SK 19.3.24 ”Intiassa asuu noin kuudesosa ihmiskunnasta. Se miten siellä eletään ja miten kansalaisia hallinnoidaan ja miten yhteiskunta organisoidaan, se on koko maailman normaali. Pohjoiseurooppalainen tyyli on pientä kikkailua siihen verrattuna”, väitöskirjatutkija Matias Castrén sanoo.
With the Lok Sabha elections just weeks away, a Leftist Opinion: "Who are the AAP voters who would otherwise vote for the BJP? By definition, they are people who wouldn’t mind having a prime minister who presided over a massacre of Muslims in Gujarat (whether or not they know what role he played in it). This is where the AAP and BJP constituencies overlap. But these voters are fickle. AAP issued just one statement during its election campaign about the violence in Muzaffar nagar, and apparently that was enough to make the overwhelming majority of Jats, who constitute a strong voting bloc in outer Delhi constituencies, decide to support the BJP. In other words, the more AAP makes anti-communal statements or takes left-wing positions, the less it is a threat to the BJP."
As voting begins in India in the largest elections the world has ever seen, we spend the hour with Indian novelist and essayist Arundhati Roy. Nearly 815 million Indians are eligible to vote, and results will be issued in May. One of India’s most famous authors — and one of its fiercest critics — Roy is out with a new book, "Capitalism: A Ghost Story,"
The BJP's neoliberalism may have pushed the left to the sidelines, but the inequality perpetuated by this agenda will ensure its return Vijay Prashad Vijay Prashad theguardian.com, Friday 23 May 2014
Dawn.com 4 July '09. "Perhaps the story of the Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, is the most appropriate metaphor for the insanity of our times... "