Category: The Truth

[Memoir] In Memory Of Departed Comrade Chandra Pulla Reddy (1917 – 9 Nov 1984)

December 19, 2020

Shekhar // Com. Chandra Pulla Reddy, affectionately called comrade CP, was the creator, organiser, leader and inspirer of the prestigious Godavari Valley Resistance Movement of the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh State. Many don’t know that the other name of Godavari Valley was/is Chandra Pulla Reddy. There are numerous folk songs dedicated to him and his … More [Memoir] In Memory Of Departed Comrade Chandra Pulla Reddy (1917 – 9 Nov 1984)

‘The Experience Of Constructivism’ Mexico: The Country That Stopped Reading

December 19, 2020

Prasad V // In the context of the new National Education Policy (NEP2020), which has declared constructivism to be the pedagogical approach in the coming years, it may be worthwhile to recall the experience of some of the countries where the said pedagogy has already been implemented. Constructivism is the minimally guided approach in pedagogy … More ‘The Experience Of Constructivism’ Mexico: The Country That Stopped Reading

[Readers’ Corner] Hindutva Politics And Corporate Capitalism Are Made For Each Other

December 19, 2020

Manukrati Tiwari // Marketization Of Tradition And North Indian Hegemony There is a visible transformation in the celebrations and conduct of tradition that can be seen in our local colonies and on the streets that says how religious traditions and festivals are more about flaunting dominance to “you know whom”. The Kanwad yatra, the Mahashivratri, … More [Readers’ Corner] Hindutva Politics And Corporate Capitalism Are Made For Each Other

[Book Review] ‘States & Minorities’: A Critique of Ambedkar’s Economic Ideas

December 19, 2020

M. Aseem // Dr B R Ambedkar submitted States and Minorities, previously published in 1945 as a standalone book, to the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1947. The Sub-Committee, of which B R Ambedkar was a member, was tasked by the Assembly to draw up a list of Fundamental Rights for … More [Book Review] ‘States & Minorities’: A Critique of Ambedkar’s Economic Ideas

[Farmers Protest] Working Class Must Warn Centre: Desist from Using Force

December 19, 2020

The ongoing farmers’ agitation on a singular demand for the repeal of the recently enacted three laws for agricultural reforms by the Centre is inching towards a final showdown. Though with the open entry of Haryana’s kulak-dominated Khap Panchayat, forcing even MLAs to withdraw support for the Khattar Government, it now clearly looks like an … More [Farmers Protest] Working Class Must Warn Centre: Desist from Using Force

Politics Of Census And Capitalism Sarna Dharm Code And Adivasi Survival

December 19, 2020

Amita Kumari // This November, on the eleventh, the Jharkhand Assembly met for a special session. A resolution for Sarna Adivasi Dharm Code Bill was passed and a long overdue demand of the Adivasis of Jharkhand got met halfway. It now awaits approval from the Centre as, constitutionally, the power of legislating on religious matters … More Politics Of Census And Capitalism Sarna Dharm Code And Adivasi Survival

Piecework & Unpaid Labour in Digital Economy

December 19, 2020

(Excerpts from Veena Dubal’s study in Dissent Magazine. The study is from US, but same processes of digital work are increasingly in play even in countries like India.) In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries U.S. industrialists exploited women’s subordinate position in both the family and the labor market to develop and extend “homework.” … More Piecework & Unpaid Labour in Digital Economy

Hathras: A Black Story [Inquiry Report By PUCL]

December 19, 2020

People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Uttar Pradesh constituted an inquiry team and visited Hathras, UP in November 2020 to inquire about the recent heinous gangrape-murder of a Dalit woman. The Team comprised: Manish Sinha, Seema Azad, Alok, Vidushi, Siddhant Raj, Shashikant, KB Maurya, Tauheed, KM Bhai and Kamal Singh. The inquiry report was published … More Hathras: A Black Story [Inquiry Report By PUCL]

Workers Disowned By Their ‘Own’ Government

November 14, 2020

S V Singh // “Since no such data (number of migrant workers died during lock down) exists, there is ‘no question of giving compensation’ to victims’ next of kin”, declared Santosh Gangwar, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Labor and Employment in Parliament on Sep 14, 2020. Government, however, conceded that more than 1 crore … More Workers Disowned By Their ‘Own’ Government