Unemployment and Migration: The Fallout of Karnataka’s Anti-Cattle Slaughter Law
The ban passed by the BJP-led government has upturned the lives of those in the beef trade.
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Capital versus Commons, Part 5: Against Enclosure – The Commoners Fight Back
Fifth and last part of a long article that discusses how the commons in England were gradually driven out of existence, the small farms engrossed, the land enclosed, and the commoners forcibly removed. This part discusses the mass resistance to privatization and dispossession.
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Rahul Gandhi’s Speech in Parliament Marks a Defining Moment
Rahul Gandhi said many important things on the economic, political, and cultural state of the nation – all that with an acuteness of formulation and focus which bespoke many hours of reading and corrective cogitation.
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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.
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‘Turning History Upside-Down’: Irfan Habib on Hindutva’s ‘Indigenous Aryan’ Theory
Elaborating on the Hindutva right’s ‘fixation’ with Aryan supremacy, the historian said Hindutva forces cannot accept the Dravidian influence visible in the Indus Valley civilisation
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‘Woh Subah Hamin Se Ayegi’: Full Text of Speech Mahua Moitra Wasn’t Allowed to Complete
“You cannot choose the time of battle. The bugle has sounded – true citizens of our republic need to fight now, no matter what your personal and professional circumstances are.”
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Between Two Steel Projects: Why Conflict Is Brewing in a Quiet Odisha Village’s Betel Groves
It took more than a decade of protest before 3,000 farm families in Odisha succeeded in getting a South Korean steel company to vacate productive farmland. Five years later, the area is again roiled by protest, conflict and police brutality, as the government hands over the same land to an Indian steel company.
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Millions of Farmers Hit Streets to Observe Day of Betrayal and Remind Centre of its Promises
After repealing three farm laws, the Centre had made certain promises to the protesting farmers, including forming a committee on MSP, withdrawal of cases registered during the agitation, and addressal of concerns about the Electricity Amendment Act. The government has not initiated any action on these promises …
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Gig Workers Get a Raw Deal in Pandemic Period
They are workers but without any formal “employment”. They might sport Zomato or Swiggy t-shirts and caps. But they are not their workers. Nor are these firms their employers. They have a new name—they are called gig workers. They work and live under precarious conditions.
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Rejection of Sri Narayana Guru Float for Republic Day Celebrations!
While rejecting the Sri Narayana Guru float submitted by Kerala, the central government suggested replacing Narayana Guru with Shankracharya – this only displays the deeper agenda of the central government, which is working towards Hindu Rashtra in particular.
