Paywall vs People: Shadow Libraries and The Global South’s Fight to End Knowledge Apartheid
The recent decision by the Delhi High Court to restrict access to Sci-Hub, LibGen, and all shadow libraries has reignited a critical debate: Who gets to access knowledge and at what cost? This is not just a courtroom skirmish over copyright. It is about a deeper and more urgent question- who controls knowledge, who gets […]
Is the USA Undermining Itself as a Superpower with Its Actions under Trump?
When everything seemed great and was going in the right direction immediately after the assumption of the charges under the second term of the Trump administration, there seemed to be an ugly turn in its foreign policy in the form of a tariff regime. A country that always advocated a liberal world order, stood for globalisation, free trade, a number of security alliances, and its involvement in global governance, seems to be drifting apart. The first term (2017-2021) was significant for many reasons, but the second seems to have started with problems from day one.