Op-Ed – Page 39 – NICKELED AND DIMED

Violent Spaces

The COVID 19 crisis has impacted the lives and livelihood of many. The economy crashed to an all-time low, and unemployment was at its highest. Amidst this pandemic, Prime Minister Modi initiated a strict lockdown with only 4 hours of notice. This lockdown was meant to slow the spread of the virus. However, it failed…
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“Its Indira Gandhi all the way”

On January 7th 1980, most English newspapers in India had the following headline- “It’s Indira Gandhi all the way”. There was intense euphoria that swept the nation as they welcomed a new Congress government after the Janata Dal had failed spectacularly at maintaining their power. The proportions of the 1980 election fooled many experts around…
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Future Tenses; Present Pretences

Future Tenses by Nitisha Kaul My raison d’etre for choosing this book was to delve deep into the dispute and to get a perspective of the life of people currently living in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
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THE LOOMING DEBT CRISIS AND ECONOMIC PACKAGES IN EMERGING MARKETS

The spread of pandemic has led to spending by the governments of advanced and emerging economies in three key areas: health facilities in order to counter the spread of pandemic, granting short term loans on low interest rates to MSMEs so that they stay afloat and ensure that people who are employed on daily wages…
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Politics behind the migrant crisis between Nepal and India

The lockdown imposed to prevent the COVID-19 spread impacted the Nepali migrant workers tremendously and hundreds of workers are currently stranded in border areas between India and Nepal.
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Maintaining Order with the Ordinance : Trade Unions in the midst of disappearing worker rights

Some of the key laws being relaxed are those related to settling industrial disputes, health and working conditions of workers, trade unions, migrant labourers, occupational safety and contract workers.
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ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE TO THE MIGRANTS

This article will explore notions of crop failure and the push and pull factor that leads to migration in the first place. Furthermore, these factors are only worsened in the current situation, with the relief packages announced by the government being too little and too late.
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Labour and its pivotal role in classical economics

Ascertaining labour’s intricate relationship with other agents within an economic system has been a fundamental question in the evolution of economic thought. The predominance of social division provides the basis for determination of many economic factors. Each economist has theorised the role and relative importance of each economic agent. Since labour is copious, it plays…
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CRISIS OF EMPLOYMENT AND DEFLATION IN AMERICA: PAST AND PRESENT

While the coronavirus crisis is most unique in the history of the United States, the nation’s economic history does have certain precedents for tackling the crisis of unemployment and deflation.
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The Vilification of the Tablighi Jamaat Interview with Dr. Ambreen Agha by Sahil Philip

Q- In your recent article on The Hindu, you had interestingly written that the Tablighi Jamaat group was “apolitical” in nature. Could you bring more context into this? A.A – I believe that there is nothing apolitical per say. Everything is very, very political. There is a special meaning to the ‘apolitical’, defined by single…
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Environmental Degradation and Recovery of the Baiga Tribal Group

In this article, I will focus on the continuous environmental injustice and oppression faced by the Baiga tribal group in central India and how the Forest Rights Act works, in their case, as an environmental justice framework.
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Is terrorism an act of rationality?

Analyzing the spectrum of the arguments, let us offer an understanding of the rationale behind terrorist activities. The intention is not to endorse the act of terrorism, but to try and understand the meaning attached behind terrorist operations.
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