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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Rammanohar Lohia embodied some noble aspirations for his country and represented an important strand of opinion in Indian political life. And in the socialist movement, his was the decisive influence at many critical turning points.
The drumbeats of celebration that marked 20 years of Narendra Modi’s public life have to be confronted. One has to admit that when the media become an inane chorus, dissent is not easy. At such a time, I remember the dictum of my old philosophy teachers – read the silences of the regime.
Primary school students face the lowest risk from COVID-19 but stand to lose the most in terms of nutrition, social play and foundational skills. Yet, they remain forgotten in Union and state governments’ reopening agendas; also: Protest by AIFRTE demanding reopening of schools.
The public humiliation of one of the most sought after Muslim men in India is aimed at appeasing the injured manhood of those who suffer from the sense of sexual inferiority cultivated for over a century by Hindutva groups.
The BJP leader forgets that Urdu is not an alien language in India, even for the region he represents in Parliament. And as far as the question of Indian attire is concerned, no stitched garment is of Indian origin. What does he propose to do with Indians who wear stitched garments?
Instead of learning lessons from upheavals of the past, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India seem to be witnessing Partition redux.
Foodgrains being used for ethanol production matter little for the US since it does not have to worry about mass hunger. But the Modi government, not to be outdone, has also announced an ambitious plan for shifting surplus grains to ethanol production.
India under PM Modi seems to have lost the plot completely. Does it want strategic autonomy, or does it want to tie itself to a waning imperial power, the United States? The current path seems more and more a path toward losing its stature as an independent player.
On the occasion of World Food Day and the 25-year anniversary of the struggle for food sovereignty: Speech by the president of South Africa’s shackdwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo, S’bu Zikode to UN Food Systems Summit, September 16, 2021.
If the US Congress imposes a minimal financial transaction tax, that would generate $2.4T in revenue. It would pay for both the new spending proposals in the Infrastructure bill ($.55T) as well as the Build Back Better bill proposal still on the negotiating table ($1.9T)
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