How the Wonder of Nature Can Inspire Social Justice Activism
The complex systems of the natural world can open our eyes to a new way of being.
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The Meaning of Christmas: a Marxist Analysis
Between the stollen and the stockings, archaeologist and historian Neil Faulkner indulges in a spot of seasonal myth-busting.
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Capitalism | China | COVID19 | Online Blog | World Economy | World Politics
China Shows it Is Possible to Beat Covid
A compilation from two articles: China, with 1.4 billion people, has kept total cases below 100,000 and total deaths below 5,000. By comparison, the United States, with less than a quarter of the population of China, has had more than 50 million cases and 800,000 deaths.
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Capitalism | Caste | India | Indian Economy | Indian Politics | Online Blog
India’s Hierarchical Education Sector Precludes the Creation of a ‘Meritocracy’
India’s graded educational system mirrors the country’s stubbornly rigid social hierarchies. The poorest children attend the free government-run schools and those from the highest echelons of Indian society increasingly attend elite schools, with the rest of the society caught in between.
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Why the Drop in India’s Labour Participation Rate Can’t Be Ignored by Policymakers
As per the CMIE, India’s LPR has further fallen to 40.15% last month. This means 60% of employable people in India have fallen off the job market. Other Asian economies like Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam etc. have over 60% employable people actively looking for jobs.
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Why Govt Move of Raising Legal Age of Marriage for Women May Harm Instead of Benefiting Them
A government bill to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 will not prevent early or forced weddings, will deem many marriages of those between 18-21 illegal, and criminalise elopement by girls dodging domestic abuse, confinement, forced marriage.
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The Troubled Legacy of General Rawat Needs to Be Rolled Back
The rulers of “Naya Bharat” have introduced an imbalance in the civil-military equation. And if the politicians seek acceptability on the back of the soldiers’ sacrifice, the generals in turn will aspire to a louder voice in shaping the republic’s collective destiny.
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All About AFSPA: The Contentious Law Explained in Detail
The law enacted in 1958 aimed at controlling insurgency and cross border militancy, but successive governments at the Centre have been reluctant to withdraw it even after peace is restored. In wake of the Nagaland killings, this article explores how AFSPA gives unbridled power to the armed forces.
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Capitalism | Caste | Culture | Human Rights | India | Indian Politics | Online Blog
A Dalit Women’s Collective Is Fighting for the Land it Toils on in Gujarat
In the past 12 years, a group of 51 Dalit women in Ahmedabad district have converted around 36 acres of the government’s “non-useful” wasteland into fertile farms that yield two crops a year. They are now demanding that the state govt. grant them ownership of the land under Gujarat’s Santhani scheme.
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Are Hindus Vegetarian?
Hindus can be vegetarian and non-vegetarian. The obsession with reducing Hinduism to a single behaviour is common amongst two groups of people: loud Hindutva radicals and their sworn enemies, the Hinduphobes.
