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, by CHAUHAN Anjali
A series of demonstrations, protests and strikes by delivery workers at Zomato-owned Blinkit (formerly Grofers), India’s 10-minute delivery platform, has again brought forward the issues of the grossly exploitative nature of the gig economy.
A series of demonstrations, protests and strikes by (...)
, by DEB Rupam, SARKAR Saurav
In 2015, after you were done gawking at the statue of Princess Di in the world’s largest department store, Harrods in London, you could head on over to the world-famous food halls where you could buy, among other high-priced indulgences, a type of tea branded “Ambootia Snow Mist.” At $7,864 per (...)
, by DHARMARAJ Nikhil
CCTV cameras and facial recognition systems are surveillance tools that carry on the legacy of analogue technologies in stereotyping and targeting specific communities.
“When we don’t trust the police, how can we trust their cameras? Even the British would have behaved better than the Delhi (...)
, by SHARMA Shuban
A review of ’Nationalist Dangers, Secular Failings: A Compass for an Indian Left’ by Achin Vanaik, Aakar Books (2021) pp. 205.
The book is a must-read for those who feel that what is happening in India today is a complete undoing of the vision and goals it was envisaged to achieve.
AFTER his (...)
, par Radical Socialist (India)
The politics of the BJP and the entire Sangh Parivar has always been deeply mired in rape culture. And as protests go down, as rape of target groups is normalized, it expands.
The sad and tragic days are here where even the sportspersons getting glory for India are not spared of sexual (...)
, by Radical Socialist (India)
The undoubted good about the Karnataka assembly elections is the significant blow it has dealt to the BJP.
Despite Prime Minister Modi , Home Minister Amit Shah, and several CMs of various provinces virtually camping in Karnataka, Modi holding 19 rallies (public addresses) and six road shows (...)
, by VANAIK Achin
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for criminal defamation is the latest sign that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is moving toward Hindu nationalist authoritarianism.
India, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction for criminal defamation is capturing headlines. The (...)
, by PIRANI Simon, SINGH Pritam
There’s so much fanfare around green hydrogen in the ruling establishment and among clean energy hawks, but what is being missed is the problems associated with hydrogen being treated as an alternative to fossil fuels and the viability of the process involved in obtaining green hydrogen.
Given (...)
, by IMSD
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly condemns the concerted effort by the Muslim rightwing in Kerala — including leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and some Muslim-run websites — to ridicule, vilify, denigrate and demonise Muslims who are (...)
, by HAFIZ Asma
Asma Hafiz reports on the intrusive surveillance being forced on often lower caste sanitation workers in many Indian cities.
On a cold November morning, in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, a group of sanitation workers sit huddled together and seek warmth from a fire burning closeby. (...)
, by KRISHNAN Kavita
The best form of support for us here in India is to make the effort to prepare basic information and analysis to counter Moscow’s propaganda about the conflict.
Ukraine has resisted the Putin invasion for a full year. A year full of mass killings, mass deportations, the separation of Ukrainian (...)
, by SAHARIAH Sutirtha
Without economic prospects, trafficking victims in India have little choice but to be exploited again
It’s difficult to engage with survivors of human trafficking in India. Sensational media reports, an unresponsive criminal justice system, and a lack of economic opportunities are just some of (...)
, by ROY Arundhati
India’s prime minister and the billionaire Gautam Adani each benefited from the other’s rise – now their relationship is under scrutiny
India is under attack by foreign powers. Specifically the United Kingdom and the United States. Or so our government would have us believe. Why? Because former (...)
, by CPI ML (India)
International solidarity from Venezuela, Nepal, Ukraine, Australia, Palestine, Bangladesh and others held
After deliberating on the anti-fascist and national situation resolutions given in the draft document the CPIML delegates adopted the anti-fascist resolution and the resolution on the (...)
, by JOHN Maya
This is the first part of a two-parts article on the issue of job insecurity of ad-hoc teachers in Delhi University.
A little close to a decade ago, when I was working as an ad-hoc teacher, I recall a particular incident which left me extremely disturbed and sad. I was walking through my (...)
, by JOHARI Aarefa
Banning manual scavenging isn’t enough. Cities make progress when they recieve funds to purchase machines, as Vasai-Virar in Maharashtra shows.
India prohibited manual scavenging in 1993. But it took another 20 years to expand its legal definition to include the manual cleaning of drains, (...)
, by Radical Socialist (India)
On Friday Jan 27, the Adani group, led by Chairman Gautam Adani, lost $51 billion in valuation. Mr. Adani personally incurred a loss to the tune of $20 billion moving him from being the third richest to seventh richest in the world. Why did this happen?
The decline in the Adani group’s (...)
, by SINHA Subir
Seventy five years after his killing, Gandhi’s image is under scrutiny, but the Indian government likes to use it for political gain.
Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi remains, even 75 years after his assassination, a useful symbol for many in India. For secularists, the leader of the (...)
, by KRISHNAN Kavita, Posle/После
Kavita Krishnan, Indian feminist activist, Marxist and editor, explains why international emancipatory movements should stand with Ukraine, why supporting Putin benefits the global far right, and how to challenge the geopolitical approach to the leftist politics
You stepped down from the (...)
, by Radical Socialist (India)
Radical Socialist (RS) strongly opposes the Supreme Court (SC) judgement upholding the BJP government’s policy proposal to enable 10% quota reservations for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in Central government public sector employment and for access in its higher educational institutions. (...)
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