Six Decades After His Death, Abul Kalam Azad’s Message of Hindu-Muslim Unity Is Urgently Relevant
His philosophy holds the cure to the biggest scourge India faces today: the communal virus that has seeped into the vital organs of our country.
Budget 2021–22: What Is in it for the People? – Part 2
How the Modi Govt is undermining federalism by collecting more of its revenues as cesses and surcharges, which are not shared with the states; also, an analysis of the budget allocations for agriculture.
How Financially Feasible Would it be to Extend the MSP to All Crops?
There are multiple factors at play, which when put together, imply that the government need not procure everything the agriculture sector produces.
The New Farm Laws May Facilitate a Shift in India’s Agricultural Export Policy
Increasing agricultural exports from $40 to $100 billion is deemed a ‘national imperative’ to double farmers’ incomes by 2022-23. But it is actually a part of a global agri-business agenda.
Stop The Sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
Press statement in solidarity with the employees and workers of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in their ongoing protests against the Central Government’s corporate-friendly decision to privatise the plant.
Four Reasons to be Worried About India’s New IT Rules that are Supposed to Regulate Big Tech
Though the rules are framed as a check on internet giants, they actually give the government much more power over expression online.
Drought Is Not Simply a Natural Calamity, it Is Also Driven by Commercial Greed
In his foreword to Kavitha Iyer’s book ‘Landscapes of Loss’, P. Sainath writes about the commodification of water and the thriving ‘thirst economy’ in the Marathwada region.
Cuba’s Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
More than 30,000 Cuban health professionals are currently in 66 nations, helping them in the fight against the pandemic. Another 30,000 doctors who have graduated from Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine are also serving in countries around the world.
Human Nature Is No Barrier to Socialism
Human beings are not good or bad in any absolute sense. We are complex beings with the capacity for both selfishness and generosity, kindness and cruelty, and so on. The sort of society we live in makes a huge difference to how this potential is expressed.
Farmers’ Movement Spreads; Farmers Plan Ahead – Seven Newsreports
Reports from mahapanchayats at Lakhnaur (Saharanpur district), Munderwa (Basti district), Barabanki (eastern UP), and Barnala (Punjab). With harvesting season coming, focus shifts on youth and workers to keep Delhi morchas running.