Budget 2021-22: What Is in it for the People? – Part 3
In this part, we analyse the allocations made in the Budget for education and health, from a people’s perspective.
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A Mala Fide Attempt to Control Independent Digital Media
The new rules framed unfairly lump news sites with OTT platforms and social media and must be rolled back.
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Why the Working-Class, Socialist History of International Women’s Day Matters Today
On International Women’s Day, Katherine Connelly looks at its origins in the socialist and feminist movements led by working class women.
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The Women of South Asia Sing Their Defiance
An anthology of poems that embodies women’s struggle to escape the maleness of language, and the world itself.
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Young Activists Targeted for Challenging a Crony Capitalist Government
Young activists who have challenged the Government of India to be more responsible towards their future, are being subjected to the kinds of ordeals that Gandhi, Tilak and many others faced a century ago.
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Is the World Poor, or Unjust?
A couple of economists have claimed that the world average income is $16 per day (PPP), and argue that there is not enough for everyone to live well, and so the only solution is to accelerate economic growth. This narrative is, however, hobbled by several empirical problems.
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How We Killed the Mahatma
In official history, Gandhi died once on January 30, 1948, but the Mahatma’s soul has been murdered repeatedly by the callousness of the republic.
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Six Decades After His Death, Abul Kalam Azad’s Message of Hindu-Muslim Unity Is Urgently Relevant
His philosophy holds the cure to the biggest scourge India faces today: the communal virus that has seeped into the vital organs of our country.
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Budget 2021–22: What Is in it for the People? – Part 2
How the Modi Govt is undermining federalism by collecting more of its revenues as cesses and surcharges, which are not shared with the states; also, an analysis of the budget allocations for agriculture.
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How Financially Feasible Would it be to Extend the MSP to All Crops?
There are multiple factors at play, which when put together, imply that the government need not procure everything the agriculture sector produces.
