‘Forbes’, India and Pandora’s Pandemic Box
In a year the GDP contracted 7.7%, as we brace for another round of ‘reverse’ migrations and as farmers wait unheeded at the gates of Delhi, Indian billionaires reached record levels of wealth.
Ambedkar and the Call to Conversion!
If Ambedkar were alive and in Gujarat today, he and his followers would have been hauled up, fined and imprisoned under the provisions of the amendments of the ‘Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act’ which was passed by the Gujarat State Assembly on April 1, 2021.
Ambedkar’s Legacy Lives on in Anti-Caste Peasants’ Movements
Ambedkarite peasant radicalism of the 1930s provided multiple avenues for Dalits to forge wide-ranging alliances with non-Dalit masses.
Snapshots from Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s Life, Through the Eyes of His Close Aide
The translation of an essay by Govind Ganapat Kale from the 1981 Marathi book ‘Amhi Pahilele Phule’. The book is a compilation of recollections narrated by Jotirao Phule’s associates and contemporaries, compiled by Pandharinath Patil and edited by Sitaram Raikar.
Two Reports from the Farmers’ Movement
India’s farm crisis: Mitti of the martyrs, Singhu’s soil of struggle; Ghazipur border: Protesting farmers to celebrate Baisakhi tomorrow, Samvidan Bachao Divas on Wednesday.
Employment in the Platform Age
Until recently, there had been relatively little discussion about what the rapid growth of digital labor platforms meant for the nature of work and the employment relationship. A recent report provides answers to many questions – and raises several more …
How Long will New Delhi Let Washington Do as it Pleases?
US ships are setting a precedent for other navies to violate Indian territorial seas at will.
Small Retailers Organise ‘Asmbhav’ to Highlight ‘Malpractices’ of Amazon, Other E-retailers
As Amazon organises its annual event ‘Smbhav’, retailers associations allege that the e-commerce companies are organising events to hide their ‘malpractices’.
Free Hidme Markam
1,000 + activists, academics, concerned citizens from 20+ states in India and across the globe write to Chief Minister Chhattisgarh. Call for immediate release of Hidme Markam and end state excesses on Adivasis in Bastar.
Do Not Let Hindutva Rulers Destroy Heritage of Communal Unity of Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs
Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs fought and died together for India’s independence.