60% Domestic Workers were Not Paid in Lockdown, Faced Poverty, Debt, Hunger
The 2020 lockdown and the partial state shutdowns have hurt millions of informal workers in India, with female workers bearing the brunt of the crisis.
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Modi Govt’s Renovation of Jallianwala Bagh an ‘Insult’ to Martyrs; Martyrs’ Descendants Protest – Two Articles
Instead of a sombre memorial for those who lost their lives in the gruesome violence, historians and activists argue that the government has turned the memorial into a flashy site, and criticise it as an “insult” to the martyrs and a bid at erasing history and heritage. Also: Jallianwala Bagh Revamp: Martyrs’ Descendants Say They’ll Boycott Functions in Protest.
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Seven Medalists at Tokyo, Seven Hundred Crowd the Podium
The Indian athletes at Tokyo gave it all they could but a familiar ugliness has surfaced after the event. Officials, politicians, and sponsors are jumping on to the bandwagon of the medallists, while some who failed face the wrath of officials.
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Neo-liberalism and Nationhood
There are crucial differences between the anti-colonial nationalism of the third world countries and European bourgeois nationalism. That is why the third world countries adopted a dirigeste capitalist development strategy, that insulated peasant agriculture from domestic and foreign capitalists. Neoliberalism is undermining this.
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Why the Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference Is Not ‘Hindu-phobic’
The event seeks to bring a long-delayed global awareness about the operations of an exclusionary and discriminatory ideology.
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Remembrance Must be an Act Affirming Man’s Humanity, Three Haunting Partition Classics Tell Us
Though unlike one another in tone and texture, ‘Adaab’, ‘Toba Tek Singh’ and ‘Garm Hawa’ have the same point of departure: that religion as the primary marker of identity is as irrational as it is abhorrent.
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‘Sarpatta Parambarai’ Is a Visceral but Controlled Film that Packs Pa. Ranjith’s Familiar Punch
Casteism is at the core of this boxing drama, but the film is accomplished in all departments, with a few loud moments that jar.
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India’s New IT Rules Paving Way for Legitimised Surveillance
As the Indian government is confronted with a global snooping scandal with over 300 journalists, politicians and bureaucrats on the list of those surveilled by the state, the Modi government had intensified its bid to rampage through the country’s latest Internet Technology laws.
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Gogra Disengagement Raises More Questions About the Situation in Ladakh
It must be remembered that at no place in eastern Ladakh has the status quo ante prior to May 2020 been restored.
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Remove the Stain
The UAPA is a blot on the nation that must be removed at the earliest.
