* On ’Nat’l Policy Framework on Agriculture Marketing’ | Rajan Kshirsagar
* On Handloom Weavers’ Cooperatives in Neo-Liberal India | K Srinivasulu
* Why Resolving Manipur Has Become Difficult? | Ajay K. Mehra
* USA: MAGA is just a populist pipedream | Anuradha Chenoy
* On Student Protests of Late 2024 in Serbia | Ivaylo Dinev
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 6, Feb 8, 2025
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Feb 8, 2025
8 FebruaryLetter to the Readers
In a very shocking development on February 5, 2025 a large mob of protestors demolished the Dhaka house of ‘’Bangabandhu’ —Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the key leader of Bangladesh’s independence movement and also set fire to (...) -
A Dalit Activist’s Quest for Freedom | Arup Kumar Sen
8 February, by Arup Kumar SenIndian communist parties have often failed in weaving Indian identities into the language of left politics; Dalit or lower caste identities, gender-based identities, tribal identities are prominent among those. India’s protest and social change (...) -
2025 Delhi Assembly Election Results: A preliminary assessment | P. S. Jayaramu
8 February, by P S JayaramuFebruary 8, 2025
The most prestigious and widely awaited Delhi Assembly election results are out. Though there were three national Parties which were in the fray, the results have shown beyond any shadow of a doubt that the contest was bipolar (...) -
Budget 2025-26: Pursuing Growth by raising urban demand & Exports, ignores Employment | Sher Singh Sangwan
8 FebruaryThe budget is broadly growth-oriented like the earlier ones of the BJP-led government. This time the path of pushing investment is by raising the urban demand and increasing exports.The urban demand was showing signs of slackness over the (...) -
World Bank agenda of repealed farm laws return with ’National Policy Framework on Agriculture Marketing’ (NPFAM) | Rajan Kshirsagar
8 February, by Rajan Ramchandra KshirsagarThe Union Government has brought forward the “National Policy Framework on Agriculture Marketing” (NPFAM) trough which trying to bring back agenda & content of Three Black farm laws. The draft calls for B-Ready agriculture which is a dictated by (...) -
The Union Budget 2025-26 : An Analysis | P. S. Jayaramu
8 FebruaryFebruary4, 2025
Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the year 2025-26 a few days ago. Not being an economist, my focus is largely on the political aspects which surrounded budget making.
At the very outset, I (...) -
The Diminishing of a Hindutva Icon | M.R. Narayan Swamy
8 February, by M R Narayan SwamyThe horrific stampede that killed dozens at the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj is more than a tragedy whose blame can be laid on poor management by the Uttar Pradesh government. The disaster also signifies the colossal failure of the state’s chief (...) -
Handloom Weavers’ Cooperatives in Neo-Liberal India: Need for Strengthening them | K Srinivasulu
8 February, by Karli SrinivasuluHandloom weaving is a major employer after agriculture in India. It is spatially integrated with the diverse regional political economies and sociologically heterogeneous as caste- communities numerous and as diverse as backward castes, (...) -
Why Resolving Manipur Has Become Difficult? | Ajay K. Mehra
8 February, by Ajay K. MehraManipur, one of the seven states in India’s northeast, is in the midst of a civil war since 3 May 2023. That the Prime Minister of India has not considered it necessary to visit this small state – 25th in the country in both territory and (...)