Counterview

By Himadri Priya*  The catastrophic debris flow that struck the Tibet–Nepal border region on August 26, 2026, was one of the most serious Himalayan disasters in recent years. What began as a major collapse involving rock, glacier ice and other mountain material rapidly developed into a cascading disaster, generating an avalanche, debris flow and destructive flooding across a wider transboundary region.

By Bharat Dogra   The recent Nepal floods are a profound tragedy, and their immense destruction has caused distress on a massive scale. The victims will require long-term support to recover from their losses and the shock of the disaster. Neighboring India, which has also suffered from this calamity, has responded promptly with assistance—a commendable effort that should continue over an extended period.

By Shankar Sharma  India stands at a critical juncture in determining the long-term structure of its electricity sector. The country must simultaneously meet rapidly evolving electricity requirements, improve energy access and affordability, enhance energy security, reduce dependence on fossil fuels, address climate change, conserve increasingly stressed land and water resources, and ensure that the transition to a low-carbon electricity system remains socially and economically sustainable.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak   The job posting sounds noble: “Seeking passionate self-starter. Unpaid. College credit available. Great for your résumé.” Every year, millions of young people—students, recent graduates, career-changers—sign up for positions just like it. They staff food banks, tutor children, clean riverbanks, and code for startups, all in the name of “giving back” or “gaining experience.” They are told they are volunteers. In truth, they have become entries in a hidden ledger of capitalism, where goodwill is logged as free labor and solidarity is booked as a business expense.

By A Representative   Ahead of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, regional experts, jurists, and civil society leaders issued an urgent call to defend women’s and girls’ rights against an increasingly coordinated pushback fueled by narratives of family, tradition, and sovereignty. Speaking at a recent SHE & Rights session on gender equality, health rights, and human rights accountability, advocates highlighted the pressing need to turn established regional legal frameworks into lived realities while confronting efforts to erode protections across Africa and globally. The event was jointly hosted by the Global Center for Health Diplomacy and Inclusion and Citizen News Service alongside international partner organizations.

By Bharat Dogra   Poet, author, farmer, philosopher— Wendell Berry (1934–2026) was all this and more: a conscience-keeper, a voice of morality and ethics in a country increasingly at war with others and with itself. He breathed his last on August 31 at a time when our deeply troubled and badly threatened world most needed his essential message of peace and justice. Not just in his own country—the USA—but across the entire world, his sage words—crafted with the creativity only an exceptionally gifted writer and poet can achieve—have growing relevance and significance.

Counterview News   Dalit women's autobiographical writing in India is emerging as a formidable archive of political resistance, functioning less as personal memoir and more as collective testimony to centuries of caste, gender and class oppression, according to a comprehensive analysis by Professor Garima Srivastava . 

By A Representative    In a strongly-worded open letter to the government, a collective of 108 former top civil servants has raised serious concerns over the design and conduct of the upcoming Census 2027, warning that the expanded questionnaire risks compromising the confidentiality and credibility of India's foundational statistical exercise.

By A Representative   Congress leader and AICC national spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil has alleged that the Narendra Modi government’s newly approved “Samudra Manthan” scheme for offshore exploration has been designed to benefit the Adani Group, and demanded that the scheme be scrapped or its proposed ₹84,084 crore outlay be diverted to state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).