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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
In 2023 the Constitution was challenged as being colonial and outdated. Bibek Debroy’s opinion piece was product placement, a warning of things to come. The aim behind these suggestions is to facilitate Central “executive efficiency”, governance involving “law and order, and swift dispute resolution”.
The parliament’s fall as an institution of functioning democracy was accompanied by axe on the Election Commission and CAG. Also: The INDIA alliance parties need to recognize the magnitude of the historical moment they are navigating. Unity is, therefore, an existential imperative. Are they aware of this reality?
This year, under Modi’s leadership, the RSS navigated the delicate balance between tradition and adaptation.
The Bharat Nyaya Yatra from Manipur to Mumbai, led by Rahul Gandhi, is set to begin on 14 January 2024. It promises to mobilise people by reaffirming their faith in the lofty goals of the Constitution: its ideas of social, economic and political justice.
‘Can Rahul Gandhi overcome his somewhat bourgeois hesitation to shake up his party organisation, to take some robust risks and show himself as hungry for power? I mean, a good hungry, you know, like after a long walk?’
The ‘de-religiosification’ of Hinduism by India’s judiciary has allowed the forces of Hindutva to pose Hinduism as a supra-religious order that naturally makes available to its adherents, unquestionably, the best moral code of conduct.
‘Coal Block Allocation: Govt Ignored State Entities in Favour of Pvt Firms With “Questionable” Backgrounds, Alleges EAS Sarma’. Also: ‘Adani’s Alleged Irregularities on Import of Coal Again Under the Scanner’.
The writer of India’s Constitution never favoured a time-bound framework for quotas. Misquoting him ducks questions on what has really changed for lower castes.
The shrine in Ayodhya will be a symbol of religious triumphalism, a sign that this is becoming ever more a Hindu-first country.
21 demands that India needs to act on to resolve the growing crises of unemployment, malnutrition, social conflict, ecological collapse and decline in democratic rights.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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