Vidya Bhushan Rawat
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The Himalayan Disaster in Nepal | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Nepal’s flash flood in the Langtang Himalayan region bordering China has resulted in massive destruction and devastation on the banks of the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers. The latest figures don’t tell the real story. Nepalese newspapers and online portals have now revealed that the deaths might be in the thousands, though official figures are nearing 1,500 dead and over 6,000 missing. UNICEF estimates that over 84,000 people, including 32,000 children, have been affected by this devastation. O
Jauhar and Sati: Understanding Two Different Historical Practices | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Why are Indian ‘liberals’ so fascinated by raising those issues of the past on which people have diverse opinions, particularly when they are related to communities and their history? Jauhar or not, Rajputs in Rajasthan have kept it as a badge of their honour. It is also a fact that it is not merely Rajputs; other communities living in Rajasthan also feel it as a matter of pride. Rajputs live elsewhere too, but there are not many stories of Jauhar, so the community itself is not as homogeneous a
Beyond the Fast: The Larger Questions of Representation, Education, and Democratic Protest | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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The people of this country must be very careful the next time anybody invokes Gandhi and sits on a fast for certain causes. It is important not to make everyone into Gandhi or Bhagat Singh. People have been betrayed most of the time because Gandhism itself is the best tool to confuse people and manage contradictions. It is also a fact that fasting is a dominant caste practice and not really the path of Ambedkar, Phule, or Periyar. Fasting may be important for some people, but not so for millions
Chandra Singh: The Extraordinary Story of an Inspiring Life of Struggle | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Mr Chandra Singh, a very well-known public figure in Uttarakhand who had served in different capacities in the government of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and retired as Secretary, Uttarakhand Government as well as former member of Uttarakhand Lok Seva Abhikaran, passed away on July 9th, 2026 at his home in Dehradun. He was 84. Though he lived a very purposeful life and remain committed to the cause of the most marginalised people yet in his own life style too he remained like a ‘Rishi’. Despite
The Growing Crisis Facing the Kho River | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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The Kho or Khoh River is a major tributary of the the Ramganga, originating in Uttarakhand. Official records cite its source in the forests of Langur Patti, but in reality, the river’s journey begins from Dogadda, a historical town in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. It is here, after the confluence of the Langurgad and Silgad, that the newly formed river takes the name Kho. Actually, this story of the emergence of a new river is very much like the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meeting at Devpray
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