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Should female Muslim students in India be allowed to wear hijabs to school?

The ban on wearing the hijab imposed by a school for girls in the city of Udupi has become a flashpoint over religious minority rights. The conflict began in September at a college preparatory institution for girls in Udupi, a…

Indian farmers decry plan to promote Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF): a ploy to increase fertilizer prices

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, SKM All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha, AIKMS Press Statement 11 February, 2022   Reject Zero Budget Natural Farming as a ploy to increase fertilizer prices. Punish BJP for increasing input costs to help Corporates and MNCs, reducing…

Pivots

POEM     by Agnes Prieto   We are in a time of transforming Of new songs we have not yet known… Life, asking to the new–   Be not afraid, thrilled, intertwined with the strange, But pivots that lead…

Oleg Yasinsky: “The conflict between Ukraine and Russia does not exist”.

With the informality that our long and deep friendship grants us, we were able to have a sincere conversation in which the Ukrainian journalist Oleg Yasinsky -current Pressenza correspondent from Moscow- provides us with the necessary context to understand what…

Indian Farmers’ Alliance SKM observed Betrayal Day across Uttar Pradesh Districts

Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, SKM All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha, AIKMS  31 January 2022 Hundreds of peasants and workers participated at several districts across Uttar Pradesh on the call of SKM to observe 31 January as ‘Vishwasghat Diwas’ (Betrayal Day). Protests…

In gratitude to Thich Nhat Hanh: The Asean model of non-violence, the empowered global peace activist

ON SPIRITUALITY AND NON-VIOLENCE     by Genevieve Balance-Kupang In memoriam and in gratitude to the Buddhist Zen Thay (Teacher) Thich Nhat Hanh who went beyond this physical plane on January 22, 2022, in the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue,…

Unleash our Power of Active Nonviolence, Reclaim our West Philippine Sea

By Perfecto Caparas WHAT do you call Beijing’s usurpation and unlawful appropriation of all economic resources within Manila’s own exclusive economic zone? “Grand theft,” says former Philippine Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Carpio. On 12 July 2016, the Ad Hoc Arbitral Tribunal…

GrandMaster Choa Kok Sui’s Pranic Healing fights the scourge of covid-19 pandemic

by Perfecto Caparas US-based Dr. Glenn Mendoza and legions of Pranic Healers all over the world transformed our gloom and doom when covid-19 struck humanity in early 2020 into trailblazing paths towards hitherto unknown energetic healing breakthroughs. Employing GrandMaster Choa Kok Sui’s modern…

‘Bugkos’: Citizen-led mural calls for unity, better governance in the upcoming elections

A call for bugkos — Bicolano term for unity in the upcoming elections through choosing better governance was depicted through symbols of a pink rose, ribbon, and different sectors in the community, in a recently unveiled citizen-led mural in Sorsogon City.…

Ahey: An Indigenous Chant  of  Thanksgiving to Kabunian and Healing from the Virulent Covid-19 Virus

Part Three of the Ayuweng Series to celebrate the International Decade of Indigenous Languages by Estella Wanden and Genevieve Balance Kupang On Celebrating the UN Decade of Indigenous Languages and Healing from the Virulent Covid-19 Virus Ahey, Ahoooy, Ahoooy, Aho-eeey! Greetings…

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