Full Text: ‘Damage to Indian Democracy Under Modi Is Lasting’
The noted academic and journalist says India has transformed into an illiberal, majoritarian and intolerant country with an authoritarian regime under Narendra Modi.
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Imperialism and Super Exploitation
A review of John Smith’s Imperialism in the 21st Century. This “powerful and searing indictment of the exploitation of billions of people,” argues that “the huge low wage proletariat that has emerged in the last 30 years is the key to the profits of imperialism.”
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Why It Is Important Today to Recall the Democratic Processes Which Led to the Moratorium on Bt Brinjal
At a time when efforts are being made to weaken regulations that have kept away GM foods from India, this article recalls the democratic process during the days of the UPA govt. which had led to a decision being taken to safeguard the food safety of India by placing a moratorium on Bt. brinjal.
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Ali Ibrahim Khan and Narendra Modi: the Past and Present of Kashi Vishwanath
The Prime Minister thanks Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh for being the inspiration behind the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project. However, both of these did not construct the corridor. It was built by Nawab Ali Ibrahim Khan, whom the PM has chosen to ignore.
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Covid-19 and the Informalisation of India’s Salaried Workers
The pandemic forced a fraction of India’s salaried workers to fall back on self-employment or casual work, or to withdraw from the workforce entirely. It was only the salaried who held secure and regular positions who were able to hold on to their jobs.
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Public Private Partnerships – Subsidy and Impunity for Private Corporations
According to the currently dominant ideology, the private sector is more competent, efficient, and technologically capable than the public sector, and thus public-private partnerships save public money. An examination of these claims, through the case study of the Delhi Airport Metro.
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Some Reflections on Nehru and Journalism Today
Even as human vultures of a wide amalgam train their guns on Nehru’s years as Prime Minister, and his role in India’s freedom struggle, what stands out today are many of Nehru’s thoughtful writings, his regular press conferences, and of course his thoughts on freedom of the press and journalists’ rights and freedom.
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Communalism | Culture | Fascism | India | Indian Economy | Indian Politics | Online Blog
The Age of the Unicorn, Brought to You by IIT Kharagpur
The geniuses at IIT Kharagpur have come up with a new hoax. They have declared the unicorn that appears on Indus valley seals to be a representation of “sage Risya Sringa” of the Ramayana, thus “proving” that those ancient carvers of the Indus valley seals were one and the same as the Vedic people.
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Communalism | Culture | Fascism | India | Indian Politics | Online Blog
Hindi and Urdu
The politics in the country was not as divisive and toxic in the sixties, when I was a child, as it is now. Urdu, for we siblings, was a secular language and not associated with a community or religion.
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21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America
During the 21st century, the US rulers have turned to a new coup strategy, relying on soft coups, a significant change from the notoriously brutal military hard coups in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and other countries in the 1970s. A list of 27 US-backed coups in the first 21 years of this century.
