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  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

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  • 1977 redux

    Back in the 1970s, Indira Gandhi combined authoritarianism with a devotion to family rule; now, Narendra Modi combines authoritarianism with a devotion to Hindu majoritarianism Ramachandra Guha Published 20.04.24, 05:59 AM Voters in Bengal in the 1977 polls.Sourced by the Telegraph. Indians have begun voting in the country’s eighteenth general election. Of the seventeen previous iterations, two…

  • CLASS & INEQUALITY, POLITICS

    Labor and the Bibi-Modi “Bromance” The Israel-India worker deal resembles British indenture. Michelle Buckley Paula Chakravartty Israel and Palestine, Labor In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a personal request from his friend and political ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: expedite the supply of Indian construction labor and other migrant workers to Israel. Prior…

  • End Of Exploitation?

    POSTED ON MONDAY, APR 22, 2024 1:10AM BY MARIE SNYDER by Marie Snyder In the West, it feels like we have never lived outside of a system of pseudo-feudalism, a time without peasantry, slavery, or the working poor labouring for the benefit of Kings, land barons, or factory owners. For thousands of years, the exploitation of people appeared necessary to some of…

  • Ambedkar’s Fears Are Playing Out

    S.N. Sahu 18/Apr/2024 5 min read Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s 133rd birth anniversary was celebrated on April 14 in the midst of parties campaigning for the 2024 general elections – reminding us his of his fears concerning the constitution and our independence and of the need to take steps to save them. While speaking in the…

  • India’s Refusal to Back UN Arms Embargo on Israel May Be Linked to Adani Drone Exports

    R. Ramachandran 7 hours ago 5 min read Illustration: The Wire New Delhi: On April 5, India was one of 13 countries to abstain from voting in a resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo on Israel. Having voted in favour of a UN General Assembly…

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