Power To The People

The resurgence of mass protests in the past two decades lays the groundwork for 2020

The 21st century has given us the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, Fridays for Future, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy uprising and India’s anti-CAA protests.

Feyzi Ismail, The Conversation
· Dec 31, 2019 · 11:42 pm
In Stalin’s Russia, joking about the regime could make you the ‘enemy of the state’

Jokes serve many functions, such as critique and relief. But its history may be more layered than you think.

Jonathan Waterlow
· Dec 14, 2019 · 08:30 pm
What a protest against power tariffs says about democracy in Bengal

A protest fast against the rise in Kolkata's electricity tariffs has been ignored by the media – as also Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister whose agitation politics paved her rise to power.

Sohini Chattopadhyay
· Sep 22, 2015 · 09:15 am

Modi's electricity initiative is like 'pouring water into a bucket with large holes'

India needs to fix its power transmission and distribution problem before it builds more power plants.

Shibaji Roychoudhury
· Sep 29, 2014 · 12:30 am