Manufacturing Ignorance: Keeping the Public Away from Power
In the absence of adequate public knowledge, and thus the reduced ‘threat’ of an informed populace participating in a real democracy, power is more or less free to do as it pleases.
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The Planetary Rift
The widespread view on the left that Marx had adopted an extreme productivist view of the human domination of nature—and hence had failed to perceive the natural limits to production and ecological contradictions in general, was contradicted by his theory of the metabolic rift.
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Rammanohar Lohia: An Appreciation
Rammanohar Lohia embodied some noble aspirations for his country and represented an important strand of opinion in Indian political life. And in the socialist movement, his was the decisive influence at many critical turning points.
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How to Save the World (from a Climate Armageddon)
Leaders from around the world will soon gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for a U.N. Climate Summit. You can count on one thing, though: all their plans will fall far short of what’s needed unless backed by the only strategy that can save the planet: a U.S.-China Climate Survival Alliance.
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Climate Change Is Making India’s Monsoon More Erratic
Marked by extreme localised rainfall events, an unusually dry August and an unusually wet September, the summer monsoon in 2021 kept India guessing, even on its way out. Expect more of the same in future, say climate change assessments.
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‘Unscientific’ or ‘Indifference’: A Look at ‘Access Inequality’ Data as Govt Slams Hunger Index
If the Union government thinks that the Global Hunger Index’s methodology is ‘unscientific’, here is another Index that shows a troubling picture for the state of ‘Access Inequality in Basic Amenities’ across India.
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The Modern Indian State Continues to Doggedly Cling to Draconian Colonial Powers
Sections that give the police the power to disperse a crowd with force have been abused, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
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Revival or Continuing Depression in the Rural Areas? – Pt. 2
The absolute number of persons ‘employed’ in agriculture in 2019-20 rose a massive 17.3 per cent over the figure for 2018-19. But this is not a sign of prosperity but hardship.
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Communalism | Culture | Fascism | India | Indian Economy | Indian Politics | Online Blog
Urdu Is So Popular with Indians – Why do Hindutva Backers Hate it So Much: 2 Articles
From Love Songs to Kurta Ads, Urdu Is Popular with Indians. Why do Hindutva Backers Hate it So Much?; Who Says Urdu Is a Muslim Language?
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Please Study Political Science – But Not Just to Sit for UPSC Exams
Many of today’s aspiring political scientists use the course as a tool to crack the civil services code, thereby losing the loftier goals at the heart of the discipline.
