Targetting Muslims in Educational System

THE shocking incident of a seven-year old Muslim boy being slapped by fellow classmates on the order of the teacher taking the class must not be seen as an isolated event. That the school is a small private one in a remote village in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh cannot be a reason to treat this bigotry as an aberration.The teacher-cum-owner of the school, Tripta Tyagi, is seen explicitly identifying the boy as Muslim and asking his classmates to come forward one by one to hit him. There is no doubt that the child was singled out for this type of harsh punishment because of his

The Many Colours of Hydrogen and the Scam of Carbon Capture

THE fossil fuel industry, particularly the oil and natural gas lobby, always has new cards. Earlier, the fossil fuel industry came up with carbon credits: We, the rich countries, will burn coal, oil and natural gas so that we can continue with our current lifestyles but "compensate" by planting trees in poor countries. Creating biological sinks for fixing carbon is a viable solution, but carbon credits, a market-based "solution" for creating carbon sinks, do not work.

Issues Concerning MGNREGA

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat had written a letter to Giriraj Singh, union minister of rural development on August 30 drawing his attention to the negative impact of several policy decisions taken by the government regarding MGNREGA.

Kerala Shows the Way: Says No to Centre’s Smart Meter Project

IN a historic move, on August 25, 2023, the Kerala government declared its decision to not implement the central government-imposed TOTEX model prepaid smart metering project. This notorious TOTEX model prepaid smart metering initiative, operating under the framework of the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), is designed to generate profits for private corporations such as Adani and TATA.

How Modi Govt has Saffronised Education

WITH the formation of the RSS-BJP central government under the leadership of Narendra Modi in 2014, a national level saffronisation campaign in education began in right earnest. After returning with a huge majority in 2019, this campaign reached its pinnacle. In this second phase, the National Education Policy (NEP) was implemented in the entire country by bypassing the parliament amidst the calamity of Covid pandemic and ensuing lockdowns. The basic purpose of this National Education Policy-2020 is the policy of centralisation, commercialisation and communalisation.

CPI(M) Delegation Visits Muzaffarnagar

A CPI(M) delegation comprising Polit Bureau member Subhashini Ali and John Brittas, member of parliament, Rajya Sabha visited the family of the young Muslim boy on August 30, who had been so cruelly treated by his teacher who is also the owner of the school.The delegation met Irshad and Rubina, the boy’s parents, and the young boy in their joint family home in village Khubbapur, Muzaffarnagar. They are poor people. Their two older sons are working in Chandigarh.

Behind BRICS Expansion

AT the Johannesburg summit of the BRICS countries, it was decided to expand the group beyond its original five, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, to include six more countries. These are: Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These six it appears were chosen out of a list of twenty-two countries which had been keen to join the BRICS grouping. What is more, government sources in South Africa which currently chairs BRICS have revealed that as many as 40 countries have been interested in joining the group.

AIKS Holds Workshop for Hindi States

THE Hindi states workshop organised by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on August 25-26, 2023 at Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan in New Delhi was a successful and encouraging initiative. It was envisaged as a workshop focusing on current political challenges and organisation. 86 leading AIKS activists from 15 states attended.The workshop was planned in the context of the enthusiasm and growing struggles, especially in the Hindi Belt region, on genuine demands of the peasantry facing acute agrarian crisis.

AIDWA Convention Calls for National Rally in October

THE “BJP-RSS Hatao, Mahila Bachao, DeshBachao” National Convention organised by the All India Democratic Women’s Association was held at the Surjeet Bhavan, New Delhi on August 17, 2023.

Karnataka: People’s Convention Resolves to Fight the Cost of Living Crisis

THE ‘Bangalore People’s Convention,’ held on August 20 at the Shikshakara Sadana auditorium, aimed to collectively tackle the cost of living crisis. Drawing over a thousand participants primarily consisting of IT employees, the programme was organised by the local committee of the IT front of the CPI(M). Notably, it was a unique gathering led by newly unionised IT sector employees, focusing on the urban cost of living crisis.

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