An ‘Encounter’ and a Vice-Chancellor
Remembering Professor Mushirul Hasan, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, today is also to mourn the demise of the hopelessly utopian idea of composite culture.
Walmart, Amazon and the Colonial Deindustrialisation of India
On 8 January 2021, JACAFRE published an open letter saying that the three new farm laws will effectively make farmers and small traders of agricultural produce subservient to the interests of a few agrifood and e-commerce giants or will eradicate them completely.
No Bharat Ratna for Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Please!
Every year, on the birth anniversary of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (23 March), demands are made to the government for posthumous conferment of Bharat Ratna on Dr. Lohia. However, it would be an injustice to Lohia’s legacy if the government/ ruling class indeed conferred Bharat Ratna on Lohia.
India’s Right-Wing Government Is So Hungry for Profit It Will Risk a Famine
India’s top 1 percent in today’s “Billionaire Raj” have a similar share of the national income as the top 1 percent did under the British Raj. With Modi’s three farm laws, the “Billionaire Raj” is preparing to turn India back from a country of hunger to a country of famine.
‘Defend the Essential’: Ashoka’s Trustees Should Read this Note by Gandhi in 1940
If the institution cannot house a figure like Pratap Bhanu Mehta, then why does it exist?
As Farmers’ Struggle Completes 100 Days: News from Across the Country
Mahapanchayats in Madhya Pradesh; Despite intense repression, Gujarat farmers form new organisation to oppose farm laws; Padyatras, rallies taking place across the country; Farmers and workers come together to oppose privatisation of public sector banks and insurance; and more.
It is Possible to Ensure Farmers’ Right to Remunerative Prices Through a Legal Recourse
It is possible to arrest the price fall below the Statutory Minimum Purchase Price (SMPP) based on either MSP or cost of cultivation for the main farm commodities – if the government takes the steps proposed in this article. It wouldn’t even cost much.
Impact of Pandemic Lockdown on People in India – Some Newsclippings
Pandemic pushed 32 million Indians out of middle class; number of poor people went up by 75 million; 375 million children suffering Covid-19’s after-effects; Unemployment in Delhi rose by 17.4 percentage points; School closures impacted 247 million Indian children.
Beaten, Not Broken: Meet Shiv Kumar and Nodeep Kaur, Young Labour Activists Inspired by Bhagat Singh
Born to Dalit farm labourers, they grew up to be industrial workers. Even police torture hasn’t dented their resolve to fight for workers’ rights.
Hindutva’s Dead Hand in Destroying India’s Future: A Personal Lament
The resignation of top academics from Ashoka University is reflective of the current atmosphere where centres of education that encourage us to question beliefs and prejudices pose a direct threat to the Hindutva state.