Job Riots in UP, Bihar Bring Home the Urgency of India’s Unemployment Crisis
Violence over identity and religion is something Indians are (unfortunately) used to. But on Tuesday, the country saw something rarer: riots over jobs.
Thinking with Hands: Work as Freedom for Gandhi
Gandhi was aware that intellectual labour was necessary for the culture of the mind and accepted the necessity of a division of labour, but not the idea that bodily labour had to be confined to one class and intellectual labour to another class.
Raindrop in the Drought
Godavari Dange developed a model of farming that enabled vulnerable women farmers in drought-struck Marathwada to stay food secure. Her life story captures the enormity of the region’s crisis, as well as the possibility of sustainable and resilient agriculture.
Just These Two Things, Madam Finance Minister
Recent economic events make it clear there are two Indias. Which one should the upcoming Budget speech address?
World and India Billionaire and Millionaire Wealth Tax: Revenue Estimates; ‘With Exploding Inequality, India Can’t Continue With Business As Usual’
A progressive wealth tax on the world’s richest people would raise $3.62 trillion a year – more than enough to pay for lifting 3.3 billion people out of poverty, vaccinate everyone in the world, and provide universal social protection and healthcare. Also – discussion on extent of India’s inequality and solutions for a more equal society.
A Tale of Two Indias
Pandemic in India has seen a majority of its citizens going hungry to bed while another, smaller, section making millions. An inclusive, sustainable, and equitable recovery must deal with the triple crisis of the economy, health and climate.
Modi’s Portrayal of Netaji as a Hindu Militarist Does the Secular, Socialist Bose a Disservice
By highlighting the military aspect of Bose’s personality and his Hindu credentials, the Hindu right-wing is projecting him as a person close to prime minister’s parent organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its aggressive Hindu nationalist rhetoric.
As the Mega LIC IPO Looms, Did it Fulfill the Objectives of Nationalisation?
The arguments advanced in favour of LIC IPO by the government are that it would ensure greater accountability and transparency. But the insurer has always been accountable with an unblemished record of protecting the interests of the policyholders.
What Is ‘Formalisation’ of the Economy?
The informal sector is not made up of tax dodgers but largely of enterprises struggling to survive. It will take a structural transformation for the informal to become formal. The recent contraction of the informal was only a pandemic-induced shock.
Bank Privatisation Isn’t Conducive for Financial Markets Under Capitalism
State ownership of banks not only provides for wider reach of institutional credit but also for stability of the financial system of capitalism itself.