Ian Fitzpatrick is an anthropologist, ethnobotanist and freelance researcher on food, farming, and environmental sustainability. Before Adam Smith penned The Wealth of Nations in 1776, a group of economists known as the Physiocrats… Read More
Announcement by Friends of Kabir Kala Manch Defence Committee Mumbai 2/04/13 We the undersigned friends of the Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) Defence Committee announce that two KKM members, Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali… Read More
Florence Looi is based in Kuala Lumpur and reports from Asia-Pacific region for Al Jazeera. She can be followed @FlorenceLooi. “When?” “Tomorrow?” “I heard it might be next Monday.” If you want to… Read More
Vineet Thakur, a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi has just returned from an academic tour of South Africa. In this article, he tells us about Prison Number 4, one of… Read More
Rupen Ghosh is a Delhi-based senior GoI officer with a keen interest in arts and literature. He pays tribute to the noted actor Shashi Kapoor who turns 75 on March 18. Member of… Read More
Omid Habibinia is an Iranian journalist and media researcher, and the co-founder of the International Association of Independent Iranian Journalists. “I still can’t understand why they are censoring kissing shots in the movies,… Read More
By Luis Hernández Navarro. Translated by Ewan Robertson. Nicolas Maduro is a robust, burly man, 1.9 meters tall with a thick black moustache. He drove a metro bus in Caracas for seven years,… Read More
Tomaso Ferrando is an Italian barrister, currently PhD Student at Sciences Po Law School, Paris, France. BRICS states, except Russia, are enhancing and facilitating land grabs abroad in a way that is inconsistent… Read More
Farooq Sulehria is a London-based researcher in media studies. An MA in Mass Communication, he has written for many publications and periodicals in Pakistan, Sweden and elsewhere. Lollywood and Talibanisation could not exist… Read More
Dipti Naval is one of the most respected names in the Indian film industry. For last few days, she is harassed by a section of media that is publishing mischievous, derogatory and undignified… Read More
Tania Page is a correspondent for Al Jazeera, based in South Africa. Follow her on Twitter: @TaniaPage. It might be moving slowly but it is easy to forget that the BRICS grouping is but… Read More
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