On April 26, Farmers’ Protest Completes Five Months – Two Articles
Five months 400 deaths still continuing: Farmers protest around Delhi; Haryana: Khaps move to resist possible ‘forcible removal’ of farmers from protest sites.
India on the Brink of Unprecedented Unemployment Crisis: CMIE Report
The latest CMIE report reveals that salaried jobs across India registered a sharp decline in 2020-21 to the tune of 9.8 million, with majority of the salaried jobs lost being registered in rural India.
When the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ Comes Knocking
The Indian government is promoting job-destroying ‘smart’ automation, despite the country reeling from the worst unemployment crisis in recent history, at the behest of the World Economic Forum, which is dominated by the world’s biggest corporations.
Centre Wants to Amend the Indian Forest Act Again Despite the Resistance to Past Attempts
The environment ministry is once again attempting to ease rules in favour of the forest bureaucracy and private industries.
Mining Act: Will the Centre Usurp the Powers of Mineral-Rich States?
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2021 will enable the Centre to interfere in the mineral rich states, most of which are ruled by non-BJP parties, and parcel off their mines to its favourites, and also usurp other powers so far vested with the State govts.
Mouse Under the Throne: The Judicial Legacy of Sharad A. Bobde
Evasion, hypocrisy and duplicity marked the 17 month tenure of the outgoing Chief Justice of India, with the central executive ending up favoured each time. On the date of his retirement, not one of the five constitutional matters pending had been substantively heard or decided.
On Ambedkar Jayanti, Revisiting: ‘The Annihilation of Caste’
On Ambedkar Jayanti, an extract from B.R. Ambedkar’s seminal, unspoken speech.
Sankha Ghosh – Obituary, and Three Poems
The death of the litterateur ends the generation of post-Independence Bengali poets; also – three of his poems, translated from Bengali.
In ‘Jalsaghar’, a Stubborn Landlord, a Chandelier with its Own Story, and Haunting Musical Soirees
Ahead of Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary, a reminder of the master director’s period drama, starring Chhabi Biswas in an unsurpassed performance.
Ambedkar and the Call to Conversion!
If Ambedkar were alive and in Gujarat today, he and his followers would have been hauled up, fined and imprisoned under the provisions of the amendments of the ‘Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act’ which was passed by the Gujarat State Assembly on April 1, 2021.