Kisan Mahapanchayat Calls for Harmony, Right-Wing Adds Communal Twist
Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait says “Allahu Akbar”, crowd responded with “Har Har Mahadev” as sign of unity.
Over 50% Agricultural Households are Indebted, Farm Debt Rose by 58% In 5 Years: NSO Survey
The average outstanding loan per household was at Rs 74,121 in 2018-19 compared with Rs 47,000 in 2012-2013, the survey noted.
Lessons Indian Agriculture Could Learn from Kerala
The PM claimed that there was no APMC system in Kerala and asked why the opposition was “misguiding” the farmers on this issue. Professor R. Ramakumar addresses this allegation and also talks about the various schemes of the State government.
Utter Disgrace! Modi Sarkar Refuses Hike in Rs 200 Monthly Old Age Pension
The government’s brazen class bias is crystal clear, as it gives away national assets built with public money to its favourite capitalists, together with tax breaks.
‘Unjustified’: Experts Write to PM Modi Against Hydro Projects in Ganga Himalaya
In 2014, the Union environment ministry agreed with an expert recommendation that HEPs shouldn’t be erected in paraglacial zones.
For Nagas, the Idea of India Is Not Defined by the Brahmanical Notion of a Timeless Civilisation
The common ground with citizens from other parts of the country is the idea of a modern and secular India, as reflected by the Constitution.
Being Hindu in a Hindu Rashtra
For Hindutva, which is not a spiritual or religious world view but a doctrinaire, authoritarian political programme, Hinduism is a mere prop.
Lies That Led to the Afghan War
It is probably true that the public is fed with lies before, during and after every war. It is definitely true with the Afghan War. We must learn to be skeptical of both our political leaders and our mass media, when they give us reasons for going to war.
Climate Crisis: A Prescription from 200 Medical Journals
A momentous statement has just been published in the British medical journal The Lancet and in 200 other health journals. It says, “We are united in recognizing that only fundamental and equitable changes to societies will reverse our current trajectory.”
Capital, Profits and Wages in 2021
There are three elements that define the core of capitalism: capital, profits and wages. In recent decades, with the emergence of monopolies and growth of neoliberalism, the relationship between these three have changed.