Friends, more than one plague is loose in the land—yes, there’s the new virus, but please understandthere are older plagues, too— and all plagues are connected—ignorance, caste, exploitation and hatred.When we all grasp together the great power we hold,we’ll make tyrants tremble, we’ll heal this world.
Comments closedThe night before the lockdown, my sister called to say our cousin had told her: Go see your father soon, he is not keeping well at all.We both knew I could not go, and that night I dreamed I was…
Comments closedWhy destroy art at Shaheen Bagh while locking the country down? Rulers who stand for oppression, fear pandemics— but also expression.
Comments closedLast night we argued on the phone— like most of our quarrels, it was about something small, and I think we both knew it was really just a way to avoid saying what is too difficult to say right now:…
Comments closedRemember, when we posted selfies and self-care memes? It was difficult to be alone. When we had to go out, we tipped autowalas and didn’t bargain over the price of potatoes or fruit. We were tempted to share stories about…
Comments closedIt’s like that moment in the film when the main characters are looking out the window— they can hear the thunder and the rain, but the wind is still just rustling the branches and bushes in their small, close-knit community,…
Comments closedOur schools are closed, our markets are slow— none of us knows what is coming, but a few things, at least, are clear: we can’t beat a virus with lathis; tear gas and bullets won’t work. Our doctors and nurses…
Comments closedScientists say that every so often something tips, and savannah turns to desert, or forest to tundra, in the space of a decade or less. Our own short history’s littered with drought, plague, famine, war and tyranny. What’s one more…
Comments closed-Unpublished research into COVID-19 When hunger, heat and poverty kill millions of us annually, why is is there so much focus on this novel kind of virus? This is one is not a mystery: since there is no costly vaccine,…
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