By K. Raveendran It defies all logic that in a country where burning an effigy of a political leader or official does not constitute a criminal offence, a simple protest by waving black flags leads to arrest and incarceration. Waving black flags is probably the most innocuous...
By B. Sivaraman 2280 workers of Moser Baer in Noida were left in the lurch in October after the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) initiated liquidation procedure against the company. Though the company has not declared official closure, the workers are jobless as the company is not running...
By Harihar Swarup What does about 72 per cent polling in Chhattisgarh indicate? This includes Maoist-infested areas. High percentage of voting is generally considered anti-establishment. Of other two Hindi speaking states—Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh—BJP’s chances seem to be better in Chhattisgarh. But at the end of polling, it...
By Aditya Aamir In all honesty, the Government of India should erect a Statue of John Allen Chau, taller than the Statue of Unity, a 1,000 meters out at sea from the North Sentinel Island shore to warn people to stay off the island where Chau took Jesus...
By Dr. Arun Mitra Political parties make several promises during the elections, but healthcare has always been on the back seat. This is, even though, large amount of budget of the household goes towards healthcare. Whereas poverty is a cause of poor health, healthcare expenditure itself leads to...
By Ramachandra Kango As the agrarian crisis intensifies, unemployment keeps growing and education, with privatization, goes out of the limits of common masses, there are communities that were once dominant in agriculture and in politics due to their numerical strength, have been engaged in agitation demanding “Reservation”. ...
By Sukumar Damle The AITUC was formed in 1920 in erstwhile Bombay during the British Raj. Prior to that the First World War had ended (1914-18) and the Indian working class had gathered some experience of united action (six days hartal for six years imprisonment of Tilak in...
By K R Sudhaman BJP ideologue S Gurumurthi, a stout defender of demonetisation, has described this widely criticized move by economists as necessary to resurrect the economy from the brink of collapse but admitted that the MSME sector that accounted for 85 per cent of jobs in...
By Sushil Kutty Nayamuddin Sheikh had something “new” to offer to the CBI Court to nail BJP president Amit Shah to the fake encounter that killed bro Sohrabuddin Sheikh. Youngest of the Sheikh Brothers, Nayamuddin failed to deliver, turning hostile in court. Another brother Shahnawazuddin Sheikh too stood...
By Raju Kumar Only a few days left for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. The main battle in Madhya Pradesh is between BJP and Congress, however, BSP, SP and Aam Aadmi Party also hopeful that this time they will also be successful to register their presence in the...