know what you think about the judgement regarding electoral bonds. The other day you were telling the Chief Justice of India that the late…
What if the Chief Election Commissioner acts in a partisan manner once the General Elections are announced and thereafter for a period of about 75 days till the election results…
I have read that you are struggling with fluctuating levels of blood sugar which had even dropped to levels below 50 mg/dl. Please ask the jail authorities to supply you…
On 25 June 1975, I had attended the rally at Ram Lila Maidan, New Delhi, the call for which was given to press for Mrs. Gandhi’s resignation since the Allahabad…
I refer to the news item-which appeared in G Plus (Guwahati plus, an e-paper, reported to be Guwahati’s foremost media network; founded in 2013.) The news-item dated March 29, 2024…
As predicted by pollsters and prophesied by editors of corporate press in the USA and Europe, Joe Biden, Sunak, Macron, Olaf and Netanyahu are joint winners of the Nobel Peace…
“There have been explicit or implicit expressions, statements and rhetoric made by individuals, political entities, and factions within Arab, Islamic, Palestinian or left-wing discourse advocating for the elimination or annihilation…
After the Election Commission of India announced the date for 2024 Elections, the ruling party is on a systematic campaign to instill fear amongst citizens owing allegiance to opposition political…
There have been protests against Kejriwal’s arrest all over India: People are indeed Supreme! [P.S. Sahni is a member of PIL Watch Group. Blog: https://pilwatchgroup.blogspot.com/]
This small book for young children – through its fables – could garner the political forces to change the present regime in India. Titled ‘Brighten Your Life’ the book has…
Is India headed for Internal Emergency -II The present political developments parallel what happened during 1975 to 77. [P. S. Sahni is a member of PIL Watch Group. Blog: https://pilwatchgroup.blogspot.com/…
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Countercurrents.org had published our article – within 9 days of Saibaba’s arrest (euphemism for abduction) on 9 May 2014. The article titled: “Professor G.N.…
Dear Venkataramani, In response to my open letter addressed to you – carried by Countercurrents.org on 7 August 2023 – you maintained a deathly silence. The letter can be accessed…
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s statements – all along these three months – of defying the whole world and associated institutions are highly condemnable; so is the advocacy of removal of Palestinians…
“Every soldier is a coward at heart.” Major Bluntschli in ‘Arms and the Man’, George Bernard Shaw In juxtaposition to the cowardice of Israeli soldiers, every revolutionary aiming for Palestinian…
I have before me the following documents: “Why should Binu Mathew while struggling day and night to make the voices for justice heard, struggle even today with appeals for subscriptions?”…
The ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank including East Jerusalem by the Israel-USA-UK-France-Germany combine must be relentlessly brought to the notice of the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Several petitions have been filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for proceedings against Israel. The Public Prosecutor of the ICC has visited Israel, Palestine (Gaza Strip) and even talked…
Extraordinary situations call for unusual forms of resistance and protests. Efforts of the majority of member countries at the UN for a ceasefire are being scuttled by brute veto power…
Ever since the Israel-Palestinian conflict flared up on 7 October 2023 people all over the world are awaiting your sagacious comments/ any new point by way of revision of your…
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Sir, The world is witnessing genocide of Palestinians by Israel. The USA, UK, France & Germany are aiding and abetting this crime against humanity.…
Netanyahu: Now that a temporary truce is on, brief me about developments at the media front. War Cabinet Member (WCM): Sir, our hit rate is 100% successful. Till 23.11.2023 we…
It speaks volumes for the total political bankruptcy of this prosperous, enterprising, educated and powerful community spread across the globe in not being able to provide the necessary impetus for…
The ongoing humongous monstrosity inflicted by the Israeli army, Netanyahu government and its security intelligence upon the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip is mind boggling. Quantum shift of perception of…
Dear Moshe, You can never forget the year 2008 which witnessed multiple shootings and bombing attacks in Mumbai, India wherein a large number of people lost their lives or were…
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal The Zionist state of Israel; Imperialist America; erstwhile colonial rulers UK, France; and former Nazi Germany are collectively responsible for the ongoing 24x7 slaughtering…
[All characters in this ‘theatre’ of war are real; any resemblance to fictional ones is purely imaginary!] At an emergency war-room located in Tel Aviv within a huge bomb-proof bunker…
Media reported extensively in 2022 – at the start of Russia-Ukraine conflict – that the Indian Prime Minister had a telephonic conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and with a…
“When crime becomes authorityAnd hunts down people branding them criminalsEveryone with a voice and keeps silentBecomes criminal himself.” (Poet Varavara Rao) About time middle class JewsSpread across the worldBreak their…
Respected Minister, The nation is witness to strong arm tactics against activists who have allegedly received tainted foreign funds for their work amongst the underprivileged. Laws like UAPA, sedition, NSA,…
The aforementioned title sums up the impressions after watching live telecast of the ongoing court proceedings. A few observations are in order: Judges in the classical mould were expected not…
Respected Sir, Following the mass scale demolition of Muslim settlements in Nuh, Haryana two Hon’ble judges of your court took suo motu cognizance of the matter and stayed further demolitions.…
Dear Venkataramani, Recall that 40 years back in 1983-84 we – including you and me – were all active members of Jhuggi Jhopri Nivasi Adhikar Samiti (JJNAS). Many of the…
Respected Sir, Through the Bharat Jodo Yatra – Kanyakumari to Kashmir – you have made meaningful contacts with the vast multitudes of people of India. Only rare politicians have had…
I salute the veterans who recently dared to write to the President and Prime Minister of India regarding “open call of the genocide of Indian Muslims”; their letter also mentions…
by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Presently India is fast galloping towards a fascist Hindu state. The Muslim, Sikh, Christian minorities as also the Tribals and Dalits in India…
Binu Mathew, the editor of Countercurrents.org and the editorial team have been working selflessly with minimal funds and accepting no advertisements. Besides CC abhors foreign institutional funding, corporate funding or…
Ever since COVID-19 pandemic appeared, the year 2020 saw advocates of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) vending it as a preventive and later curative medicine for Coronavirus infection. The Indian Government ‘gifted’ HCQ…
Thank you Vidya Bhushan Rawat for mincing no words in your piece “Sacrilege or blasphemy: The dirty attempt to cover up the caste prejudices against Dalits.” The underbelly of a…
ABVA members wearing black T-shirts addressing the press at the Ashoka hotel, New Delhi during the Second Asia Pacific AIDS conference, November 1992 In April 1994 ABVA filed a Civil…
Written by P.S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Incidents happening in Lakshadweep under the ruthless Administrator Praful Patel are very disturbing even during these unusual times. Memory goes back to June…
First the personal facts briefly: I obtained MBBS degree dated 15th February, 1975 from University of Delhi. Obtained Master of Surgery (Orthopaedics) degree dated 23rd March, 1979 from University of…
By Dr. P. S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal The rights of people with different sexual orientations – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual needs to be respected; all the…
An emergency meeting of the 50-member Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm – responsible for the selection of Nobel laureates in physiology or medicine – is having grave deliberations. Chairperson:…
“Cancel all … agreements that compromise the fundamental interests of the Indian people, particularly those imposed on behalf of global corporations ...” A People’s Manifesto for Ecological Democracy by Countercurrents…
After Prof. G. N. Saibaba’s arrest a 17-person Committee for the Defence and Release of Saibaba was constituted to expedite his bail and also that all his legal and constitutional…
Co-Written by Dr. P. S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal Bayer being allowed to hawk its drugs and agri-products in India like any other multinational corporation is one thing; being…
Co-Written by Dr. P. S. Sahni & Shobha Aggarwal “If crime itself assumes authority and power And hunts down people, holding them criminals, Everyone endowed with a mouth who keeps…
A grim scenario is unfolding itself in India over the last 6 years and 2 months. Social activists are being arrested on fabricated charges under Draconian laws – where in…
India has become the third worst affected country globally in relation to COVID-19 pandemic; the triad consists of India, USA and Brazil. Quite early in the course of the pandemic…
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