The End and the Beginning

The End and the Beginning

The End and the Beginning (translated by Johanna Trzeciak)   After every war someone has to clean up. Things won’t straighten themselves up, after all.   Someone has to push the rubble to the side of the road, so the corpse-filled wagons can pass.   Someone has to get mired in scum and ashes, sofa…

PCN Statement on Supreme Court of India FRA decision

PCN Statement on Supreme Court of India FRA decision

PCN Statement on Supreme Court of India FRA decision The People’s Climate Network (PCN) is dismayed by the recent order, on 13 February, of the Supreme Court of India directing that forest dwellers whose claims for rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 have been rejected, be summarily evicted. The Chief Secretary of each concerned…

In Response to Lies and Hate, Let Me Make Some Things Clear About My Climate Strike

In Response to Lies and Hate, Let Me Make Some Things Clear About My Climate Strike

In Response to Lies and Hate, Let Me Make Some Things Clear About My Climate Strike Originally posted to Facebook, the following is a statement from 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as a response to circulating “rumours and lies” as well as “enormous amounts of hate” directed at her as a result of her…

Gandhian Engagement with Capital

Gandhian Engagement with Capital

Gandhian Engagement with Capital These days, much is being written and spoken about Gandhi’s thoughts. However, I have a feeling that very little space is given to  his economic views. Recently, Chaitra Redkar, HoD, Political Science at SNDT University, Mumbai has contributed a wonderful book on this subject, Gandhian Engagement with Capital: Perspectives of J.C….

Wars Never Produce Answers

Wars Never Produce Answers

Wars Never Produce Answers Laxminarayan Ramdas, a retired admiral of the Indian Navy, served as the chief of naval staff between 1990 and 1993. Over a phone conversation with Surabhi Kanga, the web editor at ‘The Caravan’, Ramdas discussed India’s response to the militant attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Pulwama, in…

A Modest Tax on Billionaires Can Ensure Basic Economic Rights to All

A Modest Tax on Billionaires Can Ensure Basic Economic Rights to All

A Modest Tax on Billionaires Can Ensure Basic Economic Rights to All The basic income scheme that is in the air these days, which amounts to handing over a certain sum of money to every household to ensure that it reaches a threshold cash income, is an extremely flawed scheme. Instead of enjoining upon the…