Harsh Mander

I am convinced about the impossibility of altruistic violence. If we oppose terrorist violence because it obstructs democratic institutions, exactly the same grounds require us to oppose Maoist violence as well. Harsh Mander writes.

After several riots, it is clear that without legal justice communal incidents will continue to recur, destroying the precious legacy of India’s age-old pluralism. Harsh Mander writes.

India can create history by giving its citizens the legal right to food, but for that Parliament needs to clear the air of uncertainty that surrounds the food security bill, writes Harsh Mander.

The Food Security Bill is likely to be passed in the budget session. Unfortunately, the proposed bill is weak, with many disappointing and indefensible deletions, writes Harsh Mander.

It is not by threatening rapists with death that violence against women will end. We need to ensure that gender equality becomes a way of life. Harsh Mander writes.

The most disadvantaged person in Gujarat has two choices — an authoritarian, business-friendly government or one that affirms her dignity and cares about her needs, writes Harsh Mander.

India has changed in the dreams young Sahariyas see today. Death by starvation is not an uncommon calamity among the people of the Sahariya tribe of Baran district in eastern Rajasthan. Harsh Mander writes.

The Naroda Patiya ruling shows that secular democracy is never given to any people, it has to be constantly claimed, and reclaimed. Harsh Mander writes.

Even as we celebrate the sullied ‘spirit’ of the Olympic Games, there’s still time to work for the uplift of the Bhopal victims who haven’t got justice yet. Harsh Mander writes.

In the two years left of its tenure, the UPA must return to a just system of governance that offers dignity, justice and hope to the lives ordinary people lead. Harsh Mander writes.