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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
When self-appointed custodians of Hindus call for ethnic cleansing in the name of dharma, they conveniently ignore the basic precepts of the religion. The philosophy of Hinduism is constituted by a deep commitment to satya and ahimsa. Many stories in our epics illustrate this commitment.
The World Inequality Report 2022 has shed light on starkly growing inequalities in India. But, under the present regime, there has been a subversion of discourse required to address these yawning material and social chasms.
Women journalists and activists; academics and students; two office bearers of the Congress Party; authors, a lawyer, a historian, a radio jockey, a famous actor, all Muslim women, were ‘sold’ in an online hate crime on New Year. Besides their identity, they had something else in common.
In 2021, the government pushed renewables to meet its updated climate targets, but also came up with plans to clear forests and reduced scrutiny of polluting units that could cause further environmental damage.
Latest CMIE data shows that share of families with two members working has fallen drastically. This means people are surviving on much less income.
Savitri was born at a time when there were certain castes which had a monopoly over education. One could not even think of talking about educating women. Yet, Savitribai Phule fought to educate girls. She was not only a great teacher but also a much loved maternal figure to the girls.
For those who believe Africa was decolonized decades ago, it’s time to wake up from dream-world. With the help of groups like the CIA, Europe and USA covertly recolonized the continent, with bribes, murders, loans, privatizations and the installation of western-friendly regimes.
The biggest culprit for rising prices that’s not being talked about is the increasing economic concentration of the American economy in the hands of a relative few giant big corporations with the power to raise prices.
Unions fight for more pay for workers. But workers also need to have time for themselves and their friends and families. Overtime pay and raises can’t replace what we need more than anything else: our time back.
Kinnauras launch campaign against the proposed 804 MW Jangi Thopan Powari Hydroelectricity Project on Satluj.
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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