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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces that the three farm laws will be repealed, Rohit Kumar tells the story of one winter night (among many) he spent at the Tikri border, and the grace and grit with which the farmers faced the hardships of life on the road.
The past week has seen two stalwarts of the Narendra Modi regime – National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat – make up new theories on the hoof to justify violations of the rule of law in the name of the greater good of the nation.
Public awareness that these social media platforms are more than just meant for sharing family photographs, holiday experiences and for remembering birthdays, must grow. More users must realise that there are dark, ugly, evil, and venal aspects to these giant monopolies.
The BJP claims that demonetisation showed the resolve of the government to fight black money and corruption, and the travails faced by the people due to it were a small sacrifice for the gains of demonetisation. An examination of these claims made by the BJP, and the real impact of demonetisation on the economy.
The first prime minister’s legacy isn’t easy to wipe out, but the BJP-RSS will keep trying to erase it unless there is pushback.
While attempts by the ruling party to control the media and the messaging are not new in India, what we see now is the use of new technology to ‘curate’ and exercise ‘centralised control’ to spread disinformation in order to harass and intimidate critics.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis in the Vatican on 30 October the four gifts which Pope Francis gave PM Modi are extremely significant: they are parables!
Instead of learning lessons from upheavals of the past, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India seem to be witnessing Partition redux.
The Tatas’ acquisition of Air India threatens to create an oligopoly in the Indian aviation market. The sale is being ostensibly justified by Air India’s bleeding losses that were, in fact, caused by deliberate and egregious neglect of India’s oldest airline under liberalisation.
The real daily earnings of rural self-employed decreased from Rs 21.1 to Rs 19.9, and did not increase much in urban areas (a negligible rise from Rs 139.9 to Rs 141.3) during 2017-2020.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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