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M Rajshekhar
@mrajshekhar.bsky.social
Reporter. India. Tracking energy, environment and the national/transnational processes shaping both. Author of 'Despite the State'. Reach me at www.mrajshekhar.in
And so, news.
In Feb, the Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust and Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre filed a case on @himalmag.bsky.social, wanting us -- in short -- to remove our report on #Vantara.
They lost.
Our statement: www.himalmag.com/editorial/ed...
Statement on Vantara’s failed legal case against Himal Southasian
The Delhi High Court on 19 May 2025 summarily dismissed a case of contempt of court against Himal Southasian and its Editor filed this February by Greens Zoolog
www.himalmag.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Reposted by M Rajshekhar
Yest, a court in India dismissed the case against @himalmag.bsky.social for reporting on Reliance's poaching of animals for their pvt zoo

👇🏾 Op part of the statement is how the investigation is gaining traction outside India as Indian outlets take down the reports🤷🏾‍♀️

www.himalmag.com/editorial/ed...
May 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Reposted by M Rajshekhar
"Rising anger w/n Gl.South has a certain momentum to them. If we create structures for greater south-south trade, it might even deliver on the '95 Bandung Spirit, where leaders of newly-independent nations promised to create a new Asia & Africa."

By M Rajshekhar

carboncopy.info/trumps-trade...
Trump’s trade war revives a vital old question: Can the Global South go its own way?
Even as US and China begin talks, the Global South should not play ball and reconsider old ideas of self-reliance and regional trade
carboncopy.info
May 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In this time of gloom and pessimism, we are missing something important. A clutch of Global South countries are using Trump's tariff shock to reimagine their trade relations -- to pivot to more equitable south:south trade. The rest should follow. A report: carboncopy.info/trumps-trade...
Trump’s trade war revives a vital old question: Can the Global South go its own way?
Even as US and China begin talks, the Global South should not play ball and reconsider old ideas of self-reliance and regional trade
carboncopy.info
May 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"What is the burden of proof/discussion India needs before it agrees to decimate an ecosystem? If DPRs and government proclamations suffice, then good luck! Do enjoy your ecocide!"
And so, drumroll, the latest issue of @frontline_india has hit newsstands. It deepens our understanding of the Great Nicobar Transhipment Port project, a construction/logging scam in the guise of a future Singapore/Colombo.
February 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
And so, drumroll, the latest issue of @frontline_india has hit newsstands. It deepens our understanding of the Great Nicobar Transhipment Port project, a construction/logging scam in the guise of a future Singapore/Colombo.
February 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM