Why Bhagat Singh’s Writings Remain Strikingly Relevant Today
‘The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas,’ Bhagat Singh once said. And he proved that with the few masterpieces his brief but legendary life allowed him to pen.
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Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence
Speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1967, in which he called for an immediate end to the American invasion of Vietnam, saying that it was morally indefensible and unambiguously linked to “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism.”
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For Resolving Farming Crisis, Some Small Farmers Show the Way with Big Achievements
Some inspiring stories of the ingenuity, innovativeness as well as traditional wisdom of ordinary hard working farmers, and also of some organisations who could provide conducive conditions in which the potential of these undoubted abilities of farmers could be realized.
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Fr Stan Swamy and the Ides of March; Several Thousand Sign Petition for Fr Stan’s Release
For Fr Stan, the order of the judge rejecting his bail plea was indeed the ‘ides of March’; however, it is not a closed chapter, the struggle for justice and truth will continue relentlessly. One day with Fr Stan, we will certainly say we have overcome for ‘Satyameva Jayate!’
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Judiciary and Social Justice, Dignity and Personal Liberty, Human Rights and Frights
Our founding fathers and mothers were far-sighted in matters of socio-economic justice, dignity of the individual and personal liberty. Today, dissent and disagreement are slowly being turned into sedition and a national security issue. In good time, human rights may well become human frights.
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Not Far from Millions of Kumbh Mela pilgrims, Two Hindu Monks are on a Hunger Strike to Save Ganga
The monks are protesting sand mining and the construction of dams and barrages on the river and its tributaries.
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Declining Female Work Participation in India: What does the Periodic Labour Force Survey Tell Us?
Women’s participation in the workforce has hugely declined over the period 2004-05 to 2018-19. The work participation rate (WPR) of women in the 15-59 age group has declined by 19.2 percent over this period, and there is a nearly 50 percentage point gap between males and female WPRs.
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‘I Can’t Earn More than Rs 125 a Day No Matter How Hard I Work’
India’s 96 million informal workers fight gender bias and pay gaps. An examination of the situation in the textiles and garments sector, where many women workers put in over 12 hours a day, six days a week, but do not have the negotiating power to demand better wages or working conditions.
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Failure to Rapidly ‘Vaccinate the World’ May Lead to Covid-19 Mutations; The Rich Have Enough Money to Vaccinate the World – Two Articles
Experts warn: failure to rapidly ‘vaccinate the world’ may lead to Covid-19 mutations proliferating widely enough to make a majority of first-generation vaccines ineffective; Global billionaire wealth surged $4 trillion during pandemic, while cost of vaccinating the world is only $141.2 billion.
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Tax the Rich; They are Paying Very Little Taxes; Warren Unveils Tax on Billionaires – Three Articles
Let’s actually tax the rich?; New Study: ultra-wealthy are paying even less taxes than you think; To help fund Covid recovery and redress inequality, Warren unveils wealth tax on ‘ultra-millionaires’ and billionaires.
