Train Passenger Uses Twitter To Free 26 Indian Girls From Human Traffickers
By Amanda Froelich, When Adarsh Shrivastava boarded a train traveling through Uttar Pradesh last week, he had no idea he’d play a key role in […]
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British Empire’s Hidden Workings In India And Iran Revealed In Remarkable New Film Footage
A scene from Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine’s film Quetta-Damghan, almost certainly the only colour footage of the Indian Long Range Squadron in action. The film […]
Victory! India Bans The Use Of Wild Animals In Circuses
By Amanda Froelich Truth Theory Great news for animal rights activists and the critters they seek to protect. It is now illegal for circuses to feature […]
10+ Insanely Detailed Animal Drawings That Will Make You Fall In Love With Nature
By Amanda Froelich Truth Theory While traveling through India, visual artist Faye Halliday had the pleasure of attending the Elephant Festival in Jaipur. After witnessing […]
Haunting Photo Series Explores Homosexuality In India
By Amanda Froelich Truth Theory For decades, individuals in the UK and the US have “come out” to family members with repercussion rarely more severe […]
GMOs and the Destruction of Indian Agriculture: Government in Collusion with the Biotech Conglomerates
By Colin Todhunter Released in late July, the final report of India’s Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on field trials of genetically modified crops reveals […]
Nation on Trial – India (movie)
As India continues its painful soul-searching over its society’s treatment of women, this report cuts to the heart of the issue. We explore Delhi’s underbelly, where frequent and brutal attacks go unpunished.
GMO Agribusiness and the Destructive Nature of Global Capitalism
Capitalism is based on managing its inherent crises. It is also based on the need to maximise profit, beat down competitors, cut overheads and depress wages. In the 1960s and 70s, in the face of increasing competition from abroad, the US began to outsource manufacturing production to bring down costs by using cheap foreign labour. Other countries followed suit. Even more jobs were lost through the impulse to automate. To provide a further edge, trade unions and welfare were attacked in order to suppress wages at home. Problem solved. Or was it?
India Signs Mandatory GMO Labeling into Law
by Anthony Gucciardi Paving the way for other nations to introduce similar legislation and inform consumers what they’re really putting into their mouths, the labeling […]
10 Worst Polluting Countries
They’re responsible for emitting more carbon dioxide than the rest of the world combined, these are the 10 worst polluting countries.
India May Ban GMO Crop Field Trials for 10 Years
by Anthony Gucciardi It has been a devastating month for Monsanto as nations around the globe continue to enact bans and restraints on the company’s […]
Corrupt Indian Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion in Food from Starving Poor
by Anthony Gucciardi In a telling story highlighting the true face of political corruption, corrupt Indian politicians have successfully stolen more than $14.5 billion worth […]
New Study Proves Children Exposed to High Levels of Fluoride Have Reduced Intelligence
Written by Andrew Puhanic A new study published in the Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice titled ‘Effect of fluoride exposure on the intelligence of […]
Government of India Declares That All Genetically Modified Foods Be Labeled
by April McCarthy Can we give a thumbs up to the ministry of consumer affairs in India? They have issued a gazette notification early this month indicating that every […]
Monsanto’s GMO Seeds Contributing to Farmer Suicides Every 30 Minutes
by Anthony Gucciardi In what has been called the single largest wave of recorded suicides in human history, Indian farmers are now killing themselves in record […]