The irony is that at a time when globalisation is dying, the emphasis is not on statisation. The idea behind the stimulus package is to shore up the time-honoured parampara of varnadharma economy and also wealth distribution. Photo: Arun Geetha Viswanathan/Unsplash, (CC BY-SA) Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdPolitical EconomyPolitics16 hours ago The programmes initiated by Franklin D. … Continue reading The Old Deal: BJP’s Answer to COVID-19 Is More Privatisation

KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD | 27 MAY, 2020 Post-Covid Privatisation Will Push Labour Into a Deathtrap Craving for more money at the expense of dying labour  Metaphorically the heart (hruday) represents human goodwill and helping nature toward the helpless and needy, whereas atma (soul) represents the non physical self which is disconnected from physical suffering. One can … Continue reading Post-Covid Privatisation Will Push Labour Into a Deathtrap

Why India Won't Be Able to Compete With China in the Post-COVID-19 World The RSS/BJP ideologues must unlearn their ‘cultural nationalism’ and re-learn ‘productive nationalism’ with a massive focus on the dignity of labour. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd COVID-19 has created a cold war kind of situation between the United States  and China. India is siding with … Continue reading Why India Won’t Be Able to Compete With China in the Post-COVID-19 World

in Annihilate Caste — by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd— April 29, 2020 Corona attack on India seems to have suddenly changed our understanding of Safai karmacharis of India. They are now seen as desh bhakts even by those who never recognized their desh bhakti. When the life of rich who treated them lowly and unworthy of respect and dignity are … Continue reading Shall We Change The Status Of Safai Sainiks Now?