-Newsclick.in Today, the crisis of global migration is unsettling the logic of territorial sovereignty and citizenship that underpins the modern nation-state. On 12 December 2019, while presenting the ground reports on Kashmir and the National Register of Citizens in Washington DC, Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, warned that “preparation for a genocide is definitely underway in India,” as the persecution of Muslims in Assam and in Kashmir clearly hints of an...
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Politics of exclusion and disenfranchisement is hurting investment and India's cooperative spirit -Kaushik Basu
-The Indian Express What economists do not like to dwell on and what Karl Polanyi had noted a long time ago is that the economy is ultimately embedded in society, institutions and Politics. When these are damaged, the economy begins to stall. With India’s deep political troubles, and protest marches breaking out all over the country, it may seem odd to be writing on economics. Yet, it would also be wrong not...
More »CAA protests mark collective rejection of toxic Politics and policies that dominate public life -Harsh Mander
-The Indian Express India’s young have picked up mantle of an older battle — for a country that is equal, just and kind The surge of protests in every corner of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens will be remembered as an iridescent, significant moment in the journey of the republic. This is because these are, at their core, popular moral assertions founded on...
More »Debit cards in circulation fall 15% to 2-year low in October
-BusinessToday.in Almost 155 million debit cards reportedly went out of the market due to the migration from magnetic strip debit cards to EMV-based debit cards The number of debit cards in circulation fell 15 per cent on annual basis to 843 million in October as banks moved to migrate to EMV-chip-based cards. The downturn came as the debit cards in India seemed poised to touch the 1-billion mark a year ago, with...
More »Jharkhand is a mandate of the poor, for their rights -Manisha Priyam
-Hindustan Times Jharkhand is a mandate of the poor, for their rights The verdict for the Jharkhand assembly is, first and foremost, a verdict in favour of a new localism, and is a reflection of people’s voice overwhelming the arena of state elections in India. One key issue, which helps frame the meaning of the verdict, is the struggle of adivasis against purported amendments to their land rights by the Raghubar Das-led Bharatiya...
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