Petrol Price Hike and Modi Govt’s Hypocrisy
The hikes are hitting the poor the most. What is needed, therefore, is a policy mix that includes direct taxes on the rich as well as quantitative rationing of petro-products.
Caste | Communalism | Fascism | India | Indian Politics | Print Edition | Racism | Securalism
Savarkar as a Diehard Casteist: Evidence from Hindutva Archives
Savarkarites are claiming that Savarkar had imagined a nation free of malevolent social evils such as caste cruelty, Untouchability, and injustice towards women. A comparison of these claims with the writings and deeds of Savarkar as recorded in the Hindu Mahasabha archives.
Bhagat Singh: An Unsung Hero of Political Journalism
Bhagat Singh is widely venerated as a radical thinker and political revolutionary. However, he is seldom celebrated as a journalist; an identity that was quite intrinsic to his critical thinking, individuality and revolutionary integrity.
Agriculture | Capitalism | Communalism | Economy | Employment | Fascism | India | Indian Economy | Indian Politics | Online Blog | People's movements | Socialism
Two-Day Bharat Bandh Against ‘Govt’s Anti-People Policies’
The ‘Bharat Bandh’ strike was called for by ten central trade unions against the “anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies” of the Union government. Their demands included scrapping of the new labour codes, no privatisation, increased allocation of wages under MNREGA, among others.
Unaffordable Education in the New India
A recent NSSO report shows that the recent expansion in education has involved a huge increase in costs for households, creating a situation in which education beyond the secondary level is essentially unaffordable for most working people, and even school education involves high costs.
‘Indian Rivers are in ICUs, Drying up Fast’—Waterman Rajendra Singh
Rajendra Singh, the Waterman of India, says that 70% of Indian rivers are dry and dead, while the other 30% have nitrates, acid, chromium and other heavy metals flowing in them. Their water is not compatible with drinking or bathing. In fact, they are causing cancer in large populations.
India | Print Edition | USA | World Politics
India Should Quit Quad Now!
Indian foreign policy needs a strategic course correction. India should distance itself completely from the self-centred U.S. polices whose aim is the preservation of its global hegemony. The first step in that direction should be to quit Quad.
Culture | India | Online Blog
G.N. Devy’s ‘Mahabharata’ Is an Act of Moral Courage in These Times
Like the subversiveness of the epic, Devy’s Mahabharata is responding to our contemporary crisis in a schizophrenic India that continues to be fed by Hindutva pride: to offer a corrective text in the times of mass euphoria as to what Bharat has to be.
When Does Krishna Justify War?
Gandhi famously argued that Bhagavad Gita needs to be seen as a metaphor of internal war, and has nothing to do with violence. Western scholars argue that the book promotes violence. To understand this contradictory view, we need to examine what is the problem to which Krishna offers a solution.
How Canadian Recycling Could be Fuelling Pollution in India
Canada has become one of the biggest exporters of recyclable paper to India. An investigation by Radio-Canada’s Enquête shows that much of what is supposed to be paper actually contains tonnes of plastic bags, some of which litter the Indian landscape, and are often burned as a source of fuel.