-TheWire.in From 1907’s struggle against British land revenue rates, to 202-21’s agitation against the new farm laws, at least five newspapers were launched to provide platforms for those fighting for their rights. Jalandhar: Nearly a century ago, when desperate farmers and labourers in Punjab agitated for their rights in British-ruled India, they found a platform in a newspaper called Kirti (Labourer). This newspaper not only led to the formation of the Kirti...
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Sangh seeks ban on book Modi released -KM Rakesh
-The Telegraph The work eulogises a prominent leader of the 1921 Malabar Rebellion, Variyamkunnath Haji, who the Right wing describes as 'anti-Hindu' Social media forwards of excerpts from a central government-published book eulogising a rebel against British rule who the Right wing describes as “anti-Hindu” has caused embarrassment to the Sangh parivar, more so because the compilation had been released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947),...
More »India’s Trade-relationship with China: The New Imperialism -BP Mathur
-MainstreamWeekly.net Chinese import have thrown a spanner in the wheel of India’s economic progress per se and industrial manufacturing in particular. The Chinese import is so hard hitting on Indian industry that many manufacturers have become traders. The impact of Chinese goods has been such that India is threatened to become a country of importers and traders with domestic factories either cutting down production or shutting down completely...The country can...
More »Explained: What are Articles 370, 35A? -Faizan Mustafa
-The Indian Express What is Article 370 and 35A: A recent central ordinance, which extends reservation to SCs and STs in J&K, throws the spotlight on Article 35A, as well as Article 370 from which it derives. What are these two provisions? * What is Article 370? Included in the Constitution on October 17, 1949, Article 370 exempts J&K from the Indian Constitution (except Article 1 and Article 370 itself) and permits...
More »Will India become a big importer of food? -Ashok Gulati
-The Hindu Business Line It could, if agri policies fail to incentivise farmers more. The demand for food is expected to spike in the coming years India is, today, a country of about 1.35 billion people. United Nations’ population projections of 2017 say that India is likely to surpass China’s population by 2024 and reach 1.5 billion by 2030, making it the most populous nation on the planet. About two-thirds of Indians are...
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