Misconceptions about Agriculture

THERE are a number of misconceptions about Indian agriculture which, if not removed forthwith, can have potentially adverse effects on the ongoing kisan agitation against the three farm laws. The first of these is the belief that corporate encroachment on peasant agriculture is a matter concerning only the corporate encroachers and the peasants. This is wrong: corporate encroachment on peasant agriculture is a matter that affects the economy as a whole; it concerns everybody. This is not a rhetorical statement; it is literally true.

MAHA: Shaheed Kalash Yatra Begins From Pune

THE Lakhimpur Kheri Shaheed Kalash Yatra in Maharashtra began with great enthusiasm on October 27, 2021 at Pune from Mahatma Jotirao Phule's historic house, which has long ago been declared as a national monument. Mahatma Phule (1827-1890) was a champion of the peasantry, an inveterate opponent of the caste system and of women’s oppression, and the author of seminal works like ‘Slavery’ and ‘The Whipcord of the Peasant’.

DPRK: Strengthen the Party to March to Greater Heights

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), spoke on 10 October commemorating the 76th founding anniversary of the WPK.

JHARKHAND: CPI(M) State Conference Vows to Strengthen the Party

THE Santal hool or rebellion of 1855 holds a prominent place in the history of our struggle for independence. The Santal peasantry of what today comprises the Santal Pargana Commissionery of Jharkhand rebelled against the reckless exploitation of peasants and tribal communities by East India Company and zamindars acting as stooges of the British.

Gandhiji and Savarkar in Post-Truth Project of Saffron Brigade

Perhaps Vinayak Damodar Savarkar didn’t ever think that new-age Sangh Parivar patriarchs would drag him in such an uncomfortable controversy and that too involving none other than Gandhiji! While formally releasing a book on Savarkar on October 13 in the presence of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Defence minister and former BJP president Rajnath Singh claimed that Savarkar had submitted mercy petitions to the colonial administration while he was locked up in the Andaman jail and that it was Gandhiji who had asked him to do so!

Farmers’ Suicides Increase, India Slips Further In World Hunger Index

A LARGE number of Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom, who are supporters of the historic farmers' movement in India, gathered in Glasgow last week to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Holding placards that said "Struggle of Indian farmers is our struggle" and with banners that called Modi a "killer of hundreds of innocent protestors", these people of Indian origin extended their support to the protesting farmers in India. The protestors held up banners saying that Modi is not welcome in Scotland.

Facebook’s Meta: Rebranding out of Trouble or Building a Dystopian Future?

LAST week, Zuckerberg at Connect 2021 launched a new company brand Meta. According to Facebook, "...brings together our apps and technologies under one new company brand. Meta's focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities and grow businesses."Is this merely a rebranding of Facebook after the considerable hit its image has taken with the revelations of the whistle-blower Frances Haugen and earlier Sophie Zhang? Is it to move away from its sullied past and present to an alternate universe, the metaverse that Facebook will create?

Comrade Pramila Pandhe

COMRADE Pramila Pandhe, veteran member of the Party passed away on October 31, 2021. She was 94 years old.Pramila Pandhe was born on November 26, 1927 in Bhusawal, Maharashtra. Her father, an official in the railway, was not politically active but was a follower of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and supported his ideas about independence. She started going for the ‘prabhat pheris’ at the age of seven with all the other children.

Communal Violence in Tripura

THE most hateful act resorted to by the fundamentalists of secretly putting a Koran beside a Hindu idol at a Durga Puja Pandal at Comilla, Bangladesh in the dead of night on October 13, sparked large scale anti-Hindu violence in ten districts of that country.

Quad for West Asia: India in Losing Game

THE part-virtual and part-person meeting of the foreign ministers of four countries – the United States, Israel, India and United Arab Emirates – on October 18 saw the emergence of a new grouping in West Asia. It is significant that the meeting took place when the Indian foreign minister, S Jaishankar, was visiting Israel to hold talks with the Naftali Bennett government.According to the US readout of the meeting, the talks concerned trade, climate change, energy and maritime security.

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