MGNREGA Flounders in Fund Crunch and Tech Trap Squeeze
Mandatory digital attendance has led to 10% decline in work. Also: Press Release by the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha.
Gigs, Scams, Ghost Work: India Tech Sector’s Dark Side
With few jobs, India’s youth are turning to the gig economy, scam call centres and AI microwork – for low wages and few protections.
In Moscow, Xi and Putin Bury Pax Americana
What has just taken place in Moscow is nothing less than a new Yalta. This is the first time in arguably five centuries that no political leader from the west is setting the global agenda. It’s Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin that are now running the multilateral, multipolar show.
The Vast Power of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex
The real needs of humanity haven’t changed since Ike’s time. Whether in 1953 or 2023, more guns won’t serve the cause of peace. They won’t provide succour. They’ll only stunt and starve us, to echo the words of H.G. Wells, while imperiling the lives and futures of our children.
A World Gone Wrong
The world is desperate for peace. Many see war as an opportunity for profit, and not as the abdication of the human spirit it truly is. In the meantime, millions of lives continue to be lost and families irreparably destroyed, while the mercenaries of war increase their profits.
The Indian Ease with Translation and Multilingualism
It cannot be understood by an ideology that thinks of every “other” as an enemy within.
Blowing Out the Candles in Iraq
Every lost soul matters. It’s one thing to reduce life to an abstract statistic, but far more problematic is quietly aligning with the world of the policymakers and accepting murder – war, especially the unprovoked kind – as a necessary facet of national, let alone human, security.
Pride and Shame: Who Should Apologise for Running Down India’s Achievements Abroad?
Narendra Modi had once said that Indians were ‘ashamed’ of being Indians before he took over as prime minister in 2014. So here’s a list of the reasons why we were proud of being Indian before his rule.
Caste and the Hathras Case – 2 Articles
Juxtaposing the Hathras, Khairlanji and Bilkis Bano cases against the 2012 Nirbhaya case shows that the thinking of the judiciary often depends on the social status of the victim. Also: “The Valmiki Family in Hathras Defied Caste Order. Their Dead Daughter Paid the Price.”
In Striking Verse, How the Women Saints of Bhakti Movement Told Their Stories
While celebrating their devotional verses, it is important to acknowledge the inequities they battled too.