Women’s Reservation Act 2023: One Step Forward, Many Steps Back?
The enactment of a law to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and in state legislative assemblies was the highlight of the Special Session that took place on…
Call of duty
Raja Rajan Gandhi 23rd January 2023 Source of image: https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/4/19625/Of-Protests-and-Movements-in-Free-India– Hi friends, Nothing succeeds like success. Nothing fails like failure too. Since 2014 when BJP took over governance, practically everything…
The Dire Economic Situation in India and the Role of the State
by BA and Venkatesh Sundaram Image source: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/06/jan-8-strike-with-73-million-jobless-in-india-its-a-fight-for-survival/ According to a news item in The Quint, “…the Monthly Economic Review (MER) for April 2022 makes this assertion. MER is published…
Building the Future: Meeting organised by Lok Raj Sangathan
Lok Raj Sangathan organised a meeting in Delhi on 17th April 2022, on the theme ‘Building the Future’. The occasion was the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Preparatory…
Current elections and democratic renewal
Statement of Lok Raj Sangathan 2 March 2022 Source of image: https://news.abplive.com/elections/assembly-election-2022-election-commission-to-review-prohibition-on-physical-rallies-on-monday-1509878 Elections are going on in five states of India—Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and UP. They began on 10th…
THE 2022 UNION BUDGET: AN APPRAISAL
by BA and Venkatesh Sundaram Annual Budget Speech 2022 was full of contradictions. Allocation for health sector stagnant despite pandemic disasters, education allocation not earmarked for hiring much needed teachers.…
Neither Licchavi, Uttaramerur or Westminster, India Needs a Republic That Empowers Its Citizens
We need to think anew about how we can transform the current Indian republic into one where the people can realise their rights. Those who speak only of “duties” clearly…
On the Republic Day Celebrations of January 26, 2022: Some Reflections
by BA and Venkatesh Sundaram Source of image: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/indias-unemployment-rate-continues-to-hover-above-24/articleshow/75998561.cms The annual Republic Day Celebrations start a couple of days before January 26 and end soon after. In 2022, this will…
Repeal of Farm Laws is not the end of struggle!
Statement of Lok Raj Sangathan, 26 Nov 2021 Source of image: https://viacampesina.org/en/india-massive-farmers-protest-against-pro-business-agricutural-policies/ In an address to the nation on November 19, PM Modi announced the withdrawal of three farm laws…
A people’s alternative has to be built!
Statement of Lok Raj Sangathan on the occasion of the Elections to the Tamilnadu Assembly, 7 April, 2021 The people of Tamilnadu have voted yesterday in the Assembly polls to…