Join us for a virtual event at the CSW 69 March 19 IST 6 p.m EDT 8.30 a.m

Thank you @nytimes for doing what execrable GodiMedia do not have the courage to do.

Pune Folks, do come! Wednesday, 13 August, 6pm, Discussion on my book: Farmers Protest! A Movement for Our Times with @VinuthaMallya at the Bhandarkar Institute (BORI). Seema Kulkarni @MahilaKisan and #SOPPECOM to talk on Farmers Movements. #YodaPress @arpitayodapress

It is happening everywhere. From Maharashtra to Goa to Chhattisgarh to Karnataka and to Punjab and Haryana. Political parties, bureaucrats and mainline economists are in league with builders. That's the new normal for India. #LandGrab

If you had to read one thing about India's development policies this week, consider this excellent piece on 20 years of the NREGA by Jean Dreze and Rahul R. I learnt so much! https://t.co/Hkl5ZK36Ag

Dr. Sulochana Gadgil, who has just passed away, was one of India's finest climate scientists. Her research over almost five decades greatly enhanced our understanding of the Indian monsoon. After her doctoral work at Harvard and post-doctoral work at MIT, she returned to the

@Devinder_Sharma @ChouhanShivraj Agri Minister has understood that "conventional GM" is hazardous and therefore has been issuing cautionary statements. But on gene editing, he is being misled by lobbies. He needs to know that Genome Editing is GM too, and needs full regulation. @AgriGoI @byadavbjp @icarindia

A Tamil Nadu farmer from Erode confronted @ChouhanShivraj on the question of safety of gene-edited rice varieties. 'We are not against any technology', he said, adding: 'First do biosafety tests and then tell us it is safe'. Wow! That's what every farmer should demand. #GM

@MeghUpdates Claim that an elderly Muslim woman marrying her grandson is fake and scripted. Right wing Propaganda account @MeghUpdates very well knows that this is scripted video created by an instagram handle @/techparesh Paresh Sathaliya. The account regularly makes such reels of Elderly

Hello ! We’re sharing with you the official trailer of our upcoming film The Great Indian Illusion a rare, feature-length documentary on the pressing subject of banking and finance in India. For the first time, some of the most respected voices in the field have spoken candidly

This little and light life sketch of @JeanDreze in a children’s magazine is beautiful tribute to this Indian economist, among the finest we have had and a model of what intellectuals should be like. A compulsory reading for the trolls who write all kinds of nonsense about him.

We need to re-articulate Indian nationalism, a nationalism that is deep yet non-jingoistic, plural yet rooted, self-affirming yet honest. For this we must face difficult questions: Is India merely a political unit or a successor to a civilisation? Can we take pride in India

All groundwork done for #MahilaKisanSammelan starting in Pune today. To visibilise and celebrate enormous contributions of #WomenFarmers to our nation. Livestreaming available at https://t.co/AIkDHLo75E for plenaries. Support and amplify.

Support the 2nd National Mahila Kisan Sammelan! 🗓️ 7–9 May 2025 |📍Pune Stand with women farmers as they come together to assert their rights over land, resources & livelihoods. Contribute here: 🔗 https://t.co/3JROr7GHdA ⚠️ Only Indian funds accepted

Today, I had the opportunity to meet a diverse group of activists, editors, researchers, and domain experts in Parliament. They voiced serious concerns about the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, particularly its impact on the scope of the RTI Act. This legislation, under

On the eve of Women's Day, you might like to see this short film about Nammazhvar Sangam, Perambalur, TN - of the efforts of women farmers to shift away from toxic Bt cotton and hybrid maize cultivation to organic millets, with markets also created. https://t.co/QGxaRz8yoG

My new book on agriculture & the longest peaceful democratic protest by farmers in 2020-21 against the Three Farm Laws. Published by Melbourne Univ Publishing @MUPublishing https://t.co/Tx5OM3LtwE and #YodaPress https://t.co/5MuxG9ptuk Grateful to Aruna Roy for the Foreword

One Seed at a Time A silent revolution is unfolding in the agriculturally distressed regions of Maharashtra, India. https://t.co/7EhQzkXsCR Please watch, share and subscribe!! @seemakulkarni21 @swatisatpute6 @BhatSneha @gargie_m @PrakashRansing

Oral History Narmada – This website shares people’s histories of the mass resistance against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) #Dam in seven different languages with subtitles in English. The website in Hindi + English had 12000 visitors in a year. Wonder if this is an okay

I explain why we must strongly oppose the changes made to the RTI Act through the Data Protection law. The amendments severely restrict access to critical information & create hurdles in the struggle for accountability. आरटीआई संशोधन वापस लो ✊🏾 #SaveRTI