Happy Independence Day! This is a special issue commemorating our Independence. Read stories and take a look at some rare pictures to learn more about this unique day. Sixty seven years ago, India gained its independence from the British. We…
NIZAMABAD, India, Jun 22 2014 (IPS) – At 32, Nalluri Poshani looks like an old woman. Squatting on the floor amidst piles of tobacco and tree leaves that she expertly transforms into ‘beedis’, a local cigarette, she tells IPS, “I feel…
South Africa-born Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International since 2009, believes civil obedience to be a much greater problem than civil disobedience. “People too readily accept government policies and pronouncements,” says the man who took part in anti-apartheid protests…
