Modi Said the Statue of Unity Would Change Local Adivasis’ Lives. Most Say it Has – for the Worse
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Modi Said the Statue of Unity Would Change Local Adivasis’ Lives. Most Say it Has – for the Worse

ByArunabh Saikia

Few people in the nearby villages believe the project has made their lives any better. Even many of those who have found employment in and around the project seem largely lukewarm to it, as the jobs are poorly paid and exploitative, and say that they were perhaps better off without them.

Economist Ashwini Deshpande on Why Reservations are Not the Right Instrument to Reduce Poverty
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Economist Ashwini Deshpande on Why Reservations are Not the Right Instrument to Reduce Poverty

ByShreehari Paliath

Reservations were conceptualised as compensation for social discrimination, not economic deprivation, argues Deshpande, professor of Economics at Ashoka University, while discussing the apex court verdict.

Of, By, and For the Elite: The Class Character of the U.S. Constitution
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Of, By, and For the Elite: The Class Character of the U.S. Constitution

ByCrystal Kim

The founding fathers of the US Constitution feared and hated the concept of democracy. They derisively referred to it as “tyranny of the majority.” The constitution that they wrote reflects this, and seeks to restrict and prohibit involvement of the people in key areas of decision making.

‘Nazi Billionaires’ by David de Jong: How Hitler’s Financiers are Still in Business
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‘Nazi Billionaires’ by David de Jong: How Hitler’s Financiers are Still in Business

ByEla Maartens and Verena Nees

Book Review: David de Jong, ‘Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties’. On the close association of Germany’s largest business houses with the Nazis; and how, after the war, they continued amassing wealth, and retained decisive influence in business and financial spheres.

Agri Biotech Sector Motivated by Monopoly Control and Sacred GMO Cash Cow
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Agri Biotech Sector Motivated by Monopoly Control and Sacred GMO Cash Cow

ByColin Todhunter

Food prices are rising due to a combination of an engineered food crisis for geopolitical reasons, financial speculation by hedge funds, and profiteering by global grain trade conglomerates. In addition, agribusiness forms are using this crisis as an opportunity to promote GE technologies.