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Bombay High Court’s decision on Gaza demonstration strikes at democracy: Justice Markandey Katju by Justice Markandey Katju countercurrents.org/2025/07/bombay… In my opinion, the Bombay High Court’s view amounts to amending Article 19(1)(b) of the Indian Constitution, making it read ” All…

17 Starving People Killed by Israeli Forces While Seeking Aid near GHF Aid Site in Central Gaza by Quds News Network countercurrents.org/2025/07/17-sta… At least 17 starving people were killed on Sunday by Israeli forces while seeking food near an aid site run by the controversial US- and…

Hunger Without Borders: From India’s Systemic Malnutrition to Gaza’s Starvation Siege by Shariq Us Sabah countercurrents.org/2025/07/hunger… In October 2023, images emerged from Gaza of a mother boiling grass to feed her children. Weeks later, in India’s Jharkhand state, news quietly…

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Is About a Country That Misses Who It Thought It Was by Disha countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-fa… As soon as The Fantastic Four: First Steps began, I was transported. The curved architecture, polished cars, and tidy suits made me feel like I had entered a…

NCERT: History as a tool for promoting Divisive Hate by Dr Ram Puniyani countercurrents.org/2025/07/ncert-… National Centre for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) is the body taking the final decision about the content of school text books. Last couple of decades it has become more a…

The Youth Who Ran For Flour by Abdalghani Owda countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-yo… This is a story posted on linkedin recently by a young man in north Gaza who went with his friend to try and get a bag of flour for his family. His name is Abdalghani Owda and a founder of the Gaza Tech…

The moment the sacred became foul and the foul became sacred by Dr Ezzideen Shehab countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-mo… It wasn’t food. It was garbage. A pile of trash. Stinking. Festering. A graveyard of wrappers and waste. And from that grave, they had scraped a few strands of spaghetti:…

The terrifying experience of trying to get aid in Gaza by Refaat Ibrahim countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-te… We returned to al-Mawasi empty-handed, though we carried with us new truths that no one should ever have to be exposed to. This is what it is to be an unwanted person. Two days…

The Gaza Riviera by Chris Hedges countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-ga… Israeli society cheers on the Gaza slaughterhouse and sees in genocide not a crime, but a utopian fantasy.

Intentional Policies: Dystopian Killing Fields and Starvation in Gaza by Dr Binoy Kampmark countercurrents.org/2025/07/intent… Instead of focusing on isolating Israel, its allies prefer piecemeal approaches that prolong the suffering of the Palestinians. Measures such as those announced…

Civilized Tyrants by Dr Samina Salim countercurrents.org/2025/07/civili… The desensitization of the “civilized world” to breathtaking Israeli cruelty in Gaza has undressed war mongers in the most consequential manner baring their naked bodies down to the bones. Whether it was Biden…

Political “Silence” & Rape-Cases? by Nilofar Suhrawardy countercurrents.org/2025/07/politi… Strangely, political bias hasn’t failed to touch something which can only be described as extremely condemnable, horrific, utterly deplorable and dark spot on this country’s image. However strongly…

Khaat (cot) movement in Rajasthan by Bharat Dogra countercurrents.org/2025/07/khaat-… In this region scheduled castes, scheduled tribes as well some other communities can be targeted for discrimination. One of the forms of discrimination is that Dalits are discouraged from sitting on cots…

100,000 Children Face Death in Gaza Without Urgent Infant Formula Aid by Quds News Network countercurrents.org/2025/07/100000… More than 100,000 children in Gaza are now at risk of dying within days due to the total lack of infant formula and nutrition, according to a dire warning issued…

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Our July 1983 Catastrophe: How Ethno-religious Diversity was Weaponized in the Cold War by Darini Rajaisngham-Senanayake countercurrents.org/2025/07/our-ju… With the wisdom of hindsight. it is now clear, 42 years after our July 1983 Nakba that the Western veneer of liberal democracy and…

We are dying because no one will let us live by Dr Ezzideen Shehab countercurrents.org/2025/07/we-are… We are people. We are fingernails and fever. And we are dying. Not for land. Not for God. Not for Hamas. Not for Israel. Not for your pride. We are dying because no one will let us live.

The Unseen Half of Raebareli’s Promise by Ashish Singh countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-un… Raebareli, like many small cities suspended between memory and ambition, carries a strange burden. Known across the country not for its urban transformation but for its political symbolism, it is…

The Great Indian Imagination: From Fictional nations to Systemic Scams by Vidya Bhushan Rawat countercurrents.org/2025/07/the-gr… Harshvardhan Jain, a self-styled “ambassador” of non-existent countries like West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, and Lodonia, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh…

Starvation and Silence: Gaza’s Agony and the World’s Indifference by K M Seethi countercurrents.org/2025/07/starva… History will not forgive this silence. It will not forgive a world that watched children starve and chose to look away. If we still believe in justice, in law, and in…