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 […]
Modi’s hypocrisy: Blocking 59 Chinese apps but leaving the notorious American culprits unscathed
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Modi regime blocked 59 apps related to China accusing them of data stealing while keeping both Facebook and Google intact and unscather.
Jeyaraj and Fenix’s custodial death: Can the CBI deliver justice?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Can a CBI investigation of Jeyaraj and Fenix’s custodial death deliver justice? Did any CBI investigation in such crimes reach to the realm of justice?
Justice for Jeyaraj and Fenix not possible until colonial-era police system exists
Reading Time: 8 minutes There can be no justice for Jeyaraj and Fenix who were killed in custody by the Tamil Nadu Police until the colonial-era police institution exists in India.
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.
Bloodshed in Indian newsrooms as mainstream media is axing journalist
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Indian newsrooms are making a kill in the digital space, however, at the same time, citing COVID-19 pandemic, they are firing numerous journalists.
What will be the outcome of Modi’s coal block auction decision?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Will Modi’s coal block auction decision really create jobs for 280,000 workers? Can Modi’s decision spark a long-term conflict over eviction of tribals?
One month of George Floyd’s institutional murder and the promise of change
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even after a month of George Floyd’s institutional murder, the Black Lives Matter movement continues with full vigour. It’s time for a broader unity.
Deconstructing the triumphant decadence: Perforating the idea of nation and exequial of reason
Reading Time: 4 minutes The essence of an idea of nation lies with its imagination. The recent consistent onslaught on its idea is gravely frightening.
Being a single working mother in the time of a pandemic
Reading Time: 4 minutes The single working mothers have been going through a toughest phase in their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic and no one is talking about their issues.
Flaws of personalised diplomacy of narcissist leaders
Reading Time: 5 minutes This comment article critiques how authoritarian narcissist personality of a populist leader and his style of governance impacts the nation. All is well when everything goes well. Victory is easy even when governance is failing the people continually.
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.
Why a Sino-Indian military face-off needs de-escalation, not chest-thumping?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Up in the Himalayas, there is a peculiar turn of events this week as the Sino-Indian military face-off in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan River valley has turned ugly on the night […]
NPR and NRC in post-lockdown phase is a dire necessity for the Modi regime
Reading Time: 5 minutes The rollout of the NPR and NRC in post-lockdown phase is inevitable as the Modi regime will try to provide cheap labour pool to big corporate houses now.
The surge in India’s foreign exchange reserves isn’t Modi’s but lockdown’s gift
Reading Time: 4 minutes The recent news of surge in India’s foreign exchange reserves isn’t one that calls for jubilation. This increase isn’t India’s gain but a sign of bad trade.
COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi bared Kejriwal’s incompetence and nexus with the BJP
Reading Time: 3 minutes Arvind Kejriwal’s failure to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi exposed not only his government’s incompetence but his utmost surrender to the BJP and Modi
Global recession 2020- A gift for the capitalists and a curse for the poor
Reading Time: 6 minutes The COVID-19 pandemic gave global capitalism a big opportunity to utilise public money to profiteer and attempt to escape the quagmire it’s in since 2009.
Lockdown in India clearly failed as COVID-19 cases rise steeply
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modi’s lockdown in India clearly failed as the steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases exemplifies. But the government is still pushing for the “unlock”.