Women’s Work Is Not Valued Properly
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh talks about gender blindness of official policies, inequalities in society, the state of women empowerment and why women face multiple disadvantages in India.
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‘You Breach Your Own Oath of Office’, Retd Civil Servants React to Rijiju’s ‘Barbs’ at Judiciary
Over 90 signatories have penned an open letter to the Law Minister seeking an explanation from Rijiju on the legal basis of his “open threat in a public forum” to some retired judges.
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The Clock Is Ticking
With landmark anniversaries of the invasions of Iraq and Ukraine, and the failure to address global heating, ninety seconds to midnight may be too generous an appraisal.
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France: On the Frontlines of the War Against Austerity
The French masses have raised the banner of class struggle in what is becoming the first major battle against austerity after the pandemic. Working people across the world should pay attention.
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The Indigenous People, Again
It is not strange that the US, Canada, and Australia do not sympathize with the Palestinians because they themselves were settlers too who wiped out whole cultures and confiscated their land.
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The Historic Vaikom Satyagraha
A two part article on the historic Vaikom Satyagraha, how it all began, what happened during the course of the movement, and its fallout.
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New Report Finds ‘Distinct’, ‘Eerie’ Patterns in Hanuman Jayanti, Ram Navami Rallies in April 2022
A new report has found that the violence was “systemic”, including the “nature of instigation”, “tactics of mobilising the majority” and “the administrative response as collective punishment”. Also: “Is Violence During Ram Navami the New Normal?”
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Withdraw All False and Fabricated Cases Against Anti-POSCO and Anti-Jindal Protesters
Recently, the High Court of Odisha has stayed the process of land alienation for Jindal Steel Works (JSW) in Jagatsinghpur; the National Green Tribunal has also also suspended the ECs obtained by JUSL due to illegalities.
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Healthcare Costs are Forcing Indians into Debt and Distress Sales
In India, out-of-pocket expenditure of people on health was more than the government’s expenditure on health, according to the Economic Survey 2022. Over 63 million Indians are faced with poverty every year due to health costs alone, according to government estimates.
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‘I Don’t Know How Much I Owe’
It has been 13 years since farmer Kamal Chandra’s suicide in Chiltampalle village. His wife Parameshwari is still struggling to repay his loans from private moneylenders for which she has no written records.
