Farmers’ Agitation: Two Ground Reports
There is great determination and clarity of thought among the farmers camping at Delhi’s borders about how India is being sold to corporate interests.
Two Poems
Farmers’ Mann ki Baat; Father, We have Sinned.
A Day to Mourn, Not Celebrate, What’s Become of the Constitution
The real disappointment for citizens facing an unprecedented assault on their basic democratic rights is not that the Modi regime is behaving the way it is. The disappointment is with the Supreme Court.
Agrarian Crisis Is a Social Crisis Now
The founder-editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India discusses the demands that should be discussed in the special session of Parliament the farmers are demanding.
Dispossession and Imperialism Repackaged as ‘Feeding the World’
In their quest for making more profits, global agribusiness giants are destroying farmer livelihoods, environment and health under the bogus claim of ‘feeding the world’. Also: a report on shocking levels of land inequality in the world.
Constitution Day: Are ‘We The People’ Real?
If we believe in our Constitution’s epithet, “We, The People of India”, then, on Constitution Day, we should be taking affirmative steps to ensure that women, tribals and the poor who have been ignored all these years are now included in our national narrative.
Interview: Justice A.P. Shah Sees a Clear Decline in SC’s ability to Protect People’s Rights
“In several cases, the Court has refused to act in defence of citizens who have been victimised for their protest and dissent or for simply exercising their fundamental right of speech and expression.”
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.
India: Inclusive or Communal? Dangers of Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Homely Hinduism’
What was earlier seen by some as an antidote to the BJP’s polarising politics seems to have gone on to another plane.
The Other Nehru: Dams and Nature’s Economy
Nehru was not a heedless advocate of mega dams. On the contrary, he would be not out of place in the world of today.