Re-Appropriating ‘We the People’ From Politicians Who Only Want Control
Social movements are bound to impact forms of protest politics in years to come. What is important is that through protest, these movements create a ‘we the people’. On November 26, 2021 the Preamble to the Indian Constitution was read aloud in Parliament by the president of India, the prime minister, ministers and members of […]Read More
List of international airports in India
Noida International Airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh is the newest addition to the international airports in India. Check here the list of the international airports in India. The Airport Authority of India or AAI is the body that manages both the International Airports in India and the Domestic Airports in India. The Airports Authority of […]Read More
Explained: What meeting MSP demand would cost govt
The unions want the Modi government to enact legislation conferring mandatory status to MSP, rather than just being an indicative or desired price. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the Centre would table the bill to repeal its three contentious farm laws “on the very first day” of the Parliament’s winter session starting November […]Read More
A new public stocking policy centred on pulses, edible oils and vegetables is needed to manage unseasonal price hikes
Vegetable storage can even be in dehydrated/processed form such as potato flakes, onion paste and tomato puree. Winter is usually when tomatoes, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, capsicum, radish, peas, spinach and other greens become relatively affordable. It has to do with their plantings mostly happening during August-October. In tomatoes, these begin even earlier — from mid-June, […]Read More
A bid to preserve tradition of Sarangi and Dhadd
Dhadd and Sarangi are the two folk musical instruments that have been in use in Punjabi folk songs for quite a long time. Sarangi produces musical tunes while dhadd renders rhythm. Punjabi culture is very old and one of the richest with its myriad content that fills our lives with colors. Punjabi traditional folk instruments are […]Read More
November 22, 1980, Forty Years Ago: Ultimatum On Strike
The Maharashtra government gave the 9,000 subordinate striking engineers of the State Electricity Board an ultimatum to resume duty within 24 hours or “face the consequences”. Ultimatum On Strike The Maharashtra government gave the 9,000 subordinate striking engineers of the State Electricity Board an ultimatum to resume duty within 24 hours or “face the consequences”. […]Read More
The Leaders Who Shaped, Guided and Sustained the Farmers’ Movement
The yearlong movement could survive due to the overwhelming support it received. Here are some of the people who were responsible for securing it. A former solider, a doctor, a psephologist, a Jat leader, a women’s rights activist are just some of those who brought the mighty Modi government to its knees. Some of them […]Read More
Punjab adds another chapter in its long tradition of peasant struggles
Despite split after split in organisations, state repression, agrarian crisis and a wave of suicides, struggle was one thing the farmers of Punjab never forgot in the past more than 100 years Last year, a young farmer leader at the Tikri border motivated the farmers saying “we have to continue the struggle so that we don’t forget […]Read More
Guru Nanak
“The Bounteous Lord heard the anguished cries (of humanity),and so, Guru Nanak, He sent to this world of woe.” – Bhai Gurdas Ji Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ), the founder and first Guru of Sikhism, was born in the year 1469, in the village Talwandi which is located in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. The village, now known as Nankana Sahib, […]Read More
Alexander and Chandragupta Maurya: a short history of war, empire, and greatness
The use of the suffix ‘great’ has become less common in modern history-writing however, as historians have moved their focus away from the political triumphs of individual rulers to the society, economy, art and architecture of their times. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday (November 14) said that Chandragupta Maurya, who founded the […]Read More
