Dissecting the Rajasthan Gig Workers Bill
While the Bill does not grant any major social security benefits, except a grievance redress mechanism, it creates a framework for future schemes through the creation of a dedicated welfare board.
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A Prime Ministerial Scheme to Stop Poverty Due to Health Crises Is Helping Poorest Indians the Least
The government claims that the PM’s health insurance scheme has ‘saved crores of families’ from such expenditure. But there are no data to support this claim, and studies indicate India’s most marginalised people are not benefitting, while insurance companies are.
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How Marginalisation Threatens the Survival of Indigenous Communities
To be indigenous is to be severely marginalised in economy, politics, institutionalised knowledge, and institutionalised religion.
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Gandhi and Liberal Modernity: The Vexed Question of Caste
Gandhi’s thinking on caste must be frameworked within his opposition to capitalist modernity and its destructive effects on the peasant. His ambivalences on caste owe to his efforts to integrate his idealized philosophical stances with his responses to the contingencies of the freedom struggle.
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What India and the World Could Learn from Einstein’s Anti-Chauvinist Philosophy
Like Tagore, the scientist sought to blend an inclusive, non-jingoistic nationalism with an openness to the world.
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Coup in Niger – Two Articles
The coup in Niger follows similar coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. Each of these coups was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and U.S. troops and by the economic crises inflicted on their countries. All three countries have opposed Western intervention in Niger.
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Wheel has Come Full Circle in Myanmar
“Aung San Suu Kyi, the iconic figure of Myanmarese politics, has been moved from prison to house arrest. This may seem a baby step, but make no mistake, the journey of a thousand steps begins with one step, as the ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu had said,” says the author.
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From Periphery to Priority: Africa as a Key Arena for Russia’s Ambitions
Last week’s Russia-Africa summit highlighted their shared interest to cooperate against Western dominance. While Moscow leads the fight, Africans are eager to play a role in shaping the new multipolar order.
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How Congolese Students are Taking on Big Oil
A new campaign is mobilizing communities across the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop the fossil fuel industry’s expansion with creative nonviolent action.
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The EU-Indonesia Fight Over Nickel and Who Gets to Own the Clean Energy Future
Indonesia boasts some of the world’s richest mineral deposits, but it has long focused on digging them up and shipping them to other countries for processing. The government in Jakarta is now trying to change that, but is facing fierce resistance from the West.
