New Ferment in Anti-RSS Discourse in South India
New anti-caste writers and film-makers are setting a radical agenda in mass culture in Karnataka and beyond. Will their challenge to Hindutva hegemony travel north?
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Caste | Caste | Culture | People's movements | Print Edition
Republic of Caste: Anand Teltumbde’s Thoughts Strive to Liberate Us Even as He Is in Jail
His vision of working-class unity with an anti-caste core may or may not be realisable, but it is an important line of argument and action at the very least.
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$2 Trillion for War vs. $100 Billion to Save the Planet
The money that is being swallowed into the Western military establishments does not only drift away from any climate spending but also promotes greater climate catastrophe. In 2021, the world’s governments spent $2 trillion on weapons.
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Economy | Imperialism | Print Edition | Sri Lanka | USA | World Economy | World Politics
Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not China
Numerous Western political leaders and media outlets have blamed the Sri Lankan crisis on a supposed Chinese “debt trap”. In reality, the vast majority of the South Asian nation’s foreign debt is owed to the West.
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How Dancer Sheema Kermani Defied Pakistan’s Conservatives to Infuse Her Art with Activism
Through her women’s organisation Tehrik-e-Niswan, she has spent decades holding performances about social issues.
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Goods and Services Tax: Faulty by Design
The political economy of the tax is particularly worrisome for two reasons. First, the tax threatens the foundational values of federalism. However, a less appreciated aspect of the tax has been the manner in which it has significantly skewed the pitch against smaller businesses.
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Modi Government and Environment Laws – Two Articles
A NITI Aayog-Commissioned Report Unveils the Hypocrisy of Modi Govt’s ‘Climate Concerns’; and: The Many Bhopal Gas Tragedies Behind India’s Environmental Law Framework.
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How the Modi Government Has Weaponised the ED to Go After India’s Opposition
It is indisputable that the Modi government has turbocharged the use of the money laundering law. In the decade between 2004-’14, the ED carried out 112 searches in the course of investigating money laundering cases. In the next eight years, this number shot up by 26 times to 2,974 searches.
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Why An Increase In Women’s Workforce Numbers Might Not Be Good News
Anecdotal evidence and data from the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey indicate that economic distress is driving women to take on any sort of work at very low salaries.
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Why Votaries of Population Imbalance are Wrong About Muslim Growth Rate
Current demographic trends do not threaten national well-being, nor is the Muslim population exploding. The annual gung-ho about population explosion is political, not factual. It is a ploy to shroud the failure of the governments on the socio-economic front.
