Commentary
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कोरोना महामारी : श्रमिक चेतना के उन्मेष का समय
प्रेम सिंह | राजनीति को बदले बिना अर्थव्यवस्था नहीं बदली जा सकती. कोरोना महामारी को सरकार ने एक मौका बनाया है, तो मौजूदा निगम पूंजीवाद के वास्तविक विरोधी भी इसे एक मौका बना सकते हैं. मजदूरों, किसानों, अर्द्ध-पूर्ण बेरोजगारों का महामारी काल का अनुभव आसानी से भुलाने वाला नहीं होगा. उनके इस अनुभव का राजनीतिकरण…
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Corona Pandemic: Time for the Politicisation of Labour Consciousness
Prem Singh | If the government has turned the corona pandemic into an opportunity for itself then even the genuine opponents of the existing corporate capitalism can also do the same for themselves by making sure that the experience of labourers, peasants, semi-full unemployed during the pandemic period not be easily forgotten.
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Let Us Be More Humane
Pannalal Surana | Modi while delivering one hour lecture to the nation on 12th May 2020 night, did not even care to pay homage to those 16 persons who were made to suffer that tragic end by the negligence of the government.
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New Political and Economic Models Needed
I.D. Khajuria and Sandeep Pandey | Clearly not preparedness for war but willingness to work with each other is what will save humanity. Hence all animosities and rivalries must be given up, no-war pacts should be signed, if possible collectively through the United Nations, and stockpiles of arms and armies should be dismantled.
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Will Alcohol and Tobacco Use Jeopardize the Response to COVID-19?
Bobby Ramakant, Shobha Shukla and Sandeep Pandey | The government of India (and all other state governments) needs to review the merits of the decision of opening tobacco and alcohol shops. Among the most important and corrective political decisions would be the one to ban tobacco and alcohol altogether. Citizens need to be reassured that…
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Is Private Health ‘Industry’ a Big Hurdle in Containing COVID-19?
Bobby Ramakant, Shobha Shukla and Sandeep Pandey | Nationalizing health services is among the most important corrective political actions which governments can take in the wake of this pandemic. But health security for everyone can only come when we address inequalities and injustices in every other sector.
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लड़खड़ाते लोकतंत्र में सोशलिस्ट नेता मधु लिमए को याद करने के मायने
रामस्वरूप मंत्री | आज भारतीय लोकतंत्र का जिस्म तो बुलंद है, पर इसकी रूह रुग्ण हो चली है। ऐसे में जोड़, जुगत, जुगाड़ या तिकड़म से सियासत को साधने वाले दौर में मधु लिमए की बरबस याद आती है। राजनीति के चरमोत्कर्ष पर हमें सन्नाटे में से ध्वनि, शोर में से संगीत और अंधकार में…
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Need for Immediate Nationalisation of Health Services
Bobby Ramakant, Sandeep Pandey and Surabhi Agarwal | If patients with serious aliments other than COVID-19 are not given timely lifesaving healthcare, then we need to brace ourselves for a more worrying and unfortunate situation of multiple health and humanitarian crises.
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प्लेग और गांधी का सत्याग्रह
अरुण कुमार त्रिपाठी | दक्षिण अफ्रीका में प्लेग से गांधी का सत्याग्रह एक ऐसी कथा है जो बताती है कि किस तरह महामारियों के दौर में सरकारें भेदभाव करती हैं। वैसे समय में समुदाय और उसके नेतृत्व का दायित्व बढ़ जाता है।
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लॉकडाउन में गरीब कहां जाएं
प्रवीण श्रीवास्तव, संदीप पांडेय | गरीबों की परेशानियों के जल्दी कम होने की कोई सूरत नजर नहीं आ रही है. लाखों प्रवासी मजदूर, अपने घरों से हजारों किलोमीटर दूर, मेट्रो शहरों में फंस गए है.
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Unlocking the Economy
Pannalal Surana | The financial package announced by the RBI Governor may start oiling the businesses but the majority of the labourers may still not find jobs. So it is imperative that the government enhance disbursement to needy people.
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If Agriculture Were the Most Remunerative Economic Activity
Varsha Sharma and Sandeep Pandey | What would happen if by a set of policy changes agriculture was to be made the most remunerative activity of the economy? The justification in its favour is simple. If agriculture is the most important activity for human survival why not accord it the highest value?