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WHO Report on COVID-19 Excess Deaths: Modi Government’s Attempt to Shoot the Messenger
20 May 2022
Rather than investing all its energy in managing the narrative, the government could have set up an independent committee to look into excess deaths in India.
Prabir Purkayastha, TK Anjali
Coal Shortages and Power Cuts: Mismanaged Electricity Supplies
30 Apr 2022
None of the Centre’s explanations for the coal and power shortages hit the mark. The government took no preventive steps though the severity of this crisis was long foretold. The real culprits are…
Prabir Purkayastha
Building an India with a Scientific Vision
25 Apr 2022
We must fight the battle for a sovereign, socialist, secular democratic republic, for it is also a battle to re-distribute the benefits of development to all sections of people of the nation.
Prabir Purkayastha
Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation?
21 Mar 2022
The west’s actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order which shuns the US for weaponising the dollar and western control over the global financial system.
Prabir Purkayastha
The Three Wars in Ukraine and How We Might all Lose
12 Mar 2022
The war in Ukraine is now part of three interlocking wars: the physical war, the inf
Prabir Purkayastha
Can Iran and US Breathe Life Back into Nuclear Deal?
19 Feb 2022
Washington’s folly was to pull out of the most stringent nuclear agreement a country could agree to. Iran can still accept most of those old terms but is unlikely to mothball some advanced…
Prabir Purkayastha
To Modi Government, Netaji is Just a Hologram
28 Jan 2022
No amount of pomp and show can conceal that the BJP sought to erase the legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose when it did away with the Planning Commission.
Prabir Purkayastha
Weaponising Hate Apps: Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai
22 Jan 2022
Hindu supremacists caught using tech tools and social media to target minority women prove again that each supremacism may be uniquely exclusivist but it is always anti-women and communal.
Prabir Purkayastha
Holmes Verdict: In the US, it is Fine to Lie to Consumers, but Not Investors
10 Jan 2022
Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The Holmes verdict simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers.
Prabir Purkayastha
What India Needs to Learn From Spiralling Gas, Electricity Prices in Europe
02 Jan 2022
Markets do not solve the problem of energy pricing. What is required is planning and long-term investments in infrastrucure.