Water, Water, No Longer Everywhere
Four billion people — almost two thirds of the world’s population — experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.
Hindi Imposition: Another Attack on States’ Autonomy
The imposition of Hindi is not only an insidious form of establishing cultural hegemony over non-Hindi-speaking states but also an attack on the federal nature of the Indian state. Also: “Kerala Against Hindi Imposition; Terms Recommendations Attack on Federalism and Diversity of Nation”.
Floods, Hunger, Disease and IMF Austerity Devastate Pakistan’s Workers and Poor
While pursuing its reactionary military-strategic rivalry with India, Pakistan’s ruling elite relies upon the military as the bulwark of the capitalist state machine that upholds its privileges and ruthlessly suppresses the democratic, social and economic aspirations of the people.
Census of India: Gone With the Wind
The 2021 Census has been indefinitely postponed with doubts about whether it will even continue in its present form. The governments of both colonial and independent India have drawn on the census for their own purposes, but it always was a rich source of quality data.
Where are Science and Development After 75 Years of the Indian Independence?
A scientific vision of development for all Indians informed the quest for independence. The present regime deploys superstition and politics based on fear to aid just a select few.
NCRB: Daily Wagers and Females Biggest Groups Among Suicide Victims in 2021; Dalit Atrocities on Rise – 3 Articles
According to the 2021 NCRB report, the daily wage earner remained the largest group (profession-wise) among the total number of suicide victims in 2021. Also: NCRB report reveals grim situation of female suicides; atrocities on Dalits and Adivasis also on the rise.
Global Warming: Situation Is Getting Worse, More Worse, Dangerously Worse – Five Articles
Buckle Up! The Arctic’s Sizzling; Greenland Ice Sheet Is Losing Ice Faster Than Forecast and Now Irreversibly Committed to At Least 10 Inches of Sea Level Rise; ‘Dangerous Heat Waves’ to be More Frequent and More Sustained in Near Future; Drought Has Become a Truly Planetary Disaster in 2022; Day of the Dead.
India’s Unemployment Crisis: The Distress Is Worse Than the Data Suggest
Highly qualified candidates seeking low-level jobs, reduced wages, lower real incomes, worsening quality of employment, millions moving from salaried jobs to casual work—many things disguise unemployment in India.
The Changpas’ Way of Life Is Undergoing Shocks and Disruption
Like many other indigenous peoples, this pastoral community has a custodian relationship with nature. But development and global warming are changing that.
How Marxists Brought Science to Politics and Politics to Science
We need to understand the links between science, politics, and commercial interests. For Marxists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these were some of the most important questions to be addressed in their work. The cross-fertilization between Marxism and science had major implications for the development of both.