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NEW DELHI, 06/02/2015: Inside view of social media office at Delhi BJP's office at Pant Marg in New Delhi February 06, 2015.
Photo: Meeta Ahlawat

Techno-fascism in the 21st century

What is happening in India at present finds unfortunate echoes in other parts of the world.

Protesters wave a Greek flag and hold a placard reading 'IMF+Troika=Criminals' as they protest in front of the European Commission headquarters in Barcelona during a demonstration in support of Greece, on June 29, 2015. Greece blindsided creditors on June 27, 2015 by calling a referendum for July 5 on the latest bailout proposal being offered to Greece, a move interpreted by its creditors as Athens' desire to break off negotiations. AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

Avoidable tragedy

The refusal of European authorities and the IMF to address Greek debt restructuring exposes their desire to placate financial capital, but it may end

KERALA. KOCHI,11/04/2014: Migrant workers from Eastern and Northeastern India at work at a plywood factory at Perumbavoor, Kerala on April 11, 2014.
Photo: K.K. Mustafah

Two steps backward

The Modi government’s deep cuts in funds for social programmes relating to rural job generation, education, health and nutrition among other crucial s

NEW DELHI, 28/11/2014: A view of traffic during peak hours as the Smog covers Delhi, pollution level is reported very high in Delhi, in New Delhi on November 28, 2014.
Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma

India in search of clean air

SATURDAY February 7 was voting day in the capital city of Delhi. So it was effectively a holiday for many workers, who only had to walk to their polli

CHENNAI, 19/05/2013: Children of migrated families spend most of their day away from school to sell general knowledge books on traffic signals and railway stations. But, neither the officials of Women and Child Development nor the Child Rights enforcement authorities have time to look into their problems. A scene inside the MRTS train at Mylapore on May 19, 2013._Photo: M. Karunakaran

Hollow promises

There is a decline in real terms in the budget allocations to crucial areas of the social sector.

FOR LIFE PAGE: An adolescent girl plucking cottons at a cotton field at Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. PHOTO: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury/Hyd. OCT-02/2004

Recipe for crisis

Unregulated contract farming, combined with the state actors’ tendency to renege on their responsibilities, can aggravate the agrarian crisis.

FILE - In this July 21, 2006 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, gestures as Cuba's President Fidel Castro looks on during an event in Cordoba, Argentina. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia, File)

Enduring legacy

Hugo Chavez’s economic legacy is not confined to Venezuela and seeks to forge new pathways towards the goal of establishing more equitable and just ec

That shrinking feeling

The value of global financial assets grew rapidly in the decade up to 2007, but has fallen sharply since then. A new report suggests that the global

HYDERABAD 15/07/2010: Women staff at a womens branch of State Bank of Hyderabad at Old City in Hyderabad. The growing numbers of women customers, the bank has gone ahead with the opening of the all-women branch. ------.Photo:G_Krishnaswamy

Women’s Budget?

Many of the policies implicit or explicit in this fiscal statement have implications that are unfavourable to most women.

Dangers of austerity

The widespread acceptance of the goal of fiscal austerity is bad news for macroeconomic rebalancing that would allow recovery in the currently defici

Tomb No. 1, the largest of three pits where China's army of terracotta soldiers are buried, at the museum located about 40 km (25 miles) from the ancient capital of Xian in northern China, October 16, 2004. The statues, modelled after the soldiers who served Emperor Qin Shihuang (259 to 210 B.C.), are one of the country's largest tourist attractions. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev

How not to urbanise

The model of urban development that has been adopted recently in China takes little from the preserving and conserving approaches found in Europe that

Chennai: 14/06/2012: Members from various Domestic Worker's Movement protest to demand Ratify and implement C 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers on International Domestic Worker's Day near Memorial Hall on Thursday. Photo:R_Shivaji Rao

When home is no help

Domestic work mostly takes place under extremely difficult and oppressive conditions, with low pay, no limits on working hours, lack of respect for th

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