Origin of Caste: Part III
To understand the essential features of the caste system and its development, it is important to distinguish between jati and varna which together constitute the basis for the caste system....
On International Women’s Day
Com VI Lenin (Pravda, 1920) Capitalism combines formal equality with economic and, consequently, social inequality. This is one of the principal distinguishing features of capitalism, one that is mendaciously screened...
Interim Budget: Rhetoric of Development and Some Contradictions
Sahil Mehra (Economics Faculty at Sai University) The analysis of the interim budget 2024 in particular, and the yearly budgetary exercise in general, needs to focus on the extent to...
Unpacking the 2024-25 Interim Union Budget for Education
Protiva Kundu (Economist) This year Union Budget 2024-25 was a vote on account. A budget of Rs. 47.65 lakh crore has been projected for 2024-25, which constitutes 14.5% of country’s...
Defying All Odds on the Road to Delhi
Sachin The roots of the ongoing farmers' movement can be traced back to the impactful protests of 2020-21, a historic period that saw the farming community uniting against the introduction...
Bhagat Singh: Political Ideas and Practice
sushant “By crushing individuals, they cannot kill ideas. They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to...
Stand in solidarity with the farmers fighting at the Delhi borders! Resist fascism unitedly! Intensify the campaign against US imperialism!
The wave of public support the current central government had been enjoying in the wake of the consecration of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya suddenly seems to have suffered a...
Why is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution an Anathema to the Religionists?- Part V
[In part 4, the author explains the meaning of random variables that forms one of the pillars of Mathematics. He went on to show that Charles Darwin was the first...
India Becomes Godhra
As the fascist Hindutva forces close their grip around the throat of the nation. It can be difficult to comprehend the path that we have taken to reach such dire...
Green Revolution- Part I
The first half of the twentieth century saw peasant and workers’ uprisings in different parts of the world. The imperialist powers were determined to counter all obstructions in their path....