Members of PM’s COVID-19 Task Force Say Lockdown Failed Due to Unscientific Implementation
The government is thinking that lockdown is a measure of controlling the spread of the pandemic, which it isn’t.
The Murderous Pseudoscience of “Herd Immunity”
Containing the pandemic requires an investment in social infrastructure that the capitalist class is not willing to make. And so its idealogues are arguing in favour of letting the disease spread …
Feel a Little Shame for the Lost Soul of the Nation
I am ashamed of my social milieu which lauds the leader for dismissing the cataclysmic sufferings of almost 5% of our population as “tapasya”, as if they had a choice.
Food Security Policy Prevents Hunger in Nicaragua
Today, Nicaragua is no longer on maps depicting the tragedy of extreme hunger or hopeless violence like many other countries of Latin America.
Stronger Health System Could Have Averted 500,000 Non-Covid Deaths in India in Early Lockdown Period
Managing the coronavirus pandemic should not result in restricted access to health services for other diseases.
The Pandemic is Changing the Face of Indian Labour
India is unable to cope with the pandemic because of the adverse living conditions of the majority of our people.
The Prime Minister’s ‘Self-Reliance’ Speech, and Its Real Implications
The strenuous emphasis on ‘self-reliance’ in the Prime Minister’s speech may actually usher in the opposite – greater foreign dependence.
Nisar Ahmed (1936-2020): Three Poems that Show His Concern with Politics, Philosophy, Justice
The highly-acclaimed Kannada poet died on Sunday, May 3, at the age of 84.
The Most Beautiful House In the World
Our world will be fine if we apply the Ten Principles of Bandung and heed the lessons from Uncle Ho’s modest house-on-stilts.
How the Chinese Authorities and the WHO Handled the Coronavirus
The attack on the Chinese government and the World Health Organisation’s work on the novel coronavirus by the Trump administration is unfounded.