Tag: COVID-19
Capitalism: An overrated failure story
Why attempts made by governments of different countries, including India’s, to revive capitalism with a stimulus during COVID-19 isn’t feasible at all?
Why does Trump say that China is responsible for spreading Coronavirus?
Why does Trump say that China is responsible for spreading Coronavirus when all evidence proves otherwise? What should Beijing do to stop Trump and the US?
FM Sitharaman’s fifth tranche announcements expose there wasn’t any stimulus package
Nirmala Sitharaman’s fifth tranche announcements regarding the Rs 20 trillion “stimulus package” exposed there was no relief plan at the first place.
Third tranche of Sitharaman’s COVID-19 package announcements poses threat to farm sector
The third tranche of Sitharaman’s COVID-19 package announcements not only avoided fiscal stimulus but also jeopardised India’s food security.
Celebrating the new Indian citizen
The Indian citizen is remoulded and turned into a non-chalant, “apolitical”, obedient and uncritical lot, which cheers the supreme leader and hails tyranny.
Sitharaman’s announcements on day one peddled liquidity as fiscal stimulus to dupe people
Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcements, on the first day of the many days she will announce details of Modi’s Rs 20 billion-worth package, were simply hollow.
Modi’s proposed “bold reforms” prelude to a tyrannical corporate rule
Modi’s address to nation unveiled the forthcoming tyrannical corporate fascist rule that will ruin the lives and livelihood of the poor and undo democracy.
The BJP’s assault on labour rights exposes real intention behind COVID-19 lockdown
The cat was peeping out of the bag for long, but with the the BJP’s assault on labour rights under the garb of fighting COVID-19 menace brought it out.
Social distancing: Is this term really what one should use?
Social distancing is a term that’s used 24/7 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in our social context, is this the right term to use at this hour?
Part II: COVID-19, fictitious capital and financial crisis
The second part of the analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic, share buy back and fictitious capital: A capitalist effort to survive the financial crisis.
Whether the lockdown was necessary if it’s now relaxed so arbitrarily?
Whether the lockdown was necessary if it didn’t flatten the curve and is now relaxed when the number of COVID-19 patients is rising? What about testing?
Not enraged but helpless: The subjugated working class in lockdown
The working class is subjugated and repressed by the Hindutva fascist state during the lockdown. But this won’t end them. They will return very soon.
PMCARES Fund and Aarogya Setu aiding Modi’s despotic hegemony
Modi’s PMCARES Fund and Aarogya Setu app have been severely criticised but that didn’t stop the prime minister from consolidating his tyrannical hegemony.
Zombies: Where do they come from?
Zombies are well-known to the people, thanks to endless Hollywood flicks showing the undead dead. But it’s important to know the history of zombies as well.
Distancing bodies, shifting minds: The ambivalence of ‘being together’ during COVID-19
An effort to map the individual physical and psychological transformations that the world is undergoing during the lockdown period due to COVID-19.
COVID-19, fictitious capital and financial crisis
The COVID-19 isn’t the cause of the quagmire in which capitalism is in at the moment. The pandemic only triggered what was inevitable. An in-depth analysis.
How COVID-19 outbreak in India is helping the Modi regime normalise a fascist rule?
Is the Modi regime using the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown to establish a fascist dictatorship on India, quite nakedly than ever? What’s the truth?
At the time of hunger, FCI’s surplus rice is converted to ethanol to make alcohol-based hand sanitisers
The Modi regime’s decision that the FCI’s surplus rice is converted to ethanol to make alcohol-based hand sanitisers is absolutely anti-poor and disastrous.
Why just rescue students from Kota but not migrant workers?
Yogi Adityanath regime could allocate 250 buses to rescue 7,500 students from Kota but his government and the BJP ignored the plight of migrant workers.
Why Modi’s revocation of ban on used ventilator import threatens public health?
Ignoring the threats it pose to patients, the Modi regime revoked the ban on used ventilator import to appease the US-based corporates and earn commission.