IT is a well-known fact that contemporary “mainstream” economics, the only kind which is taught to students over much of the world, does not capture the reality of capitalism. What is less recognized is that this “mainstream” economics, not just in its existing incarnations, but no matter what new incarnations it assumes, is incapable of capturing the reality of capitalism. Let us see why.
AFTER concerted pushback from users, privacy groups and mobile phone manufacturers, the Modi Government has withdrawn its directive to compulsorily install its "modified" Sanchar Saathi app on all mobile phones. The app, initially intended for tracking stolen or lost phones, would have turned the mobile phone into an instrument for tracking the user and monitoring who he or she was talking to, their emails, and whatever was stored on...
INDIGO, once the poster boy of private passenger airlines in India, went into a tailspin a week ago, cancelling over 1600 flights out of a total of about 2300, causing mayhem around the country. It left over a lakh passengers stranded in different cities and airports, patients unable to avail important medical treatment, marriages delayed or unattended, examinations missed, businesses hampered, luggage in different locations. With Indigo being by far the market leader with about 60 per cent market...
Since the past three decades policy makers in India and across the developing world had been grappling with the problem of identifying the appropriate ‘engine of growth’ for future development. A recent report by the NITI Aayog seems to propose a double engine of manufacturing and services. There had been contesting views as to what ought to be the real engine in a country which has a per capita income falling within the low-middle income group...
SIX communities of Assam — Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and the tea-tribes/Adivasi — have been agitating for decades for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. The Koch Rajbongshi movement assumed an organised political form as early as 1968–69, and has continued for nearly six decades. The demands of Moran and Matak communities are even older, going back to 1947. By the late 1970s, the Chutia and the Adivasi/tea...
When the state demands proof of a citizen's existence, the process becomes a bureaucratic hell of paperwork. The cost of this grand endeavour, meant to identify a few 'infiltrators', a fictional enemy, is not merely in crores of rupees — it is written on the coffins of the many who died. The stated objective was to catch infiltrators, but its result was the tragic death of ordinary citizens...
TRIPURA State unit of All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) met in its 12th state conference at Sonamura town, Sepahijala District on December 6-7, 2025. The conference called for escalation of mass contact, mobilising people on local issues and building up sustained united struggles with fraternal organisations to combat neo-fascism that the RSS-led BJP government has imposed throughout the country. A. Vijayraghavan, All India...
THE United States has opened yet another dangerous chapter in its long history of interventions in Latin America. Under the name “Operation Southern Spear,” Washington has launched a series of lethal strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, backed by the largest US naval deployment in the region in decades. More than 80 people have already died in these attacks, most of them on small boats that the US claims were connected to drug...
The Winter Session of Parliament commenced on December 1 and will continue until December 19. The Opposition MPs have decided to raise several matters, including concerns linked to the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, equality, income, the Red Fort blast, labour codes, Delhi pollution, foreign policy, etc. On the first day of the session, the Lok Sabha was adjourned twice due to heavy sloganeering by the Opposition over SIR and “vote chori” allegations.
THE swearing-in ceremony of the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar was organised in the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna on November 20, when 26 leaders took oath of office as cabinet ministers with Nitish Kumar as the chief minister. Kumar taking oath as chief minister for a record 10th time was hailed by the national media as an example of the complete coordination and ideological...
Concert for Palestine in KolkataOn November 29, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Palestine Solidarity Initiative hosted a "Concert for Palestine" in Kolkata's central business district, Esplanade. The venue, in front of the Oberoi Grand, was draped with strings of Palestinian and Indian chain flags. |
Protests against Government decision to implement Labour CodesProtests in Tripura against attack on rally by BJP goons A large number of people took to the streets in Tripura to vent their anger against the barbaric attack on a procession by BJP-backed goons in Dharmanagar right in front of police on November 26, in which 12 people including former CPI(M) MLA Amitabha Datta and senior party... |
Stop Flawed SIRCPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 29, 2025THE CPI(M) reiterates its strong opposition to the manner in which the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls is being carried out across the country. |
Stop the SIR in Andhra Pradesh immediatelyThe round table meeting held at M. B. Vijnana Kendram, Vijayawada, unanimously demanded that the state and central governments stop the programme of Special Intensive Revision of the voters list in Andhra Pradesh. |
The BJP Playbook to Hand Over Power Sector to Private PlayersThe BJP’s anti-farmer face always gets exposed despite its numerous farmer-friendly announcements, advertisements, and claims. This time, the BJP’s mask has been removed by power companies. An order was issued stating that if electricity is supplied to farmers for even one minute longer than 10 hours, the salary of the supplier employee will be deducted.... |
