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While everyone is talking of the desperate situation of the Afghani people under the dictatorial Taliban, almost no one talks about the effort the Afghan people made in the late 1970s and ’80s to pull free of the legacy of incessantly warring tribes and feudal fiefdoms and start to build a modern democratic state.
The Adani group has filed a petition in the Punjab high court saying it will be shutting down operations at the Kila Raipur multi-modal logistics park after having incurred huge losses due to the dharna. For the protesting farmers, this is a huge victory.
Millions of urban Indian residents are struggling without livelihood opportunities. A national urban employment scheme needs to be put in place immediately.
As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, there is a record harvest of foodgrains; but why are so many people hungry?
Governments are responsible to protect consumers and stop the spread of unapproved seed varieties and test their toxicity and carcinogenity.
Excerpts from Harsh Mander’s JB D’Souza Memorial Lecture to mark the birth centenary of the former civil servant.
On how the Constitution replaces the Brahmanic idea of merit with a modern, democratic, rational, scientific and constitutional idea of merit.
The RSS chief said in a recent speech that dialogue is the way out of Hindu-Muslim discord. Can there be any such dialogue considering his own organisation fans this disharmony?
Both the strengths and limitations of early post-independence policies in Africa offer a wealth of lessons for today’s struggles for control over Africa’s resources. The clarity in that period around the importance of African state control over natural resources offers a path forward for contemporary efforts.
For those of trying to understand economics and what capitalism is all about, here is an excellent introduction.
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