PK Murthy—From Puducherry to Chindwara and Back “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”-Albert Camus He would walk briskly with a bamboo pole hung on his shoulder with two vessels on […]
Year: 2020
Don’t Communalize; Fight Corona Not the People
The Govt. and RSS-BJP running the Central Govt. came out of political quarantine to which they had been confined by their mindless handling of the Corona outbreak, as the news of cases from Tableegh’s gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz surfaced. They sensed the opportunity to brandish their communal knife which was […]
Condemn the Plan to Change Demography of J&K
When the attention of the whole country is focused on preventing the spread of Coronavirus, when a large section of the people of the country are fighting the serious threat to their existence due to hunger, when the poor and destitute are walking hundreds of miles to reach their rural […]
COVID 19 – Over Reaction or Irrational and Delayed Under-Reaction
Opinions are questioning India’s ‘over reaction’ to Covid-19 outbreak. Their logic is based on the different trajectory of the virus in India. But there are ominous facts which should not be ignored. This virus has an RO (R naught) of 2.5, ie 2.5 persons are infected by one infected person. […]
Walking Into The Frame- India’s Migrant Workers
The massive numbers of migrant working class of the country have been liberally maligned by implication by the Central Govt, including by its representation in the Supreme Court. Several state govts also echo the sentiment. The Status Report submitted by the Govt. of India to the Supreme Court on 31st March […]
G20 Summit: Abdication of Responsibility
The Communique issued after the virtual G 20 summit on March 26 2020 denotes total abdication of any responsibility by advanced economies to address the problems created by COVID19 pandemic in the lives and livelihood of a great mass of people. The fact that G20 summit was held months after […]
IFTU : Emergency Action Needed From Callous Delhi Govt.
A mammoth human catastrophe is unfolding in Delhi which is also on on smaller scale in other states. Thousands of men, women, children and aged in a city which knows it houses a massive number of daily expense earners, are standing at interstate bus stations waiting to return to their […]
AIKSCC Memorndum to UP CM on Harvesting of Crops and Care of Migrant Labour
To, Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh Govt Lucknow Dated: 28 March, 2020 Subject: Harvesting of Crops and Care of Migrant Labour Sir, We are extremely distressed by the reports we are receiving on above two issues and we wish to make this fervent appeal to you for immediate and urgent action. In […]
Death Anniversary of Com. Rajinder Shadangi
12 years back on this day (March 27) Com. Rajinder Shadangi breathed his last in Bhuvaneshwar. He left his indelible mark on the people’s movements in Odisha and on anti-displacement movements throughout the country. Simplicity in life, deep commitment to the people and above all intellectual honesty defined him. He […]
CPI(ML)-New Democracy Condemns Killing of Sikhs in Kabul
On Wednesday (March 25, 2020) morning, fanatic terrorists attacked a Guru Hari Rai Gurudwara in Kabul. In their indiscriminate firing upon the worshippers they killed 27 of them and seriously injured 8 of them. This was a gruesome attack aimed at terrorizing minorities in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, 32 persons […]