Tag: BJP

As the nation confronts its 17th Lok Sabha elections, here is a glance through all the pro-poor slogans that have been uttered by political leaders to entice the poor and the marginal. But transcending this empty rhetoric has policy penetrated down to the last man?

Around 108 economists and social scientists have issued a collective statement against the political interference on statistical institutions in India and the requirement of ensuring their integrity and independence.

POLITICS/Democracy is not about passive consumption, or merely a routinized act of casting one's vote; as active/reflexive creators, we have to choose our politics. In a way, the act of exercising the voting right is an act of immense responsibility; it needs the willingness to learn and unlearn.

The state of UP is facing lawlessness and extended rates of illegal activities,  a day after several disorders were seen across the state- India awakened to full-page advertisements in leading newspapers on the achievements of the Yogi- run government.

Politicization of the Rafale Deal has been going on for a long time now as the ruling and the Opposition parties engage in a mutual game of blaming.  As the NDA alleges the Opposition of stealing important documents in relation to the deal, the final take of the Supreme Court remains to be delivered.

On Tuesday, 5th March several Tribal, Adivasi and Dalit groups observed a protest and called for Bharat Bandh in Delhi.

COMMODITIZED POLITICS The advertisement industry is a key tool for political parties today, from the PM to the Opposition we see how leaders are projected as ‘brands’ and a culture of commoditized politics begins to be taken for granted.

Here is a perceptive piece that speaks of a kind of politics - beyond a party or a fixed ideology - that seeks to recover the meaning of intense engagement in the micro reality of everyday world.

Bharat Ratna Awards have been a source of controversy and are often considered to be politically motivated. The politicization of the Bharat Ratna surely needs to be seen beyond appeasement.

Charges against the Dalit Writer Anand Teltumbde are sure to be instigating an atmosphere of intolerance towards minorities. The refusal by the Supreme Court to quash the FIR filed against Anand Teltumde for being an ‘urban Naxal’ is a reminder of the atrocities against the Dalits in contemporary India.