ALOK GUPTA: ‘The term “leftist” means different things to different people. But broadly it connotes a set of features that transcend time and place under a wider umbrella of progressive politics… Traditionally, the Left was hostile to the non-human environment, sometimes with adverse consequences. Mao’s four pests campaign in the fifties, in China, is an … Continue reading Animal rights: It’s time Indian leftists embraced the well-being of non-human creatures too