Tag: Covid-19

COVID-19 HASTENS THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN INDIA

July 19, 2020

Revisiting Pre-Covid 19 and Analyzing Post-Covid 19 Public Health Care Failure The apocalyptic impact of COVID-19 upon the working class and poor sections of the society has pushed them deeper into an excruciating abyss of poverty, hunger and unemployment. The chaotic and miserable atmosphere replete with scenes of reverse migration, panic over food within just … More COVID-19 HASTENS THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN INDIA

‘AAROGYA SETU’ APP: TECHNOLOGY VS. PRIVACY IN TIMES OF AN EPIDEMIC

July 19, 2020

‘Aarogya Setu’, a mobile application or app launched by the Government of India on 2 April 2020, has been termed by the Government as an important step in the fight against Covid-19 as it tracks patients and gives important updates to its users. Since its release, the Government has aggressively promoted the app on various … More ‘AAROGYA SETU’ APP: TECHNOLOGY VS. PRIVACY IN TIMES OF AN EPIDEMIC

WHAT THE POST CORONA WORLD COULD HOLD FOR THE MASSES?

July 19, 2020

“Even capitalist institutions concede that “conventional capitalism is dying” in favour of “some version of communism”. The indignation, anger and despair of the masses shall and must pose a formidable challenge to the social structures as we know them.” “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep … More WHAT THE POST CORONA WORLD COULD HOLD FOR THE MASSES?

PENNILESS AND HUNGRY, YET BRUTALLY LATHICHARGED: CLASS HATRED ON FULL DISPLAY

July 18, 2020

Thousands of penniless, hungry and frustrated migrant workers from Bihar, UP and other labor supplying states and regions, called hinterland, hit the streets and thronged at Bandra railway station in Mumbai, a Covid-19 hotspot, in the afternoon of 14th April in complete ‘violation’ of the rules of the lockdown. Completely broken and frustrated as they … More PENNILESS AND HUNGRY, YET BRUTALLY LATHICHARGED: CLASS HATRED ON FULL DISPLAY

CAPITALISM, NOT COVID, THE REAL PANDEMIC

July 3, 2020

Centre as well as State governments have severely restricted and rationed the Covid testing in India, to the extent that even many of the doctors, nurses and paramedical staff working in Covid care are not being allowed to get themselves tested in their own hospitals despite exhibiting visible symptoms of infection. All this to report … More CAPITALISM, NOT COVID, THE REAL PANDEMIC

THE ‘KERALA MODEL’: COVID-19 MAY EXTEND ITS LIFE

June 3, 2020

Prasad V // One among the States in India where the government has approached somewhat seriously the management of Covid-19 pandemic is Kerala. This attempt has given hitherto broadly good results also. While preparing this write up, the number of infected people in Kerala are increasing at a rapid pace. But that is due to … More THE ‘KERALA MODEL’: COVID-19 MAY EXTEND ITS LIFE

‘CALAMITY TO OPPORTUNITY’ NEO-LIBERAL ONSLAUGHT INTENSIFIES

June 3, 2020

M Aseem // When, after the Lehman Brothers collapse, many well-meaning people thought that neo-liberal project would now retreat, it was Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff and former financial sector top executive who made the famous comment, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that … More ‘CALAMITY TO OPPORTUNITY’ NEO-LIBERAL ONSLAUGHT INTENSIFIES