Reservation as a Political Imperative
It is incumbent upon the state to act and remedy the pernicious influence of caste by eradicating its hierarchies and doing so requires looking at reservation as a component of political equality.
Marginalised Sections Worst Affected by Lockdown – Two Articles
While all caste groups lost jobs in the first month of the lockdown, the job losses for the lowest-ranked castes are greater by factor of three; the loss of income and livelihoods has pushed India’s marginalised groups into further indebtedness.
COVID, Livelihoods, and Deadlihoods
Are we going to take the more difficult path of a transformative recovery that takes us towards livelihoods, or are we going to stagger back into some semblance of pre-COVIDness, characterized by deadlihoods?
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Record Contraction in India’s GDP in Q1 FY ‘21: An Act of God, or Incompetence of Leadership – Two Articles
India is the global leader in the new daily cases of COVID-19; it is also the worst performer among all major economies during the pandemic. The reason: not through ‘acts of god’, but incompetence of our Central leadership.
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United States of America: Socialism for Big Capital and Wild Capitalism for the Poor – Two Articles
Martin Luther King’s characterisation, “The problem is that we all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor”, perfectly describes what is happening in the USA during the pandemic.
India Is in Denial about the COVID-19 Crisis
The country is headed for disaster as the pandemic devastates health services and livelihoods.
How Cuba Survived
For decades, commentators predicted that Cuba’s socialist model couldn’t survive without the USSR or Fidel Castro. They were wrong – and even in the face of continued sanctions, its unique system endures.
Deception on Poverty
A critical examination of the claim by the World Bank about the “decline in poverty” that is supposed to have occurred between 1990 and the onset of the recent pandemic.
Government Abolishes Handloom and Handicrafts Boards – Three Articles
On National Handloom Day, activists across India are demanding a reconstitution of the two boards, both of which acted as interfaces between craftspersons and the state.
“We Didn’t Bleed Him Enough”: When Normal is the Problem
The search is on for: how quickly can we overcome the problem and “return to normal.” But the problem is the normal – neoliberalism and capitalism.