Can New Age Digital Companies Meet India’s Massive Workforce Needs?
Business models of companies reveal precarious working conditions and exploitation of employees.
The People’s Steel Plant and the Fight Against Privatisation in Visakhapatnam
The unionised working class has fought tooth and nail against every move towards privatisation. The story of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is an important example of this unyielding struggle.
Starved of Data: India’s Hungry People Go Missing From FAO Report; Global Hunger Numbers Jump
FAO’s latest report found world hunger rising. However, India’s data on food insecurity is missing. Also, another article – “Global Hunger Numbers Jump; 2.3 Billion Are ‘Food Insecure”.
For How Long Will India’s Banking Sector Continue to Defy SC’s RTI Verdict?
A new hearing on September 13 threatens to rake up an issue that has already been settled.
The Flags We Should Have Raised This Independence Day
On the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, we, as responsible citizens, should have been flagging the issues of hunger, dwindling health parameters, poverty and lack of quality education which make many of our fellow citizens less free.
Azadi ka Amrit: Between Compulsive Flag-Waving And Conditional Rations
The Modi government’s publicity blitzkrieg around the 75th anniversary of independence masks a steadily worsening hunger and livelihood crisis. Yet, the government is perversely placing fresh hurdles before India’s severely malnourished children and the rations that are their lifeline.
Unemployment Crisis in India Is an Invisible Epidemic
Instead of reaping its demographic dividend, India is staring at three categories of joblessness.
A Day in the Life of India’s E-Waste Workers
Taking apart old electronics means battling suffocating heat and hazardous chemicals with little protection.
The Indian Economy Since Independence
Neo-liberalism ends up getting enmeshed in stagnation and mass unemployment from which there is no exit. Because of this dead-end, it imposes a neo-fascist political regime upon the country. Overthrowing it is a difficult task; it can be accomplished only by the widest mobilisation of the working people.
At 75, Is India Behaving Like a Responsible Elder?
As India gears up to celebrate its 75th year of Independence, an examination of one of our most pressing problems, the sustainability of the natural environment on which all our lives depend.