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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy |Dinkar Kapoor |Suresh Khairnar |Justice Markandey Katju
How much have women around the world really gained by March 8 being marked as International Women’s Day in most parts? Or it would be perhaps be better to say that this is in essence a way of honoring them? Is it really? It should be, but for several decades the day appears to have become a manner of acknowledging the importance of women, expressing the need of their being accorded greater respect, more powers and so forth?
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Mohd Khan |Dinkar Kapoor |Bharat Dogra |Lawrence Wittner
Har Haath Ko Kaam Do, Kaam Ke Poore Daam Do,Suraksha Aur Samman Do, Budhaape Men Aaraam DoThe All-India Shramik Samman Yatra is an effort to reach out to over 90% of informal workers across India to advocate with national and state governments for their right to a safe and dignified life.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Mohd Khan |Dinkar Kapoor |Bharat Dogra |Lawrence Wittner
Recent remarks by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) chairman S.N. Subrahmanyan advocating for 90-hour work weeks has sparked a heated debate about workplace culture and employee well-being in India. Subrahmanyan’s endorsement of extended work hours, including Sundays, comes just months after the tragic death of a young employee at Ernst & Young Global member firm SR Batliboi in Pune, allegedly due to workplace stress.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Dinkar Kapoor |Bharat Dogra |Lawrence Wittner |Shajid Khan
Two days ago, while talking to his employees, S. N. Subramaniam, Chairman of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) construction company, said that workers should work 90 hours a week. For extra results, one has to work extra and work should be done even on Sundays. He said that for how long will the workers keep staring at their wives’ faces while staying at home. Before this, Infosys Chairman Narayan Murthy had also advised workers to work 70 hours a week.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Vidyadhar Date |Dinkar Kapoor |Naveen Prasad Alex
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a unique personality in Indian history who dedicated his entire life to social, economic, and political equality. Although he passed away on December 6, 1956, his ideas continue to guide Indian society to this day. Babasaheb was not just a leader for Dalits but a global icon in the struggle for equality. Throughout his lifetime, there were efforts to confine his legacy within specific boundaries, and such attempts persist even today.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Amir Nour |Marwan Asmar |Dinkar Kapoor |Mohd Khan
Gaza (Quds News Network)- The United Nations said Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world after more than a year of Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Dinkar Kapoor |Mohd Khan |Jake Smaje |Phil Pasquini
It is clearly stated in the preamble of the constitution that the dignity of the individual will be ensured in India. In all the decisions of the Supreme Court regarding the right to life given in Article 21 of the Constitution, it has been considered the prime duty of the state to provide every citizen with a dignified life. Any person can live a dignified life only when the state ensures the facilities necessary for his life like education, health, employment, electricity, water, roads etc.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Dinkar Kapoor |Aviva Chomsky |Kim Petersen |Vijay Prashad
ToSmt Sarada MuraleedharanChief SecretaryGovt of KeralaDear Smt Muraleedharan,I have come across a distressing news report that indicated “forest department officials responsible for demolishing three tribal huts at the Kollimoola tribal settlement in Begur, part of the Tholpetty forest range in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS)“The tribals are original residents of forests and the forest officials have no right either to displace them or demolish their huts.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Himanshu Kumar |Dinkar Kapoor |Aviva Chomsky |Medea Benjamin
It has come to our attention that the Home Ministry of Chhattisgarh Government, via a circular dated 30 October 2024 has banned Moolwasi Bachao Manch, Bastar, stating it to be an unlawful and anti development organization. The ban has been initiated under section 3 of the draconian Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act (CSPSA). This circular does not cite any concrete reasons for the same.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vidyadhar Date |Dinkar Kapoor |Naveen Prasad Alex |Minal Shende
This was an unusual book launch in Mumbai on October 30 where the author , a prominent human rights activist, management professor, faces restrictions on his movements because of a court order. And the audience included some of the best minds including well known poet Vara Vara Rao, who are either on bail in the Bhima Koregaon case or their movements are restricted too. The author is Anand Teltumbde and the book is “Iconoclast – a reflective biography of Babasaheb Ambedkar”.
