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Koodankulam: Indian democracy under nuclear threat

Koodankulam: Indian democracy under nuclear threat

India's Nuclear Expansion, Koodankulam November 23, 2011 at 3:35 pm 17 comments

When charged with sedition under the same section of the Penal Code in British India, Mahatma Gandhi said “sedition is the highest duty of the citizen”. It is time to ask who is seditious? The fishermen of Koodankulam fighting for their livelihood or our policy elites? When it comes to nuclear, truth and democracy become the first casualties.

A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’, Climate Change and the State of Exception

A ‘Nuclear Renaissance’, Climate Change and the State of Exception

In Jaitapur, we have already seen how the local village Panchayats (representative self-governance bodies) are gagged and overruled to clear way for Areva’s nuclear power park. Ironically, India’s nuclear deal with the US was touted as a deal between world’s oldest and biggest democracies. Read below Dr. Raminder Kaur’s brilliantRead More