A EUPHORIC narrative about India’s strong growth performance started getting constructed as soon as the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) put out the estimates of GDP for Q1 or the first quarter (April-June) of 2026-27 on August 31, 2026. The very next day, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) posted a backgrounder on India’s GDP performance, which boldly asserted that “India’s economy began 2026-27 on a strong note, with real GDP growth...
FOLLOWING decolonization, the newly liberated third world countries had sought to follow a development trajectory that consciously broke away from the colonial pattern of international division of labour. Towards this end they had pursued a policy of import-substituting industrialization and their ex-colonial masters, though disliking it, could do little about it. They got their chance to attack it when there was some diffusion of capitalist industrialization from the...
THE sudden and catastrophic flash flood that hit Nepal near its border with Tibet-China on 26 August has claimed at least 1200 lives at the time of writing, with an estimated 3900-4800 people still unaccounted for. Indians form the largest national cohort of victims, chiefly due to the on-going pilgrimage to Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet. Horrifying videos of the floods hitting what appears to be a large and sturdy border post at...
PUBLIC discourse around stalled industrialisation in India, particularly the stagnant share of manufacturing in GDP for the past couple of decades, has hovered around almost a single point agenda -- labour market flexibility. Surprisingly, the studies undertaken by the associations of industrialists and corporates didn’t identify labour issues as the key stumbling block of industrial development. Availability of land, power, lack of...
Under the guise of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), a massive financial loot is underway surrendering public wealth and the hard-earned savings of ordinary citizens to large corporations. The unbelievable settlement that financial institutions were prepared to grant Subhash Chandra, founder of the Essel/Zee Group and former Rajya Sabha MP, lays bare the true face of this daylight robbery.
...A RECENT tripartite discussion on the implementation and future of the Jharkhand Gig Workers Act brought to the surface a fundamental question: who should regulate the rapidly expanding gig economy, and in whose interests should that regulation operate? Representatives of the gig economy companies and their associations raised questions about the legal validity of the Jharkhand legislation following the...
On August 30, Mohan Bhagwat, the sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), walked into Madison Square Garden in New York City to address several thousand people, largely Indian Americans. The occasion was called the ‘Universal Oneness Celebration’, organised by American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue with the support of more than 200 Hindu organisations. The choice of venue was not incidental. In September 2014, only months after he became...
The sudden and shocking demise of Comrade Sonya Gill on August 25, 2026 at the age of 71 is an immense loss to the women’s movement and the Left movement in Mumbai and Maharashtra. It is a big blow to all those who loved and respected her as a comrade and friend. Sonya Gill was a member of the CPI(M) Maharashtra state committee and the Mumbai district secretariat since long, a member of...
ON 12 August 2026, India marks 90 years of the organised student movement. This is not merely the 90th anniversary of the formation of a student organisation; it is an occasion to recall the nine-decade-long journey of organised student consciousness and struggle in India. The foundation of the organised student movement was laid on 12 August 1936, when the first two-day All-India Conference of an organised student body began.
THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) stated that the approval by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) of a repayment plan of a meagre Rs. 6.5 crore against claims of Rs. 22,006.57 crore involving Zee Group Founder and Chairman Subhash Chandra, is a mockery of the principles of fair justice. Subhash Chandra is known for his close ties to the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. The order is a clear exhibition of...
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