Commentary

The Politics Around The Caste Census

Caste manifests in social, economic, political and educational inequalities among various classes of the Indian society, yet there is no official caste populations available except of Dalits and Adivasis (SCs and STs in official parlance), which is collected in the decennial Census of India, last in 2011. In fact, a full caste census was last carried out about 90 years ago, in 1931. The last effort at a caste census i.e.

Movements of Farmers, Workers, Youth Intensify Against Yogi Misrule in UP

As the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls due in early 2022 draw closer, the determination and fighting unity of vast sections of UP’s people against Yogi Adityanath’s misrule is growing in intensity.

The Battle Against Privatisation Should Become a Social and Political Agenda

(Based on the talk delivered at the webinar hosted by the West Bengal unit of All India Bank Employees’ Association - AIBEA on 15 September 2021)

Memorandum On UP Population Bill

We, the undersigned women, women's organisations, health networks, academics, health and legal rights activists, and concerned individuals, express our dismay, concern, and protest at the proposed Draft Uttar Pradesh (UP) Population Control, Stabilisation and Welfare Bill, 2021, which forms part of its Population Policy 2021-2030. The Draft Bill was made public on 11 July 2021.

Sulli Deals: A Place for "Auctioning" of Muslim Women by Hindutva Patriarchal Bigots

On 4th July this year, a twitter account holder by the name “k” tweeted about an App created for the “public auctioning” of Muslim women. When this incident came to light, it led to an outrage on various platforms, as concerned citizenry spoke out in protest. The App was named 'Sulli Deal' and was available on Github; a platform for open source software. Through this App, Muslim women were being 'auctioned and sold' as 'deals of the day'.

On CPI(M)’s Review of the 2021 West Bengal Elections

Two months after the announcement of the West Bengal poll results, CPI(M) state secretary and polit bureau member Surjya Kanta Mishra addressed a Facebook live programme on 7 July. His nearly two-hour-long address came in the wake of two months of organisational review of the West Bengal poll outcome at different levels of the party organisation and mass organisations led by the party. The address thus can be seen as a public articulation of the CPI(M)’s essential election review.