India’s oldest Socialist Weekly!
Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The broad perspective of socialism from below holds that capitalism, by its very nature, breeds opposition and resistance on a global scale; and as that happens, our highest aspiration is to be among the people when they do, and collaborating to best advance the struggle for revolutionary change.
This year’s September 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, whom Gabriel Garcia Marquez called “the greatest poet of the 20th century — in any language.”
A poet writes about his dilemma: should he continue with his suffocating existence on the margins of the city he has been forced to migrate to, or return to his village? A poem in Panchamahali Bhili, translated into English.
Javed Akhtar was given an honorary degree by the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, on September 7. The full text of his speech.
Scientists analyzed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently transgressing six.
The BJP raising the women’s reservation issue, in the last eight months of a nine and a half year tenure of the Modi government, appears to be wanting to take the heat off serious concerns that have tarred the record of this government around the safety and well-being of women.
More than a criticism of religion, ‘samadharma’ is a commitment to equality and to a secularism that can guarantee it.
The G-20 meeting in Delhi was occurring in the midst of an acute global economic crisis. Yet the G-20 summit did not take any initiative in the matter of overcoming this crisis, especially with regard to the external debt of the third world countries.
A consortium led by Adani Transport was awarded the Suryapet and Khammam project though it didn’t have the requisite construction work experience.
The PM Vishwakarma Yojana mirrors past caste-based exclusionary policies, confining marginalised groups to traditional occupations and impeding their access to higher education, contradicting constitutional principles of justice and equity.
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