State-Level Lobbying: The influence market outside Washington
State-level lobbying has deep roots in American governance. While federal lobbying garners significant media attention, the influence exerted on state…
Pentagoner January 2, 2026
Explosive Exposé: India’s Farm Loan Waivers – Broken Promises, Brutal Reality
In villages across India, indebted farmers nurse fading hopes. Many recall political promises of debt relief, only to find the…
North India Today October 9, 2025
Toxic Political Dynasties in Pakistani Provinces Fuel Democracy’s Decay
Since Pakistan’s founding and partition from India in 1947, political life especially in the provinces has been dominated by a…
Panaji Today October 9, 2025
Investigative Report: India’s Religious Conversion Laws as Political Weapons
Since 2014, India’s state governments have aggressively expanded and enforced Freedom of Religion Acts (often called anti-conversion laws) under the…
Parliamenter October 9, 2025
Exposing Brutal Police Brutality in India’s Anti-Caste Protests
India’s deeply entrenched caste system has fueled generations of protest by Dalits, Adivasis and other marginalized communities demanding equality and…
Patna Weekly October 9, 2025
“Dire Crisis: Privatization of State Assets in Africa”
Across Africa, governments have been selling or outsourcing formerly state-run services like electricity, water, healthcare, and more to private firms.…
Africa Observer October 3, 2025
Dalit Atrocities Tracker: Why India Still Sees a Dalit Murder or Rape Every Day and Nobody is Convicted
Despite the implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (PoA Act) in 1989 and its…
Dalit Weekly May 15, 2025
Tribal Land Evictions: An Investigative Timeline of Tribal Land Evictions from India And Other Lands Without Justice
The Silent War on Tribal Land Evictions The Hasdeo Aranya forest, spanning 1,700 square kilometers across Chhattisgarh, India, is home…
Activism Press May 15, 2025
The Missing Billions: How India’s Electoral Bonds Scheme Changed Political Funding Forever
The electoral bonds scheme – introduced in 2018 and scrapped by India’s Supreme Court in February 2024 – transformed political fundraising. Suddenly,…
India Effect May 7, 2025
Democracy for Sale: How Dark Money Corrupted America’s Political Soul
In the summer of 2019, Congress raced to finalize a bipartisan bill to end the scourge of “surprise” medical bills…
SFO Post May 7, 2025
Farmers Protests India: The Deadly Toll of Dissent and State Crackdown
Roots of the Unrest: New Farm Laws and Economic Stakes In September 2020, India’s Parliament pushed through three sweeping farm…
Desh Sewa May 2, 2025
Pegasus Spyware India: Exposing the Silent Crackdown on Press Freedom
Pegasus Spyware India, a military-grade phone-hacking tool made by Israel’s NSO Group, has triggered a global scandal. In July 2021…
India Patrol May 2, 2025
Dark Money: How $1.9 Billion Influenced the 2022 Midterms
In the 2022 midterms, the U.S. campaign finances were flooded by an unprecedented series of outside spending. In This Dark…
SFO Post May 1, 2025