The Democratic Front against Operation Green Hunt, Punjab, organised a ‘Provincial Convention against Repression’ at Tarksheel Bhawan in Barnala on January 19th. The convention, convened by Buta Sing,Parminder Singh and…
Patha, the plateau area of Chitrakut district in Uttar Pradesh, is an area that has been often in news due to water scarcity. When I visited this area over four…
Har Haath Ko Kaam Do, Kaam Ke Poore Daam Do,Suraksha Aur Samman Do, Budhaape Men Aaraam Do The All-India Shramik Samman Yatra is an effort to reach out to over…
The Tamil Nadu Government has announced a one million dollar prize for cracking the Indus Valley script.During the last century numerous attempts have been made on the language it represents.Even…
Denying the rightful price for paddy to farmers as recommended by the Swaminathan Committee, but at the same time, subsidising rice for ethanol production that adversely affects food security, intensifies…
Lucknow, 19 January 2025: All India People's Front organized a meeting of various political, social organizations and concerned citizens of the state in Gandhi Bhawan in Lucknow. In the meeting,…
The ‘tourism question’ is one which has Goans divided with glaring claims and counter-claims. Individual and interest groups define these splits. This is the time for policy- makers to revive…
I read in the newspaper that some Dalit students in Banaras had organized a program to burn Manusmriti some days ago, and all of them are in jail. I don't…
‘Today, the sky has cleared, with no cloud in sight. The weather is cold, but our hearts are warm for you’. These words were showered upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
To Smt Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Dear Smt Sitharaman, Please refer to my letter of August 27, 2024 addressed to you on the urgency involved in reviving the CPSE,…
It is always a good learning to hear the experiences of those grassroots activists who have been working for long years in villages to create a better society. At a…
Important occasions like birthdays, a new year, mark momentous moments when one introspects, looks at where they are in life and where they want to go. The same happened with…
Statistically, Delhi’s political importance is limited to seven seats in Lok Sabha. Yet, it is indeed amazing that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to be going overboard to ensure its…
Operation Kagar represents the Indian state's intensified attempt to extinguish Maoism, which claims to embody the struggles and aspirations of Adivasis. Criminalized by the state, the Maoists have been portrayed…
ToShri Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner Shri A C PandeyElection Commissioner Shri A GoelElection Commissioner Dear S/Shri Rajiv Kumar/ Pandey and Goel, Please refer to the deeply distressing disclosures made four…
As Modi regime is continuing with its no holds barred rhetoric on “Amrit Kaal” and “Viksit Bharat”, IMF, the postwar neocolonial economic arm of US, and global corporate agencies like…
Recently (31st December 2024) while inaugurating the Conference as a part of Sivagiri pilgrimage, Pinarayi Vijayan supported the proposal of Swami Satchitanand’s to stop the practice of removing shirts, to…
Since August 5, 2019, the central government has actively fostered new fault lines in Jammu and Kashmir, with the most prominent and delusional examples being the Reorganization Act and the…
It is a good development that the Samyuykt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has indicated a supportive attitude towards the farmers' resistance movement being carried out under the joint aegis of the…
The roots of the agricultural crisis in India lie in a variety of factors that collectively make the situation more challenging for the country's farmers. Despite agriculture being the backbone…
Ambedkar as an idea of religious liberation and social equality still wields considerable sway in the political imaginations of Dalit people. This permanence of memory makes political appropriation of Ambedkar…
Nearly a decade has passed since the government had constituted the National Commission for Denotified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes and Semi-Nomadic Tribes in 2015 under the chairmanship of Bhiku Ramji Idate.…
When Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur was set up in 1959, two villages were uprooted. The farmers were given meagre compensation for the standing crop. No compensation was given…
Radical Desi held a candle-light vigil and protest against growing state repression in India, on Sunday, January 12 in Surrey. Three Sikh men were killed by the Indian police in…
(This comment was written about 6 years ago in March 2019. In a recently held conversation about the assembly elections to be held in Delhi on 5 February 2025, learned…
Recently, the Union Minister of Education released the Draft UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance…
How did such magic happen in 40 days? They are out from the forests to the prison, now what is the responsibility of the government in bringing them back to…
As the insult hurled on Babasaheb by Amit Shah in Lok Sabha is coming under heavy criticism from all over the country, the right wing Hindu Nationalist ideologues are trying…
by Satvinderpal Kaur and Kanika Sharma Abstract An overview of the NEP 2020 document in the context of Socio-economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDG) is pertinent as it deals with the underprivileged…
The coordinator of Mahila Sangathan (women’s organization) in Barmer district, Anita Soni, said recently that there is increasing demand for employment under the rural employment guarantee scheme known popularly as…
Why is Umar Khalid being denied bail again and again? We are reproducing the speech delivered by Umar Khalid in Amravati on February 17, 2020, for the readers and all…
While debating the glorious journey of 75 years of the Constitution, one should remember the words of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The committee headed by him examined the issue of minority…
To Shri T V SomanathanCabinet Secretary Dear Shri Somanathan, I refer to a news report which indicated that the Prime Minister (PM) had laid "the foundation stone for the bulk drug…
It is great listening to politicians’ “commitment” to ensure, usually money loaded schemes, for the welfare of electorate, if they succeed in forming the government. This trend is always most…
by Dr Joycia Thorat and Dr Ranjan Solomon “Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger is about the way things are and expressing the courage…
Sandeep Dikshit of Congress who may be fielded against former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal made this statement, ‘He tried to defame my mother and hence, I chose to fight against…
The general relief in India following the June 2024 Loksabha elections outcome, now six months down the line, feels somewhat premature and naive. Stung by the outcome, the BJP-RSS combine,…
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned” ~ Richard Feynman, American Theoretical Physicist & Nobel Laureate People around Arshinakeri (Koppal Dt, Karnataka)…
If journalism is the mother of democracy or journalists are the fourth pillar of democracy, then believe me, on the night of January 3, it was found buried in the…
The ongoing farmers' movement at the Punjab-Haryana border for the past year has taken a new turn with Jagjit Singh Dalewal's hunger strike. Despite suffering from a severe illness like…
In 1996 two hope-giving national laws were passed for construction workers which if properly implemented would have by now made available a range of benefits including pensions and financial assistance…
AIPF expresses grave concern at the deteriorating health of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, sitting on fast for more than 40 days. AIPF demands government of India to immediately start…
OYO Rooms, also known as OYO or OYO Hotels & Homes, is a successful Indian multinational budget accommodation and hospitality chain that operates through leased properties and franchised hotels, homes,…
India could see an authoritarian central government with subordinate state governments under the control of corporate interests and international finance capital. So says the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a…
1 If we look at the journey of neoliberalism/privatisation in India for the last three and a half decades, we find that the game has been completely in the hands…
The largest number of workers in Delhi are construction workers. Women are also employed in construction work in significant numbers. However their presence in more skilled work like that of…
Groundwater is a vital source of drinking water, agriculture, and industrial use in India. A significant portion of the country's water needs is met through groundwater. However, over the past…
If democracy is only about voting and electing representatives, then Jammu and Kashmir is a perfect example of this reality. The fundamental principles of democracy have lost their significance across…
It has been 75 years since India gained independence, yet women in agriculture continue to face systematic marginalization, lacking the formal recognition and status of "women farmers." Women bear a…
Conditions similar to the earlier prolonged agitation of farmers over the opposition to three controversial farm laws (which were later withdrawn by the government in a widely welcomed move) appear…
In the 1959 Hindi movie “Dhool Ka Phool” (Flowers of the Dust), there is a song written by Sahir Ludhianvi and sung by Mohammad Rafi, which can be translated as:…
As a part of steps to reduce air pollution in Delhi almost every year during winter or preceding weeks a temporary ban on construction work is announced which can extend…
Farmers’ leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has been on a fast since November 26, 2024 and his deteriorating health has become a cause of serious concern, engaging the attention also of…
At the time of independence in 1947 with GDP at 2.7 lakh crore that is 3% of the world's total GDP, it was a big challenge and horrendous task to…
Today, in the Hindi newspaper Bhaskar, in the news briefing, there is a small news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people for their opinion on India's progress in…
The narrative of “New India” projected under the Modi government has been a saga of meticulous curation, strategic concealment, and calculated misrepresentation. Since 2014, the government has left no stone…
The period following 2014 has seen an increase in saffron policing with their attempts to control what to eat, clothes to wear, where to pray, decisions related to marriage among…
After RSS was formed it went on creating many organizations steeped in its ideology of Hindutva or Hindu Nationalism, a concept based on Aryan race, Brahminical values and the land…
The agitation of students is going on regarding the serious allegations made in the 70th preliminary examination of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). The students demand that the re-examination…
Request for sanctioning a special financial package for public investment for creating assets in irrigation, education, health, social empowerment and other development sectors in North AP and Rayalaseema To Smt Nirmala…
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