The Urgent Need for an Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme
Millions of urban Indian residents are struggling without livelihood opportunities. A national urban employment scheme needs to be put in place immediately.
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Hunger Amidst Plenty—Tragedy Continues 75 Years After Independence
As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, there is a record harvest of foodgrains; but why are so many people hungry?
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Biodiversity and Samosas: Poisoned Together?
Governments are responsible to protect consumers and stop the spread of unapproved seed varieties and test their toxicity and carcinogenity.
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Modi Government’s Partisan Misuse of Institutions has Pushed the Indian Republic to the Brink
Excerpts from Harsh Mander’s JB D’Souza Memorial Lecture to mark the birth centenary of the former civil servant.
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Rethinking the Debate on Reservations
On how the Constitution replaces the Brahmanic idea of merit with a modern, democratic, rational, scientific and constitutional idea of merit.
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What Muslim Intelligentsia Doesn’t Get About Bhagwat and RSS
The RSS chief said in a recent speech that dialogue is the way out of Hindu-Muslim discord. Can there be any such dialogue considering his own organisation fans this disharmony?
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The Roaming of Colonial Phantoms and a History of Resource Plunder
Both the strengths and limitations of early post-independence policies in Africa offer a wealth of lessons for today’s struggles for control over Africa’s resources. The clarity in that period around the importance of African state control over natural resources offers a path forward for contemporary efforts.
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Explaining 21st-Century Capitalism in a Way Everyone Can Understand
For those of trying to understand economics and what capitalism is all about, here is an excellent introduction.
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GPI vs. GDP: Does Size Matter More Than Substance?
U.S House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently introduced a bill in Congress to overhaul GDP, the nation’s most watched economic indicator. She introduced the Genuine Progress Indicator (“GPI”) Act. It would be a significant change for the trajectory of the socio-economic system.
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In the Face of Assassinations and Paramilitary Terror, the Zapatista Struggle for Sovereignty Continues
27 years after the Zapatista uprising in Mexico, Indigenous land defenders are still fighting for justice and autonomy — even if it means risking their lives.
