“THE message of September 27,  ‘Bharat Bandh’ must be taken to every house and aftermath of its success shall open up scope of bigger battles in the country. We must mobilise peace-loving, democratic-minded and patriotic countrymen behind the issues of ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by the SKM,” said Manik Sarkar, Polit Bureau member of CPI(M). He was addressing a massive convention in Agartala Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhavan on September 21, 2021 at the call of five Left parties, namely CPI(M), CPI, RSP, FB and CPI(ML).

THE Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Workers Union organised a day-long protest in front of the office of mission director of the National Health Mission (NHM) in Nagrota, Jammu, on September 4, over their long-pending demands. A large number of ASHA workers participated in the protest demonstrations.Om Parkash, state general secretary of CITU, addressed the protestors and said that it is a fact that much of the credit for the successful fight against the first and second waves of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir goes to the 14,000 ASHA workers who have worked selflessly.

EVERYWHERE in the world people got vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus without having to pay a penny, but not in India. Everywhere in the world, historic landmarks that define a nation, that constitute the warp and woof of a nation’s consciousness, are held sacred and left untouched in their original shape, but not in India. Everywhere in the world, public assets that provide basic services, or cultural and educational services, to the people, are virtually free, but no longer in India.

“If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right.” – M S SwaminathanTHE 10 lakh-strong historic SKM-led Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on September 5, 2021, forced even the most pro-establishment newspaper in the country like The Times of India to print the above seminal quote by Dr M S Swaminathan, former chairperson of the National Commission on Farmers, in A Thought for Today on its editorial page on September 7, followed by its lead editorial on the mammoth rally itself.

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), in a statement issued on September 5, has congratulated the entire contingent which represented India at the Tokyo Paralympics. The spectacular performance by this team winning an unprecedented 19 medals has brought laurels to the country. They deserve fulsome praise, recognition and honour.The success of these athletes becomes all the more significant given the pathetic state of para sports in our country.