Adv Dr Shalu Nigam
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The New Renaissance: From Revivalism to Individual Sovereignty | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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In a globalized, digitized, and neoliberal world, the great challenge is the changing location of power over the individual. As nations invoke the past, markets organize economic life, and algorithms increasingly shape behaviour. In such a contradictory situation, M. N. Roy’s idea of individual sovereignty offers a way to rethink Renaissance as liberation of what human beings can become. The 21st century is an age of technology, information, communication, and contradiction. The world is increas
From Fear to Hope: Reimagining New Grammar of Democratic Protest | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Democracies are renewed not only through periodic elections but also through chaos, raucousness, and multi-layered revitalization when citizens discover new ways to hold power accountable. The recent student-led protest in India organized around the dreams and aspirations of youth demonstrated how this generation invented its own language of dissent to fight for dignity. The state attempted to govern through fear; the students answered with hope. This work raises questions about what the protest
Hansa Mehta: A Champion of Human Rights | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) grew out of global debates and the contributions of people with varied backgrounds. Hansa Mehta was one of the important voices shaping this historic document. She was an Indian freedom fighter, anti-colonial feminist, educationist, social reformer, constitutionalist, and human rights advocate. Her work significantly shaped the understanding of gender equality, justice, and citizenship in the 20th century. This piece elaborates on her role in the
A Petition to the United Nations: Establish International Dowry Elimination Day | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Call for Global Recognition of Dowry as Economic Violence As an activist, scholar, and citizen of the world, and based upon my research and advocacy work, I call upon the United Nations to declare an International Dowry Elimination Day to recognize dowry and similar marriage payment practices worldwide as systemic forms of economic and gender-based violence. This practice of commercializing love and marriage is a structural issue affecting millions of women and children globally. The practice of
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