Maharashtra’s Fishing Community Fights to Protect its ‘Golden Belt’ Coast
Fearing a fate worse than Maharashtra’s southern sea-coast, Dahanu fishing communities demand suspension of Vadhavan port project.
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India’s Poor are Eating into Their Savings, Thanks to High Inflation and COVID-19
Rising inflation is forcing millions of households in India to cut back on food and dip into their savings for essentials. This could wipe out gross household savings, hampering future economic recovery because households would have no money to spend.
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UP’s ‘Love Jihad’ Ordinance – A Sarkari Honour Crime
The law represents an attempt by the BJP to push a toe out of the constitutional ambit, to begin to build the legal infrastructure of the Hindu Rashtra.
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The NRC in Assam Doesn’t Just Violate Human Rights of Millions, it Also Breaks International Law
India has defaulted on its international obligations by interning people in detention centres and depriving them of their right to nationality as well as the right not to be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality.
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Economy | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
‘We’re Witnessing a Fundamental Political Realignment’: Mike Davis on the Crisis in the United States
In the wake of the deadly riot in Washington, DC, and with the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden just days away, Ben Hillier spoke to Mike Davis about the crises and transformations of US politics.
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Fascism, Imperialism, and Anti-Communism at the Capitol Hill Riots
The flags of U.S. client states, anti-communist regimes, and pre-revolution puppet states dotted the sea of MAGA hats and Confederate flags at the Capitol Hill mobs. Making sense of why requires understanding the convergence between imperialism abroad and fascism at home.
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Why India Must Oppose Dumping of Radioactive Water from Fukushima into the Pacific
Next year, the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant would start releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Several nations are up in arms against it, but Indian authorities are silent. A discussion about what is at stake for people and the environment.
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Capitalism | China | Economy | Online Blog | World Economy | World Politics
China Cherishes Hanoi’s Nay to ‘Quad’
Vietnam has not bowed to American pressure to join the Quad. The result is that China and Vietnam’s economic relations have steadily prospered, and China is today Vietnam’s largest trading partner and the latter is China’s sixth biggest trading partner.
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Capitalism | Caste | Communalism | Fascism | Indian Politics | Online Blog
Fundamentalists Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Perhaps, the rulers and administrators manning the State machinery, haven’t heard this verse of Baba Farid Shakarganj (1173-1265 AD): “Farid, the earth questioned the sky, Where are the mighty captains gone? / In their grave they rot, was the reply / And rebuked for tasks not done.”
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Caste | Culture | Online Blog
The Discordant Notes of Caste Lines in the Classical Arts
At a recent webinar organized by the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, scholars and artists laid bare the seldom-discussed problem of caste in the performing arts of South India.
