Mainstream Weeklyby Kingshuk Sarkar & D N Venkatesh *
Introduction
The future of work is a topic of great interest and speculation, as technological advancements and societal changes continue to shape the way we work. The basic idea of the future of work revolves around the notion that work and employment are undergoing significant transformations due to various factors, including technological advancements, societal changes, and economic shifts. The concept explores how these factors are reshaping (…)
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Future of Work and Its Implications on the Labour Market | Kingshuk Sarkar & D N Venkatesh
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On the Fundamental Rights of the Sex Workers and Others in India | Pradip Baksi
17 June 2023Pradip Baksi
BACKGROUND
It is for about one and a half decades now that our Sex Workers are raising the issues related to their lack of professional, legal and social rights before the members of the Other Sections of our society. Throughout this period, they are trying to get governmental recognition for their legal, civil and social rights, as people who have voluntarily chosen to be engaged as workers in the sector of sexual services. They belong to a profession which is about 10, 000 (…) -
Making Sense of the Crisis - Pakistan Army and the Collapse of the Imran Khan Government | M A Sofi
17 June 2023by M A Sofi *
The irony of an army with a ‘country attached to it’
An oft-repeated cliché in the Indian media involving the larger-than-life role of the Pakistan army in politics and dictating the country’s internal and external affairs that would raise eyebrows across the border would read “Pakistan is an army that has a country attached to it”. Recent developments over there seem to add a degree of validity to that cliché. Without intending to play the Devil’s Advocate, it’s important (…) -
The rise and rise of far-right in Germany | M. K. Bhadrakumar
17 June 2023, by M K BhadrakumarJune 13, 2023
The political class in Germany is stunned by the findings of a YouGov poll[[https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/germany-far-right-overtakes-scholzs-spd-in-new-poll] published on Friday that 20 percent of German voters would give their vote to the far-right AfD (Alternative for Germany), making it the second-strongest party behind the centre-right CDU (28%) and ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD (19%). There is no mistaking that it is a political earthquake.
Given (…) -
Why do some Filipinos support police shoot-to-kill policy? | Danielle P. Ochoa
17 June 2023by Danielle P. Ochoa *
11 June 2023
People’s moral reasoning involved making sense of who the agents and victims are and their perceived intentions.
The Philippine Government’s war on drugs has been described as “large-scale extrajudicial violence”, with more than 12,000 people reportedly being killed since its introduction in 2016
The true numbers are estimated to be up to three times that and continue to grow today.
Despite this, many Filipinos have expressed support for the (…) -
Recent incidents of intimidation & harassment of journalists by political leaders | Statement by EGI
17 June 2023The Editor’s Guild of India
PRESS STATEMENT
June 13, 2023
The Editors Guild of India notes with concern recent incidents of intimidation and harassment of journalists by political leaders while doing their job. This trigger happy approach to browbeat and harass reporters and news camera persons undermine the freedom of the press.
On June 9, Union Minister Smriti Irani, while on a visit to her constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, threatened and intimidated a journalist. The video of (…) -
Uttarakhand Situation: Statement by Citizens for Peace | June 12, 2023
17 June 2023We would like to express our concern over the deteriorating social situation in the state, especially in the context of the developments in the last few weeks. It is not conducive to the present welfare or to the future progress of Uttarakhand, that person be displaced or livelihoods be disrupted in the state.
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Text of Statement from the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine, 2023
17 June 2023We, the organizers of the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine, call on leaders in all countries to act in support of an immediate ceasefire and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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How Development Has Become Nature’s Enemy | M.R. Narayan Swamy
17 June 2023, by M R Narayan SwamyBOOK REVIEW
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Marginlands:
Indian Landscapes on the Brink
by Arati Kumar Rao
Picador India
Pages: 240
ISBN-10 : 9395624434
ISBN-13 : 978-9395624435 __0__
Man’s unending penchant for ’development’ is triggering a disaster of epic proportions all across India – and probably in much of the so-called developing world. This is why gigantic projects have deepened the very problems they were supposed to resolve, why urban landscapes have turned a veritable foe for (…) -
A Study of Women Farmers Under Kudumbashree Collective Farming in Kerala | Sudeshna Sengupta
17 June 2023BOOK REVIEW:
by Sudeshna Sengupta
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From the Realm of Necessity to the Realm of Freedom by Jaya Mehta and Vineet Tiwari
Aakar Books January 1, 2022
ISBN-10 : 9350027674 ISBN-13 : 978-9350027677
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The foreword rightly warns the reader that a wordy introduction will fall short of describing the rich content of the book. The book is indeed a rare one. It comes at a time when the country is grappling with intense agrarian crisis on the one hand and countrywide (…)