(Even as the Modi Government woos MNCs to ‘Make in India’, promising them ‘low cost manufacture’ and further weakening labour law implementation, several recent struggles and reports from across India
2015 has begun with a re-run of the Muzaffarnagar communal violence, this time in Muzaffarpur of Bihar. The violence claimed the lives of five people and arson destroyed the entire
Massive Rally Marks A Decade of Comrade Mahendra Singh's Martyrdom
A massive rally on 16 January 2015 at Bagodar marked ten years of Comrade Mahendra Singh's martyrdom. The entire Central Committee
All 3 rapists of the 6 Dalit teenage girls in Kurmuri village, Bhojpur, Bihar, have been convicted in a remarkably short time, within three months. This verdict is a tribute
After announcing the closure of the Parliament session two days before schedule, the Modi government, sensing all-pervasive opposition within as well as outside Parliament, issued an ordinance to amend the
(India’s coal mine workers held a historic two-day all-India strike against central government's move of denationalization and privatization of coal industry through the Coal Ordinance.
This was the first major
I received the news of Mike’s death with shock even though I had known it was imminent. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2007 when he was 53 and given around
Veteran academic and women’s movement activist, Prof Jasodhara Bagchi passed away on January 9 at the age of 77.
She taught English Literature at Jadavpur University in Kolkata since 1963, till
Veteran political scientist and civil libertarian, Rajni Kothari passed away on 19th January 2015. He was 87.
His book, Politics in India (1970) is a classic that is required reading for
One of the first moves of the Modi government in 2015 was to replace the 64-year old Planning Commission with the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Ayog. This is
With the declaration of the results of the last leg of 2014 elections, the BJP has predictably added Jharkhand to its kitty even as it emerged as the second largest
The barbaric massacre of 132 school children in Peshawar by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has underlined the senselessness and inhumanity of the toxic cocktail of religion and politics. This unspeakable crime
(Excerpt from the article by Leila Gautham, Kafila, December 21, 2014)
‘Make in India’ is now an all-pervasive catchphrase – every newspaper and television channel trumpeting the Modi’s ‘clarion call’
Two years after the anti-rape movement that followed December 16th 2012 in India, the hardest and most urgent challenge remains to change the conversation from that of ‘safety from rape’
(Excerpts from article by Rukmini S, The Hindu, December 19, 2014)
The beginning of a new conversation on women is welcome, but this two-year focus on rape as the key indicator
(Excerpts from article by Anumeha Yadav, The Hindu, December 11, 2014)
On November 15, 21-year-old Bhawana Yadav, who had married Abhishek Seth the same week, was strangled in her house
In 2004, Thangjam Manorama’s brutal rape and murder by the Assam Rifles personnel sparked off a historic movement demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Manipur’s
In Commemoration of 150th Anniversary of Foundation
(Third and concluding part of the article that appeared in the October and November 2014 issues of Liberation)
Part III
The Paris Commune and The
Campaigning for the BJP towards the Delhi Assembly elections, the Modi Government's Minister of State for Food Processing, asked voters to choose between a Government of 'Ramzade' (sons of Ram)
