While Rome never burned, Nero never played the fiddle… Pragya Singh Thakur, the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Bhopal, would never have imagined that the leading Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar would mark her return to her constituency after a 70-day gap with a sarcastic article published on its front page. The headline read, “He Digvijayi Sadhvi … Continue reading Missing footsoldiers seek positivity amid raging pandemic →
Brazil’s Parliamentary Enquiry is probing the way the Bolsonaro-led government handled the pandemic leading to the deaths of 4,00,000 Brazilians. Jail Bolsonaro, the far right President of Brazil, is a worried man these days. The next round of elections for the post of President is merely a year away and there is a strong possibility … Continue reading covid-19 mismanagement : Can india ‘do’ a brazil ? →
Guest post by NAKUL SINGH SAWHNEY Some observations and takeaways from State Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Assam in May 2021 – from an original Facebook post. The observations are in the form of informal reflections but they point towards certain developments that might open up new, anticipated spaces for the … Continue reading Post-Election Musings -Federalism to the Fore: Nakul Singh Sawhney →
Teachers as Cannon Fodder During Covid 19 ? “There is in every village a torch – the teacher; and an extinguisher – the priest.” -Victor Hugo Hugo, the great French writer and activist, had famously described the role education or a teacher plays in a backward society, where education was still a preserve of the … Continue reading Hey Ram ( Rajya) ! →
Whether people of the world will have to learn to live with the virus? As India and many parts of the world seem to be engulfed by the second or third wave of the Coronavirus epidemic – which looks more dangerous – this idea is being pushed from different quarters. Newspaper articles or surveys or … Continue reading Living with the Virus ? →
THE STATE LOOKS THE OTHER WAY ONLY WHEN RIGHT-WING FOOTSOLDIERS TARGET INNOCENT PEOPLE AND PROVOKE VIOLENCE. A foreigner, returning from a trip to the Third Reich, When asked who ruled there, answered: Fear… The Regime, Bertolt Brecht. Those occasions on which judicial verdicts bring cheer are getting rarer. As everyone who supports gender justice rejoices … Continue reading If Comment is Free, Why are Dissenters Being Locked Up? →
Guest Post by Ravi Sinha किसानों के इस आन्दोलन को उसके तात्कालिक उद्देश्यों और सम्भावनाओं मात्र के सन्दर्भ में देखें तो भी यह ऐतिहासिक है. अपनी अंतिम और सम्भावित सफलता से स्वतन्त्र इसकी उपलब्धियाँ अभी ही ऐतिहासिक महत्त्व की साबित हो चुकी हैं. लेकिन इस आन्दोलन के अर्थ और इसकी सम्भावनायें और भी बड़ी हैं.
THIS GOVERNMENT HAS STIGMATISED THE VERY IDEA OF PROTEST, YET IT IS STRUGGLING TO MANAGE THE MASS UPSURGE AGAINST THE FARM LAWS. For nearly a month, lakhs of farmers have staged sit-ins on various points along the border shared by the national capital and neighbouring states. Their peaceful movement, which is drawing support from farmers … Continue reading Pandemic Lowers India’s Level of Democracy →
Dr Jaya Mehta, economist and activist, has been associated with the Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies, author of many books who coordinated an all India study of the Agrarian Crisis delivered a special lecture on ‘Farm Laws, Farmer Protests and Agrarian Crisis’ on 27 th December 2020. Abstract of talk : The reforms in … Continue reading Farm Laws, Farmer Protests and Agrarian Crisis : Dr Jaya mehta →
The 6th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues series organized by the New Socialist Initiative was delivered by Com Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary of CPI (ML) Liberation on 20 th December 6 pm (IST) where he spoke on ‘Fascism, Democracy and the Left’ Abstract : ‘Fascism, Democracy, and the Left’ With the rise of the … Continue reading Fascism, Democracy and the Left : Com Dipankar Bhattacharya →
