The Commune is the Supreme Expression of Participatory Democracy [The Alexis Vive Patriotic Force, which has deep roots in 23 de Enero barrio (an area in a town that is inhabited by poor people) in Caracas (capital of Venezuela), began planning a commune years before Chavez even proposed the communal path toward socialism. Yet, when…
Response to “Why Janata Party Parted with Jan Sangh over RSS” by Madhu Limaye Letter to Editor (In my musings below, I have referred to Madhu Limaye as Bhai, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Doctorkaka and George Fernandes as Georgekaka, which is what I called them.) In my opinion sharing this article now is quite…
Modinomics = Corporatonomics Part V: Other Social Sectors: Lies, Deceit, Budget Cuts In the previous issues of Janata, we have analysed Modinomics and shown that the Modi Government, if it wants, can raise enough resources to increase its expenditures on the social sectors. Instead, it is giving away huge subsidies to the tune of several…
Why Janata Party Parted with Jan Sangh over RSS I entered political life in 1937. Quite active in Pune in those days were the RSS and the Savarkarites (followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar) on the one hand and nationalist, socialist and leftist political organisations on the other. On May 1, 1938, we took out a…
ILO Criticises Venezuela for Raising Minimum Wage Venezuela is being ostracised in every possible conceivable way by Western governments and institutions short of an actual military invasion, although threats to that effect have also been made by the US government. The newest threat has been issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The organisation…
The King Who Loved Himself Once upon a time there was a king who loved himself to distraction morning, noon and night—24/7 as they say these days—seven days a week, 365 days a year. He preferred leap years because he gained an extra day for self-adulation. To be a narcissist is no mean task, it…
Hemant Karkare Does Not Need a Certificate From Sadhvi Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the BJP’s candidate from the Bhopal parliamentary seat, made an irresponsible and controversial statement on April 18. While addressing a meeting of party workers, she targeted the late Hemant Karkare, who had arrested her for her alleged role in the Malegaon blast case…
The Billionaire Beneficiaries of BJP’s Schemes The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s numerous schemes meant for ordinary Indians—farmers, youth, women and others—have received a great deal of publicity from the government and a fair amount of criticism from the public for their failure. Yet, there is one highly successful scheme of the BJP government…
Modinomics = Corporatonomics Part IV: Modi’s Budgets and the Social Sectors: Health In the previous issues of Janata, we have analysed Modinomics and shown that the Modi Government, if it wants, can raise enough resources to increase its expenditures on the social sectors. Instead, it is giving away huge subsidies to the tune of several…
Surgical Strike Against Science and Scholarship A term greatly beloved of the Narendra Modi government is ‘surgical strike’. It was first invoked in September 2016, after a cross-border raid undertaken by the Indian army on camps in Pakistan. Notably, the army itself did not use the term; it was the prime minister and his propagandists…
दिल्लीत सुरु असलेल्या शेतकरी आंदोलनाच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर या लहान पुस्तिकेचे प्रकाशन लोकायत मार्फत करण्यात आले आहे. शेतकरी आंदोलन आणि त्यातल्या मागण्या या केवळ शेतकऱ्यांपुरत्याच नसून विविध अंगांनी सर्व सामान्य जनतेच्या हिताच्या आहेत, याबाबत मांडणी करणारी ही पुस्तिका!