Month: July 2020
The debt matters: No more borrowing in the name of COVID-19 please
Reading Time: 6 minutes India’s government debt to GDP ratio is alarming. If the Modi regime borrows more during the COVID-19 pandemic it will drive the people to a catastrophe.
India’s economy going downhill and Modi’s rhetoric won’t help it save itself
Reading Time: 6 minutes While a few companies posted growth in their Q1 FY 2020-21, it doesn’t mean that the entire economy is growing, rather it’s going downhills now under Modi.
The anti-farmer farm sector reforms to ruin India’s agriculture for corporates
Reading Time: 4 minutes The farm sector reforms unleashed by the Modi regime through three ordinances will help the corporates profiteer at the cost of India’s farmers.
Finalising the rules of the CAA 2019: Why the MHA missed the deadline?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The home ministry didn’t finalise the rules of the CAA 2019 before June 18th 2020, which was the deadline. Is this delay in filing BJP’s deliberate act?
The Rajasthan political crisis shows why Congress can’t fight the BJP
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Rajasthan political crisis with the acrobatic stunts of Sachin Piliot exposes the vulnerability and bankruptcy of the Congress in the fight against BJP.
What’s fuelling Ambani’s skyrocketing fortune?
Reading Time: 7 minutes The skyrocketing fortune of Mukesh Ambani is fuelled by the rise of his Jio empire, which is now becoming a giant entity in the world of data surveillance.
Five key reasons why another economic slump is very much possible
Reading Time: 7 minutes As number of COVID-19 cases shoots up with the end of the lockdown, is another wave of lockdown and economic slump inevitable for India? A critical analysis
Varavara Rao: When the state aims to kill dissent by slowly killing dissenters
Reading Time: 4 minutes Varavara Rao’s condition will continue to worsen unless the people’s democratic movement for the unconditional release of prisoners is strengthened manifold
Vikas Dubey’s “encounter” didn’t kill the mafia but strengthened its rule
Reading Time: 4 minutes Vikas Dubey’s “encounter” killing in the hands of the Uttar Pradesh Police showed that it’s not the rule of law but the rule of mafia that rules the state.
Privatisation of Indian Railways: Modi’s long-pending plan is now executed
Reading Time: 5 minutes Privatisation of Indian Railways by the Modi regime is a direct attack on India’s economy. This move will jeopardise the lives and livelihood of many.
To safeguard the poor, India needs a progressive taxation system
Reading Time: 8 minutes Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed a truth unintentionally for the first time during his long but well-articulated speech on how Indians fought against Coronavirus (COVID-19). He confessed that 800m Indians […]
China’s strategic retreat from Galwan valley opens scope for a long-lasting peace
Reading Time: 4 minutes China’s strategic retreat from Galwan valley defuses the present Indo-China border tension and opens the gateway to peaceful resolution of issues.
India’s COVID-19 situation is worsening, leadership change is the dire need
Reading Time: 4 minutes India’s COVID-19 situation has worsened. It will soon have the world’s highest tally of cases. A change of leadership is imperative to tackle the situation.
Modi’s China smokescreen to cover COVID-19 mishap may become disastrous
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modi’s anti-China rhetoric is actually a smokescreen to cover-up his failure in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. But its outcome can be disastrous for India.
Authoritarian populists and their politics – Part I
Reading Time: 9 minutes In this two-part article, I discuss the personality and politics of such leaders and the social context that provided the fertile ground for their rise.
Privatisation: A doomed attempt to provide oxygen to crisis-ridden capitalism
Reading Time: 5 minutes The privatisation of public sector undertakings by the Modi regime is a frantic attempt to revive crisis-ridden capitalism with free oxygen. It won’t help.
The all-India coal mine strike must achieve success against Modi’s privatisation drive
Reading Time: 5 minutes Amid the hyper-nationalist Sinophobic cacophony peddled by the mainstream Indian press, the big news of a three-day-long all-India coal mine strike got concealed. Thousands of coal mine workers of Coal […]