By Guruprasad Kar [Translated by Ipsita Samanta from article, ‘Bharatiya Krishir Adhasamantatantrik charitra’ published in Aneek, 2012.] There have been over 2.5 lakh farmers’ suicide over the last fifteen years in India. This started from the middle of 1990’s when neo-liberal policy was aggressively implemented in India. From available data we can say the objective […]
Author: amitbasole
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Infantile ‘Radicalism’, Domestic Labour Debate & Anti-Rape Movement: A Leninist Critique of Marxism-Feminism
By Maya John Reacting to a debate on the issue of rape and on the question of strategy required to combat the oppression of women, Bhumika Chauhan, Ankit Sharma and Paresh Chandra released their formulation of what the appropriate working-class intervention should be on the ‘women’s question’. While they have expressed their agreement on some […]
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Infantile ‘Radicalism’, Domestic Labour Debate & Anti-Rape Movement: A Leninist Critique of Marxism-Feminism
By Maya John Reacting to a debate on the issue of rape and on the question of strategy required to combat the oppression of women, Bhumika Chauhan, Ankit Sharma and Paresh Chandra released their formulation of what the appropriate working-class intervention should be on the ‘women’s question’. While they have expressed their agreement on some […]
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Book Review of Let’s Call Him Vasu
By Sumati Panikkar Let’s Call Him Vasu, written by journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary, is another addition to the increasing list of journalistic writings on the Maoist movement in India. As the war in central India intensifies, the publishing business too has found several ways of cashing in on the marketability of war zones. Let’s Call Him […]
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Book Review of Let’s Call Him Vasu
By Sumati Panikkar Let’s Call Him Vasu, written by journalist Shubhranshu Choudhary, is another addition to the increasing list of journalistic writings on the Maoist movement in India. As the war in central India intensifies, the publishing business too has found several ways of cashing in on the marketability of war zones. Let’s Call Him […]
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What Ails the Indian Economy?
By Deepankar Basu and Debarshi Das Summary: The slowdown of growth rate in India is an outcome of the nature of high growth experienced in the recent past. The high growth had a narrow base, the vast majority of the poor did not share its benefits. The growth was helped by foreign capital inflow. Because […]
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What Ails the Indian Economy?
By Deepankar Basu and Debarshi Das Summary: The slowdown of growth rate in India is an outcome of the nature of high growth experienced in the recent past. The high growth had a narrow base, the vast majority of the poor did not share its benefits. The growth was helped by foreign capital inflow. Because […]
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Anti-Aadhaar litigants and the rhetoric of fear
By Mythri Prasad-Aleyamma A week ago, I was about to forget about my boycott of Aadhaar and get my mother to enrol so that we do not lose our cooking gas subsidy. I could easily fan my family’s suspicion and laziness for any more cards and bureaucracy by quoting Usha Ramanathan, Reetika Khera and Ramakumar, […]
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Kolkata – Labour, Labourers and Development, Nagarik Manch, Sep 24
*Nagarik Mancha turns 25* ACHYUTANANDA DAS Reminiscences and Memorial Interaction On *Labour, Labourers and Development* Discussants: Various organizers of labour organizations and associated people. Venue: Rammohan Library Hall, 267 APC Road, Kolkata 700009 *[ Sukea Street-Circular Road crossing; between Rajabazar and Maniktala ]* 4.30pm, Tuesday, 24 September 2013. Labour, labourers and production are the age-old […]
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Kolkata – Labour, Labourers and Development, Nagarik Manch, Sep 24
*Nagarik Mancha turns 25* ACHYUTANANDA DAS Reminiscences and Memorial Interaction On *Labour, Labourers and Development* Discussants: Various organizers of labour organizations and associated people. Venue: Rammohan Library Hall, 267 APC Road, Kolkata 700009 *[ Sukea Street-Circular Road crossing; between Rajabazar and Maniktala ]* 4.30pm, Tuesday, 24 September 2013. Labour, labourers and production are the age-old […]