Category: India
A complete critical review of the current affairs in India with focus on combating the narrative of main stream corporate media
How India-China border tension is helping Modi defuse discontent?
Reading Time: 4 minutes A war with China at the behest of the US and the Quad will be beneficial for Modi to defuse public anger against the ongoing economic crisis.
Why a “humane CAA” is demanded to fight the NRC menace?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Why the demand for a “humane CAA” is raised by some of the organisers of West Bengal’s anti-NRC movement as an effective weapon against NRC?
Pranab Mukherjee must be remembered for gifting India NRC
Reading Time: 5 minutes Why the people must remember Pranab Mukherjee for the NRC exercise that has threatened the citizenship of millions of Indians?
Why the anti-NRC movement of West Bengal split over the CAA?
Reading Time: 10 minutes Why the anti-NRC movement of West Bengal split on the issue of opposing the CAA? Is CAA 2019 a major threat to the people or the CAA 2003?
Survey shows only 22% of poor students can afford to join online classes
Reading Time: 4 minutes The online education model has not just discriminated against the poor children who can’t study using internet, it has also violated the RTE.
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.
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.
What does the iconic Rath Yatra in Puri during COVID-19 imply?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Supreme Court’s permission to Puri’s iconic Rath Yatra amid the COVID-19 pandemic shows the hypocrisy of the state and the critics of Tablighi Jamaat.
India-China conflict needs a peaceful solution, not a hysteric jingoistic reaction
Reading Time: 2 minutes India-China conflict doesn’t need hysteric hyper-nationalist chest thumping but a mature diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions and clear the bad air.
What’s inside the India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh seriously jeopardises bilateral relations and peace, therefore, it must be resolved through dialogue now
The Amphan super-cyclone and the ravaged West Bengal
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Amphan super-cyclone has ravaged West Bengal at a time when the Coronavirus lockdown caused massive harm to the economy.
Can a loan package for the MSME sector from Sitharaman help at all?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Can the Modi regime’s Rs 3 trillion-worth loan package for the MSME sector help it survive and provide employment to the workers?
Why the corporate world isn’t truly happy with Modi’s Rs 20 trillion package?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Though Modi’s Rs 20 trillion-worth so-called “fiscal stimulus” package was all about selling India to corporates, why the latter aren’t quite happy now?
FM Sitharaman’s fifth tranche announcements expose there wasn’t any stimulus package
Reading Time: 9 minutes Nirmala Sitharaman’s fifth tranche announcements regarding the Rs 20 trillion “stimulus package” exposed there was no relief plan at the first place.
Part II: COVID-19, fictitious capital and financial crisis
Reading Time: 8 minutes The second part of the analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic, share buy back and fictitious capital: A capitalist effort to survive the financial crisis.
Whether the lockdown was necessary if it’s now relaxed so arbitrarily?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Whether the lockdown was necessary if it didn’t flatten the curve and is now relaxed when the number of COVID-19 patients is rising? What about testing?
Citizen journalist Soumo Mondal arrested by Kolkata Police for investigating PDS irregularities
Reading Time: 2 minutes For questioning and investigating allegations of PDS irregularities, Soumo Mondal, a contributor of People’s Review is arrested by the Kolkata Police.
Refund on flight ticket cancellation: How Vistara duped 14 migrant workers ignoring DGCA rules
Reading Time: 5 minutes By not refunding the fare for flight ticket cancellation during lockdown, an airlines like Vistara is causing severe trouble to poor migrant workers.
Extension of the 21-day lockdown and an imminent food crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes The extension of the 21-day lockdown in India must be done judiciously as there is a need to complete Rabi harvesting and prevent a major food crisis.