India’s Green Energy Plan Signals Profit for Capital, Hot Air for People
The government’s plan amounts to bluster, for it will make paltry investment in lowering or ending greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial processes that use hydrogen.
How India’s Rulers Have Dashed the Hopes of its Younger Citizens
The employment rate fell to 36% in 2022 from 43% in 2016. This was a 7% fall in the employment rate in a country that has the largest young population in the world. This employment rate is much lower than the world average of about 60%.
India’s Population, Poverty and Consumption Data are Missing, Experts Allege Political Manipulation
Several important datasets that help in formulating government policies have not been released for over two years.
A Battle Against Forgetting: Recording the Sordid Saga of Kashmir Since August 2019
Anuradha Bhasin’s new book, ‘A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370’, goes deep into the saga of a people betrayed and promises broken.
One Year of Karnataka’s War on Muslim Women’s Right to Learn
Young Muslim women in Karnataka recount how a court order legitimised Hindutva prejudice and locked them out of an education.
Adi Shankaracharya: An Advocate of Caste System Or a Liberal Hindu Thinker?
Critical remarks made by Kerala minister M.B. Rajesh about the Vedantic exponent were rebuked by the Union minister V. Muraleedharan. Excerpts from Shankara’s philosophy vindicate the former’s views.
The Impending World Recession
The IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of it will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product.
Top 1% Grab Twice as Much New Wealth as Everyone Else Combined
Oxfam study shows extreme wealth and extreme poverty are increasing simultaneously, worldwide.
When Elites Try to Change the World, it’s Not Usually for the Better for the Rest of Us
Bill Gates is pushing technology as a solution to climate change but he seems far more devoted to maintaining the current system. Protecting this system requires selling people the idea that the system is capable of solving climate change. Selling nuclear power is part of that larger sales job.
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By the Numbers: The De-Dollarization of Global Trade
Data suggests that US dollar reserves in central banks are dwindling, as is the influence of the US on the world economy. This presents a unique opportunity for regional currencies and alternative payment systems to enter the vacuum.