2022

by Murzban Jal
Philosophy is nothing but religion rendered into thought and expounded by thought, i.e., another form and manner of existence of the estrangement of the essence of the human essence (Form und Daseinweise der Entfremdung des menschliche Wesens); hence equally to be condemned. —Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. ‘All gods are dead: now we want the superman (Ubermensch) to live’—let this be our last will one day at the great noontide. —Friedrich Nietzsche, (…)

IMPRESSIONS
There is something phenomenal about the way literature is building up on Narendra Modi. There is only one viewpoint that is presented in all these books: The greatness of Modiji as prime minister and as leader of people. Typical is Smriti Irani’s thesis: How Modi empowered India’s women in just eight years.
Modiji, given his background, is unlikely to be embarrassed by the way he is projected for posterity. Former Union Minister Vijay Goel described him as a (…)

by Atul Sarma and Shyam Sunder *
Despite the state government’s claim on fast growth in recent years, Assam’s per capita income is just 65.9% of all States average per capita income, or 70.9% of Northeast hill states (NEHS) average income in 2018-19, not to speak of the highest income state or even amongst the top five highest income state. Even in 2021-22 the state’s per capita income stood at 70.1 % of the national average per capita income. Clearly, the fiscal policy and its management (…)

Irrespective of whatever is ethnic identity of any shooter leading to violence and/or murders, how can approach towards him be decided by his religion, race, colour or any ethnic as well as national factor? A crime remains a crime. Sadly, double-standards of this nature still prevail. If Salvador Rolando Ramos was an Arab, a Muslim and/or a Black, the rage against United States’ gun laws would have hardly prevailed. He would have been instantly labelled as a terrorist and American media (…)

by Archishman Raju and Nandita Chaturvedi
The 22nd of May, 2022 marked the 31st death anniversary of freedom fighter and champion of worker’s rights, Sripad Amrut Dange. The event was marked by a meeting at the All India Trade Union Congress in Bengaluru, held by the Gandhi Global Family. This was one in a series of events held by the Gandhi Global Family to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence in Bengaluru. Several trade union activists and members, scholars, students, (…)

by Aditya Raj & Papia Raj
Community education (HE) is very important today because it can create processes for appropriate health seeking behavior (HSB) and help control any public health problem. HSB, defined as any action (or, series of action) undertaken by individual and/or community which enable or prevent them from making healthy choices, in either their lifestyle behaviors or their use of medical care and treatment, is a vital component of public health. HSB is context specific (…)

The Indian Constitution and the nation are facing a grave threat posed by the ongoing communal deluge. In fact, India, under three decades of neo-liberalism, had remained an amphitheater of communalism. During this time the value of constitutional secularism was doomed to stumble here and there in the corridors of political power. In the eighties and nineties of the 20th century, there was a possibility that the society could be swept away by the flood of communalism at any critical (…)

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF CULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
10 June 2022
The Secretary Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India 502-C Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi 110001
Sir,
Reports appeared recently in the media to the effect that the Ministry of Culture, Government of (…)

PRESS STATEMENT
June 8th, 2022
The Editors Guild of India is disturbed by the irresponsible conduct of some national news channels for deliberately creating circumstances that target vulnerable communities by spewing hatred towards them and their beliefs.
Expectedly, there was a riot in Kanpur accompanied by an unprecedented trenchant reaction from many countries that were offended by the remarks of the ruling party spokespersons. In their angry statements they wondered about India’s (…)

DELHI UNION OF JOURNALISTS (REGD)
Flat No.29, Central Market, Connaught Place, New Delhi-1
Phone: 23413459, Email: duj.delhi@gmail.com
June 6, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) deplores the hostility repeatedly exhibited by politicians and vigilante groups towards journalists.
The targetting of Mohd Zubair, co-founder and Editor of Alt News, is a classic case of shooting the messenger. Zubair tweeted that BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma had made objectionable (…)