-The Hindu The Maldharis of Kutch are well adapted to a Culture of scarcity. But older coping mechanisms have died away Do you remember how the monsoon began last year, ben?” asked Haji bhai of Hodka village in the heart of the Banni grasslands in the Rann of Kutch. “The thunder, the way the ground swelled from hours of rain and tiny grasses appeared the very next day. Do you remember, we...
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On the political fringes -Manish K Jha & Ajeet Kumar Pankaj
-The Hindu The exclusion of migrants from the electoral process reveals the caste- and class-driven nature of mainstream politics While political commentators have been busy analysing voter preferences in the general election 2019, one segment, namely migrants, continues to be overlooked. The Election Commission of India (EC), on February 21, clarified that NRI voters cannot cast votes online, and that an NRI who holds an Indian passport can vote in his/her hometown after...
More »Cash for votes -- Tamil Nadu's best kept open secret -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu No party admits to offering bribes to voters, even though it is common knowledge that they all do. In the just-concluded elections to 38 Lok Sabha constituencies and 18 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, cash seizures alone added up to around ?215 crore, almost 10 times the haul during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. While some activists blame the ‘freebie Culture’ in the State, others call for an overhaul...
More »Farm loan waivers kill credit Culture, says Raghuram Rajan
-PTI NEW DELHI: India needs to focus on resolution of farm distress rather than loan waivers which kill the credit Culture, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on Tuesday. "First we need to worry about why people are so distressed and angry. There is a lot of agriCulture distress. I personally believe that farm loan waivers are not the answers. But there are other answers," he said when asked about what should...
More »Reality of impunity, rhetoric of human rights -Maja Daruwala & Devika Prasad
-The Hindu Isolated innovations are not enough to stop cases of custodial torture In May 2017, addressing representatives from countries at the UN’s Human Rights Council, the then Attorney General of India said, “The concept of torture is completely alien to our Culture and it has no place in the governance of the nation.” Last week in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, two families received the bodies of their two sons from the police. The...
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