Coaching, Fees, and the Rising Cost of Schooling in India
Private school fees are 10 times government school fees, and nearly four in ten secondary students pay for coaching on top.
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How Law and Society Deny the Right to Choose – 2 Articles
‛Notifying Families, Policing Choice: Gujarat’s Proposed Marriage Rules Expand State Power Over Intimacy’: A proposed amendment to Gujarat’s marriage law requires that blood relatives and the public be informed before registration of marriage. Courts have repeatedly held such requirements unconstitutional. Also: ‛Intercaste Marriages and the Unfinished Law’.
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Adivasi | Capitalism | Fascism | Online Blog
India’s Unfulfilled Commitment to Its Tribal Peoples – 2 Articles
‛Why PESA, a Birsa Munda Legacy, Remains India’s Unfulfilled Commitment to Its Tribal Peoples’: PESA sought to restore the traditional autonomy of tribal societies and empower them to use local resources according to their customs and needs. But this never suited today’s politicians, capitalists, and bureaucrats. Also: ‛Why Self-Governance for Tribal Communities Remains an Unfinished Agenda’.
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Caste | Communalism | Fascism | Online Blog
Understanding Kshatriyaisation and Its Relevance in Contemporary India
The celebration of the Kshatriya identity by the RSS-BJP & certain representatives of communities like Marathas, Jats, Yadavs, Thevars, and Nairs illustrates the concept of ‘Kshatriyaisation’. This assertion of caste pride helps consolidate political support while reinforcing existing caste hierarchies.
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Amid a Record-Breaking Summer That’s Going to Get Worse, India Is Dismantling Its Cooling System—Tree by Tree
The science is clear: trees cool cities, stabilise ecosystems, and save lives. Yet, across India, amid record-breaking heat, millions of trees are being removed, turning a climate crisis into a public health emergency even as State agencies clear the way for environmental safeguards to be bent or discarded.
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Amid Climate Doom, Here’s an Earth Day Reminder About Spectacular Environmental Wins
This Earth Day three environmental experts share stories about times when environmental action succeeded in saving the planet—and explain why this can be done again.
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Demonized Iran: A Tale Told by an Idiot
The current failing effort to make Iran out to be a major threat to world peace starts the clock at 1979 in its propaganda effort to justify U.S. aggression against Teheran. This deliberately overlooks the events of 1953, when a joint U.S.-British effort overthrew the then secular Iranian government in order to take over the country’s oil industry.
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A Primer on the Petrodollar and the War on Iran
This newsletter is a primer on some of the key concepts needed to understand the global financial system in the context of the illegal war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran.
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The Empire of Cannibals
Trump is not the problem—the system that produced him is.
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Flowers Bloom on Soldiers’ Graves: Lessons in Power and Consequence
The Trump administration profoundly misunderstands power as being synonymous with violence. But we can learn a lesson about real power from a humble source — flowers.
