Author: Vidya Bhushan Rawat
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Celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and his idea of secular socialist India
etaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 127th birth anniversary is being celebrated all over the country. Interestingly, much like Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose is now one of the most widely accepted and popular icons of India. But, it is important to understand Netaji’s idea of India and what it stood for…
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Reclaiming Saryu: From Sarmul forests to Ayodhya and onward
yodhya is gearing up for the big Ram Temple inauguration on January 22 and naturally there is excitement in the air among devotees. The small town of Ayodhya always fascinated me for its diverse plural culture and home to so many sages, saints and great persons. Of course, Ayodhya is directly linked to the legend…
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Traversing the Majestic Kali River: A Journey through India and Nepal’s Natural Beauty
fter completing my journey to Ganga and Yamuna rivers in the Himalayas, I undertook a journey to see the beauty of the river Kali which is known as Mahakali in Nepal and later known as Sarda after Purnagiri hills near Tanakpur in Uttarakhand. We started from Tawaghat about 30 kilometres from Dharchula town in Pithoragarh…
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Imagine when you hear a message from people sitting and waiting for their term to die- Palestinian Farmer Leader
enior journalist and author Vidya Bhushan Rawat in conversation with Abbas Milhem, Executive Director, Palestinian Farmers Union, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine. The farmer leader talked on the harrowing situation Palestinians are facing and particularly about Israel genocide in Gaza. The conversation was recorded live on Zoom. Vidya Bhushan: Hello and welcome to Lokayat. Today, we…
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Why Rights Get Blind When It Comes To Palestinians asks Director of Palestinian Farmers Union
Abbas Milhem is the Executive Director of the Palestinian Farmers Union and is now based in Ramallah, West Bank. He has persistently spoken against the plight of the Palestinian people, particularly farmers whose land has been occupied by the Israeli settlers. He lost his close family members (family members of his wife) in Gaza. It…
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Watch: Yamuna– Himalaya to Prayagraj
fter nearly two years of tracking various places in the Yamuna and other rivers, I am sharing here my documentary on the Yamuna River and its journey. The video is edited by me though I am not a professional editor but we all have our issues and problems. Rather than keeping them on hold, I…
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Beyond Cheers: Urgent Calls for Policy Review in Aftermath of Silkyara Tunnel Rescue
he safe return of the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel near Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, is a matter of great satisfaction for the entire nation. Kudos to all those involved in the rescue operation for the last 17 days. The tale must have been horrifying but the way we saw the smiling workers coming…
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Remembering VP Singh: The Unacknowledged Architect of Social Justice and Secularism
It was a pleasant surprise to see former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh on the front pages of Manustream Media. Though they would never have given him space in today’s time it was an advertisement provided by the Tamil Nadu government and Bania Brahmin media is ready to do anything for the cash. That is the…
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Aussies defeats BCCI at Ahmedabad
Team India ‘lost’ the world cup. Winning or losing are part of the game but what happens when the game becomes part of the political propaganda and the audiences are not sports lovers or cinema lovers but fans who hate others. A Bania paper in Uttar Pradesh gave a headline for the final game as…
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By exterminating 1.5 million Palestinians, Israel is not creating a ‘final solution’. It won’t be able to live peacefully
So much for ‘human rights’, ‘right to resistance,’ ‘rule-based order’. Well in the last twenty years, we have seen these leaders getting completely exposed. The rule-based order is nothing but clever manipulations of things to protect their interests. The Palestine issue can not be confined to Hamas and its terror regime. The legitimacy of Hamas…