Demonetisation, GST and Lockdown: How the Modi Government has Wrecked India’s Small Businesses
Each time, the citizens were expected to endure ‘momentary hardships’, purportedly to achieve what was said to be a ‘noble goal’.
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Salesmen on Brink of Extinction as Mukesh Ambani Unleashes JioMart on Kirana Stores
The mom-and-pop stores, known as ‘kiranas’, can order goods on JioMart Partner with deliveries promised within 24 hours. That means salesmen representing consumer giants face an existential threat to their business.
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A Note on Present Situation of Covid-19 in China and Their Strategy of Combating it
There are many foreign news channels who propagate that the corona pandemic has been spreading in China in recent times. But that is because the Chinese use the words “resurgence of covid” even when there are only a few Covid cases in China. The Chinese are following a zero tolerance policy.
COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?
The climate movement in the streets of Glasgow is aware that the science is clear and the solutions to the climate crisis are readily available. It is only political will that is lacking. This must be supplied by ordinary people, through creative, dramatic action and mass mobilization.
Either Way, History Will Judge You: An Open Letter to the Global Media
Melting glaciers, wildfires, droughts, deadly heatwaves, floods, hurricanes, loss of biodiversity. You do report these things, sometimes. But the climate crisis is much more than just this. If you want to truly cover it, you must also report on the fundamental issues of time, holistic thinking and justice.
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Feeding the Beast
Fascism is not a useful term for majoritarianism in India because given the defining precedent of Nazi Germany, it implies a big bang, death-camp climax. This is both wrong and a distraction from the real danger. Majoritarianism in India is not premised on a final solution.
Five Years Later, it’s Even More Clear that Demonetisation was a Disaster for India
The BJP claims that demonetisation showed the resolve of the government to fight black money and corruption, and the travails faced by the people due to it were a small sacrifice for the gains of demonetisation. An examination of these claims made by the BJP, and the real impact of demonetisation on the economy.
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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.
Under Modi, Tax Burden has Shifted from Corporates to People
In the name of spurring ‘growth’ and ‘employment’ the Modi government has decisively reduced taxes levied on big business while increasing the burden on common people through direct and indirect taxation.
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‘You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take’ — Lessons from the National Union of the Homeless
As the pandemic continues to devastate America’s poorest, coalitions of unhoused people are finding inspiration in the powerful history of homeless organizing.