Dear Kannan Gopinathan, I quit Zoho for the same reason.
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Dear Kannan Gopinathan, I quit Zoho for the same reason.

ByJanataWeekly

Saravana Raja Put me back in the middle of the sea, Let me struggle, learn & find a new shore. Dear Kannan Gopinathan Couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a news article that spoke about you resigning from the Indian Administrative Service. The reason for your resignation is something Bhakts and to-be-Bhakts might find…

Coup Against President Allende of Chile was the First 9/11

Coup Against President Allende of Chile was the First 9/11

ByJanataWeekly

Latin Americans remember September 11 as the date in which the Chilean Army, supported by the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), carried out a coup against the socialist President Salvador Allende. His death marked the beginning of the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, the general who opened a cycle of neoliberal reforms, authoritarianism and violence…

Public Sector Banks Cheated in Modi Years
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Public Sector Banks Cheated in Modi Years

ByJanataWeekly

One phenomenon common to the years of the Narendra Modi government and the current economic slowdown is bank frauds. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report 2018–19, the total amount involved in bank frauds was to the tune of Rs 71,542.93 crore in 2018–19 as compared to Rs 41,167.04 crore in 2017–18, a…

Statement in Support of Kumar Prashant
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Statement in Support of Kumar Prashant

ByJanataWeekly

Press Release Battini Rao, Convenor, People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) expresses its concern over the two FIRS being filed in Odisha (Kandhmal and Katak) against Shri Kumar Prashant, president of Gandhi Peace Foundation, allegedly for hurting sentiments of local RSS members, spreading lies about RSS and instigating…

Declare 2020–30 as Save the Earth Decade
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Declare 2020–30 as Save the Earth Decade

ByJanataWeekly

Towards the end of 2018 a special report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned humanity that it has only 12 years (up to 2030) to check climate change within limits necessary to protect life-sustaining conditions on earth. Hence the decade 2020–30 will be of critical importance for checking this most important environmental…

Remembering M.M. Kalburgi

Remembering M.M. Kalburgi

ByJanataWeekly

Translated by Aniruddha Nagaraj & Ali Ahsan [Four years ago, academic and activist M.M. Kalburgi was gunned down at his residence in Dharwad by two people linked to Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindutva outfit. Kalburgi was a vocal critic of idol worship and superstition, which often got him locking horns with Hindutva groups like the Vishwa…

Hardly the Brick and Mortar of a Revival
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Hardly the Brick and Mortar of a Revival

ByJanataWeekly

There is no longer any room for doubt on the parlous state of the Indian economy. The automobile industry, seen as a bellwether of activity in the post-liberalisation years, is in crisis, as automakers, parts manufacturers and dealers have laid off about 350,000 workers since April this year, with more job cuts likely. While this…

Goodbye Citizenship, Hello ‘Statizenship’
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Goodbye Citizenship, Hello ‘Statizenship’

ByJanataWeekly

The age of citizenship is nearing its close. The idea of citizenship was linked, in its Latin derivation, to the city (civitas), civility (civilis) and to other related words which implied urbanity, civic norms and hospitality. In the age of liberal democracy, born from the constitutions of France and the United States in the late…