India’s Fall From Ambedkar Jal Satyagraha to Indra Meghwal
The Jalore tragedy represents our failure to reform. Discrimination and exclusion persist in their most severe forms, which cannot happen without institutional neglect, even condonation.
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NCRB: Daily Wagers and Females Biggest Groups Among Suicide Victims in 2021; Dalit Atrocities on Rise – 3 Articles
According to the 2021 NCRB report, the daily wage earner remained the largest group (profession-wise) among the total number of suicide victims in 2021. Also: NCRB report reveals grim situation of female suicides; atrocities on Dalits and Adivasis also on the rise.
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Before Insisting on Duties, the Modi Govt Better Realise Full Citizenship Rights
Under the Narendra Modi government, there has been a special thrust on citizens’ duties over rights. But the former cannot be performed effectively unless the state fulfils its obligation towards citizens.
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India’s Unemployment Crisis: The Distress Is Worse Than the Data Suggest
Highly qualified candidates seeking low-level jobs, reduced wages, lower real incomes, worsening quality of employment, millions moving from salaried jobs to casual work—many things disguise unemployment in India.
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Increasing Threat to Federalism from Centrally Sponsored Schemes: States Need to Form a Federal Front
Open letter to Chief Ministers calling upon them to form a federal front of the States to persuade the Centre not to proliferate Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs), and instead transfer existing CSSs with the associated fund allocations to the States.
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Santhal Hul Wasn’t Just the First Anti-British Revolt, It Was Against All Exploitation
The 19th century rebellion actually began as a movement against exploitation by Indian ‘upper’ caste zamindars, moneylenders, merchants and police officials who had come to dominate the economic sphere of Santhal life.
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Even After a Century, Water Is Still the Marker of India’s Caste Society
For Dalits, water is not a natural beauty, the nectar of life or a life-nurturing agent, but a ‘caste burden’.
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Patel Was Not the Sole Architect of the Integration of Princely States; Nehru Too Deserves Credit
Patel’s role in the integration of princely states has been exaggerated by the Modi regime precisely because of it is seeking to malign and erase Nehru’s contribution in the freedom movement and in the making of modern India.
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An Adani Jolt? Himachal Farmers ‘Forced to Sell’ Apples at Prices Lower Than 2020
On August 16 protests of apple growers resumed in Himachal Pradesh after a 10-day ultimatum to the government by the apple growers to resolve their problems did not bring a satisfactory response.
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In Turning India into a Tyranny, Modi Has Made Economic ‘Crimes’ His Latest Weapon
Much like Adolf Hitler, Narendra Modi’s eyes are set on the complete dominance of the BJP in Indian politics. To this effect, his government will continue to use its carrot-and-stick policy to destroy the opposition.
