THE Communist Manifesto had observed that the executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. In today’s India, even that formulation requires revision. The explanation of the current situation goes beyond the routine management of bourgeois affairs through the neutral machinery of a liberal state. The current situation is...
CONSIDER a very simple picture, of a world in which there are only two countries that are engaged in trade. One of the two has a current account surplus while the other, by definition, has an identical current account deficit. It is reasonable to assume that since the surplus country is obviously more successful as an international competitor, it would be close to full capacity-use in a regime of free trade, while the deficit country that is...
JACOB HELBERG, the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and the architect of the Pax Silica initiative, published a manifesto on June 23 attacking the United Nations' vision of "digital sovereignty". Countries that attempt to build their own AI capabilities, he wrote, will achieve only "a kind of synchronized mediocrity - a planet of subscale clones, each heroically reconstructing last year's breakthrough while...
Democracies do not just thrive by ensuring elections at regular intervals. It is about the institutional processes that ensure equal right to participate in an electoral contestation. It is equally important how choices are being influenced by power and money and the negotiation between voters and their representatives. If the model is to use cash for votes and then elected representatives also shamelessly betray a political party for...
IN the name of combating organised crime, the Government of West Bengal has introduced the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026. The administration argues that the legislation is necessary to deal with hardened criminals and organised anti-social activities. Yet a careful reading suggests...
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) published on May 22 the application submitted by Tata Power Company Limited (TPCL) seeking the grant of a parallel distribution licence in 19 revenue districts of Karnataka, covering the operational areas of all five ESCOMs. KERC invited objections and suggestions from stakeholders regarding the proposal. Immediately thereafter opposition to this move was built up...
ON June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative body on the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Its title is almost unbearable to read: The Essence of Childhood Has Been Destroyed. Behind the title lies an accusation of extraordinary gravity. The Commission concludes that Israeli authorities...
I am writing to you on the eve of the rollout of the new Act, Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act. Yesterday (June 28), I was at a designated MGNREGA worksite in an adivasi village of Barapala in Udaipur district Rajasthan interacting with the workers who were predominantly women. Rajasthan has special summer timings because...
On June 25, an unnamed Ministry of External Affairs official triggered a controversy by saying – in passing – that an Indian passport is merely a travel document and does not constitute proof of citizenship. As if that were not worrying enough, the Narendra Modi government now appears to be doubling down on the dangerous assertion that a properly issued passport that the Indian...
IT has been 25 years since Moturi Hanumantha Rao—affectionately known as "Comrade MH" in Communist ranks—passed away. Yet the path he charted, the articles, commentaries, and books he authored, and the speeches he delivered continue to inspire and remain an enduring part of history. Born in 1917 and passing away in 2001, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, a Member of the Legislative...
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