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The Economy Under Free fall: What The New GDP Numbers Mean
As the saying goes, “as you sow, so shall you reap”. Nearly, three years of economic mismanagement has finally begun to show up even in the fudged up GDP figures of the Modi government. Growth has fallen to a measly 6.1% over the Jan-March period. — read more
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The Epitome Of Cowardice: Understanding “Veer” Savarkar
Along with Jinnah Savarkar was the other pillar of the two-nation theory, loved spewing venom & instigated young men to kill in the name of his vile ideology of exclusive nationalism. Most of these young men were quickly disowned by him once they had served their purpose. Curiously, Savarkar who’d sing eulogies in the name — read more
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Why are 2002 riots projected as anti-Muslim riots and not as a painful incident where thousands of Indians lost their lives?
Plainly put: the fundamental premise of the pogrom was avenging the Godhra incident where karsevaks were allegedly killed by a Muslim mob. Militant Hindu organisations in collusion with the state (remember that cabinet ministers of the then Gujarat government are now serving sentence for orchestrating the genocide) maimed, killed & raped people who were overwhelming — read more
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This Republic Day Ponder A Little More
I remember those days when as a child, the first thing I’d wish to do on the Republic Day was to nag my parents until they took me to the bazaar to buy me the tricolor; the Indian flag. It became a twice a year ritual for much of my childhood & each time I’d — read more
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The Demon Of Globalisation: Enter the Post-truth India
For the past two decades the narrative built around globalisation is of: integration of businesses, ideas & societies. That collaboration in various human endeavours can solve larger issues of poverty, diseases, joblessness & abject living conditions for innumerable people is now hard-wired in our brains. — read more
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The Impact: ‘Trickle-Down Economics’ Have Left Jharkhand’s Adivasis High And Dry
Sadly, the policies pursued by state governments in the states like Jharkhand & Chhattisgarh are inimical to the substantial Adivasi populations there. — read more
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