Book Review: Unpacking Religious Nationalism
Book Review: Ram Puniyani, ‘Religious Nationalism – Social Perceptions and Violence: Sectarianism on Political Chessboard’, 2020.
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam: Beyond the Self
In SPB’s voice, we found every social, cultural and aesthetic possibility. This allowed every individual, irrespective of their socio-political location, to find himself/herself within his voice at one time or another.
NCRB Report for 2019: 88 Rapes and 126 Cases of Crime Against Dalits a Day
More than 32,000 incidents of rape took place in 2019; also, a total of 45,935 cases of crime or atrocities against Dalits and a total of 8,257 cases of crime against tribal people were recorded.
The Sino-Russian Alliance Comes of Age: Part 2
The visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Moscow on September 10-11, 2020 and the joint statement issued at the end of the visit stands out as a turning point in the evolution of the Sino-Russian entente. Part 2 of this three part article.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF): an ABC
The IMF, along with the World Bank, is dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that run counter to the interests of the world’s populations.
The Revolutionary Struggle Against Slavery
Racism today is no longer underpinned by slavery. Racial division remains central to the maintenance of bourgeois power in modern capitalism. The struggle that was required to win abolition of slavery has enormous relevance to modern struggles against capitalism.
India’s Education Budget Cannot Fund Proposed New Education Policy
While the government proposes to increase spending on education from 10% of total govt. expenditure to 20% by 2030 in its education policy, it is not reflected in its education outlay in the budget.
Work or Toil in the Pandemic
Technology does not deliver a “happy life” (Smith) or “abundant leisure” (Keynes). Mechanisation under capitalism has actually led to more ’bullshit jobs’ that destroy creativity and meaningful work, while increasing toil.
New Labour Codes Dilute Workers Rights and Collective Bargaining
In this Monsoon Session, the Parliament passed three critical pieces of legislation amidst a walkout by the opposition. The Acts have undone years of jurisprudential developments in workers rights in the unequal relationship between employers and employees.
Babri Masjid Demolition a Criminal Act and CBI Court Verdict Must Be Challenged
NAPM condemns the criminal neglect of the prosecution in the case and complete denial of the findings of the Liberhan Commission.