Two Poems
Farmers’ Mann ki Baat; Father, We have Sinned.
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The Pillage of Resources: A Glimpse into the Lives and Labor of Marginalized Women
Lives of women dependent on natural resources, such as land, forests, rivers, and mountains, are being tossed asunder by the appropriation and expropriation of these resources by corporations and the state.
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Capitalism and Inheritance
The acquisition of property through inheritance is contrary to the bourgeois justification for capitalist property, and so imposition of inheritance tax is perfectly justified. This is why most capitalist countries have high inheritance taxes.
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Modi Government Is Filling its Coffers at the Cost of State-Owned Firms
The Centre is asking state-owned companies to buy back their shares, and dole out dividends to help the government raise funds to meet its deficit – policies which are hurting companies in the long run.
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Income Inequality in India Continues to Rise: Report
In both India and China, income inequality substantially grew after the economic liberalisation of the 1980s. However, while China’s inequality levels stabilised in 2019, India’s inequality levels continued to rise.
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Several States Rejected Centre’s ‘Historic’ MSP Increase, Demanded Higher Prices
In September, amid protests against the controversial new agricultural laws, the Modi government announced the MSP for six rabi crops. Official documents show that several states, including BJP-ruled ones, said the increase was minor.
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Behind BSNL and MTNL’s Poor Services: Deliberate Government Conspiracy to Favour Private Companies
Users across the country are giving up their MTNL or BSNL connections because of deliberate government decision to strangulate these public sector companies.
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India’s Farewell to ASEAN as it Boards RCEP Train
The ASEAN is boarding the RCEP train all set to depart and India is stranded while its two other QUAD partners – Japan and Australia – are on board and can be seen in the dining car holding Chinese chopsticks.
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Pune: Migrant Workers Return to Job Losses, Lower Salaries
Migrant workers, who had left Pune owing to the Covid-induced lockdown, have returned to the district only to find a scarcity of jobs.
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Despite Nearing Desertification, Why Is Marathwada Not Giving Up Water-Guzzling Sugarcane
It is because if you cultivate sugarcane, you have an assured market.
