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Protesting Women Wrestlers Should Now Be In Their Training Camp Instead Of Dharna
By Tirthankar Mitra Wrestling is ballet with violence. But ballerinas of this rough and tumble sport are virtually on the mat in the national Capital Delhi. Jantar Mantar is the venue of women wrestlers protest against their alleged sexual harassment and intimidation made over a decade. The protest venue...
“Blood On The Forge” Is A Masterful Proletarian Novel That Is Still Relevant
By Alan Wald History’s shadow can be longer than one might think. Eight decades ago, a thirty-year-old African-American Communist writer published a bold and alarming dramatization of the social costs of capitalism and racism at the time of the Great Steel Strike in 1919. Failing to recognize common class...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Is Taking Right Steps To Forge Opposition Unity
By Harihar Swarup 0n April 12, when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar walked into 10, Rajaji Marg, residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi to discuss ways to bring opposition parties together, it marked the end of a long wait for the seasoned politician. Nitish had been waiting...
Ranajit Guha Gave A New Dimension To History Writing Through His Subaltern Studies
By Nitya Chakraborty Dr. Ranajit Guha, the most globally known Indian historian who introduced a new approach to history writing through his ‘subaltern studies’, passed away on April 28, less than a month before the Renaissance man was due to touch his 100th year on May 23. He was...
India Emerges As Key Player In ‘China Plus One’ Strategy Of Global Container Trade
By K Raveendran India’s integration into the global value chains and favourable container pricing trends are making the country an ideal choice as an attractive ‘China plus one’ alternative. The improvement in container availability, coupled with falling rates, is offering a great opportunity for container trading and leasing in...
Migrant Workers Globally Face Wage Related Abuses
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Many migrant workers face wage-related abuses, including non-payment, delayed payment of wages, and in many cases forced to work beyond the legal working time having most direct and tangible effect on their everyday lives. These sometimes lead to even debt bondage and forced labour. International...
Vishwa Bharati University Makes Final Move To Evict Amartya Sen By May 6
By Arun Srivastava The strategy of the vice chancellor of Vishwa Bharati University, Bidyut Chakraborty, has crossed the line of decency. Chakraborty who has, for more than six months, been tirelessly working to evict Amartya Sen from the premises of Shantiniketan on April 20 shoot off yet another notice...
AIADMK-BJP Alliance Has Many Faultlines To Be Dealt Before 2024 Polls
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu has renewed its vows with the principal opposition party in the state, the AIADMK, with certain concessions from both sides. One, the BJP’s K Annamalai will put his ego on hold and for that, the AIADMK will consider Annamalai...
Anglican Schism Over Gay Rights Is Not Just About Theology, But Geopolitics
By James M Dorsey A schism that could tear the Anglican church apart is about more than LGBTQ rights. It’s about fundamental cultural and religious differences with potentially profound consequences for the geopolitical battle to shape a 21st-century world order. The rift also raises questions about the Church of...
New Measures In Rail Connectivity Reduce Travel Time Between Eastern India And Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas By end 2023, rail journey time for passengers between Kolkata and the three Barak valley districts of Assam via Dhaka, Bangladesh may be reduced to 15/16 hours only, if things run according to plan. A Kolkata-Agartala journey would take only around 10 hours, according to Railway...
Observing May Day In India This Year With Vigour Is Of Paramount Importance
By Amarjeet Kaur May Day this year would be observed with more vigour by the working class for several pressing reasons. Taking into cognizance of the political developments which are moving at very fast pace on every front in the year before general elections in2024, it is of utmost...
Next Level Of Opposition Unity To Form After Karnataka Poll Results
By Rahil Nora Chopra It’s now evident that after the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections are declared that the results, the opposition unity will take itself to the next level. The Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is working hard and visiting places around the country to meet...
Wrestlers Demand In Dharna For WFI President’s Removal Is Justified
By Prakash Karat Many of the top wrestlers of the country, including international medal winners, are out protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. They have returned to the spot where they first conducted dharna in January since the government and the sports ministry have not acted on the complaints...
Prime Minister’s Selective Response To Major Issues Of Nation Is Perplexing
By Sushil Kutty It is dozens of hours since the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to their ‘Mann Ki Baat’, perhaps aware that India’s Prime Minister often slips into his default position of hard of hearing. And PM Modi, for all...
Attempts Towards De-Dollarisation Is Expressive Of Current Crisis Of Capitalism
By Prabhat Patnaik Janet Yellen, the US treasury secretary, has finally acknowledged what has been obvious to most people for quite some time, namely that the imposition of sanctions against countries that the US is hostile to, runs the risk of jeopardising the hegemony of the dollar as the...
Inclusivity And Diversity Must Be The Core Of New Education Policy
By Dr Taniya Malik The recent suicide of Darshan Solanki, an 18-year-old chemical engineering student at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, belonging to a Scheduled Caste (SC), has once again sparked a debate on caste-based discrimination in particular and inclusion in general at prestigious higher education...
BJP In Crisis Situation As Karnataka Goes For Assembly Polls On May 10
By Harish Bala Karnataka is one of the important states in Indian politics as it sends 28 members to the Lok Sabha. The election commission has announced elections to the Karnataka assembly on May 10 and counting of votes will be completed by May 13. Karnataka is a state...
Kaliagunj Violence Is A Culmination Of BJP-Trinamool Turf War Over Rajbanshis
By Tirthankar Mitra Rajbanshis are in the news for the wrong reasons. Ahead of the rural polls in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress and BJP have stepped up their outreach in Kaliagunj after two lives both from Rajbanshi community were snuffed out, a teenage girl was allegedly gangraped and then...
