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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
From the way Gandhi defended himself in the 1922 sedition case, if we have a sense of history and a sense of respect for Gandhi, sedition should never have continued as an offence in the statute books after India won independence.
The stories of the epic farmers’ movement have been captured in Trolley Times, a four-page biweekly newsletter that was founded on December 18. Some excerpts.
Budgets over the years have become a tiresome spectacle. With the government adopting measures that erode its own revenues, and with the passing of the FRBM Act limiting its right to borrow, there is not much the budget as an instrument of mobilizing and allocating resources can do.
Mukesh Ambani earned ₹90 cr. an hour during the pandemic when around 24% of people in India were earning under ₹3,000 a month, says the report.
The inaction of neoliberal and far-right governments to contain the pandemic and thus save tens of thousands of lives is criminal.
Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus all formed the Indian National Army, and they all fought for India’s freedom – displaying Subhas Bose’s absolute commitment to the unity and equality of all Indians.
Followers of each religion, including Hinduism, have been unpatriotic at one point or another.
With no evidence against the comic, courts cite law and order as a reason to keep him in jail – an almost direct link between the mob and India’s justice system.
Reason: Guha had written two articles alleging that the government unduly favoured the Adani Group, helping it expand and evade taxes. Also: Press Statement by the Editors Guild of India criticising Thakurta’s arrest warrant issued by a Gujarat court.
The Chilean government has finally agreed to a process of constitutional reform. Though the government is trying to sabotage the process, it’s a historic opportunity, won by millions of Chileans taking to the streets, to step out from the long shadow of Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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