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December 09, 2006
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On Development and Loss of Livelihood
24 April 2007We are deeply anguished at the large scale displacement and loss of livelihood being caused through widespread land acquisition all over India by the State Governments with the active encouragement of the Centre in the name of promoting (...) -
Special Economic Zones - Neo-Zamindari zones?
24 April 2007Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are not a new concept, but the scale and speed and the socio-economic ambience in which these are being created are entirely new. Economic Processing Zones (EPZ) existed in India and SEZs are reportedly a tremendous (...) -
In Search of a Radical Legacy of B. R. Ambedkar
24 April 2007The contribution of B. R. Ambedkar to modern Indian social and political thought is immense. But, his legacy carries multiple meanings. In his discourse on Ambedkar in the 1990, Upendra Baxi lamented that even the Subaltern Studies acknowledged (...) -
Human Rights: No End to Denial of Right to Life
24 April 2007We observe December 10 as the Human Rights Day every year. Critiques then made highlight violation of human rights across the world. But the focus generally remains on civil and political rights. The foremost human right, the right to life, (...) -
Industrialise and Perish
24 April 2007Modernisation is axiomatically through industrialisation according to capitalist dogma. Appropriate technology reconciles progress through industry with employment of labour. Super capitalists with focus on hyper profit adopt gluttonous (...)
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