Nawal El Saadawi’s Intellectual Life Reflected Eight Decades of Arab Society and Culture
The Egyptian feminist writer and activist (who was also a physician and psychiatrist) died on March 21 at the age of 89.
Declining Female Work Participation in India: What does the Periodic Labour Force Survey Tell Us?
Women’s participation in the workforce has hugely declined over the period 2004-05 to 2018-19. The work participation rate (WPR) of women in the 15-59 age group has declined by 19.2 percent over this period, and there is a nearly 50 percentage point gap between males and female WPRs.
Reservations Have Become a Soft Option, but Presented as Panacea for Ills That Beset India
The demand for reservations is conducted in a moral and political vacuum – there is absolutely no debate, no discussion and no political consensus on the need for equalising life chances.
Over 60% OBC, SC Positions Vacant in IIMs
More than half of the faculty positions reserved for OBCs in central institutions of higher education are vacant, while about 40% of those reserved for Scheduled Castes and Tribes also remain unfilled.
Impact of Pandemic Lockdown on People in India – Some Newsclippings
Pandemic pushed 32 million Indians out of middle class; number of poor people went up by 75 million; 375 million children suffering Covid-19’s after-effects; Unemployment in Delhi rose by 17.4 percentage points; School closures impacted 247 million Indian children.
Beaten, Not Broken: Meet Shiv Kumar and Nodeep Kaur, Young Labour Activists Inspired by Bhagat Singh
Born to Dalit farm labourers, they grew up to be industrial workers. Even police torture hasn’t dented their resolve to fight for workers’ rights.
Hindutva’s Dead Hand in Destroying India’s Future: A Personal Lament
The resignation of top academics from Ashoka University is reflective of the current atmosphere where centres of education that encourage us to question beliefs and prejudices pose a direct threat to the Hindutva state.
Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day – Two Articles
From the beginning, International Women’s Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism; also an article by Kollantai on IWD written in 1920.
Remembering Savitribai Phule
She was a pioneering teacher, feminist and anti-caste discrimination activist. She carried forward the activities of Satya Shodkhak Samaj after Jyotiba’s death.
Surprise on the Left
Surprise, surprise! Things worked out quite differently than expected at the congress of the LINKE, Germany’s left-wing party.