All stories by SHOBHA WARRIER
'Workers are migrating even today'
Rediff.com31 Jan 2022'The government could not even ensure the payment of wages by the private sector during the lockdown.' 'We have experienced all kinds of exploitation during the pandemic.'
'This government prefers only ease of doing business, they are not interested in ease of living'
Rediff.com31 Jan 2022'We are worried for the workers because in the private sector, jobs are not secure, there is no decent work condition and there is no social security.' 'That's why we are opposing the economic policies of this government.'
'Amendments are like a sledgehammer to swat a fly'
Rediff.com28 Jan 2022'I hope the Centre and the states will both act in the spirit of cooperative federalism and find acceptable solutions without testing the law and the limits of each other's power.' 'This should not be considered a wrestling match.'
'This is the moment to reintroduce wealth tax'
Rediff.com25 Jan 2022'From March 2020 to November 2021, the combined wealth of the billionaires of this country has doubled.'
'I have never used a teleprompter'
Rediff.com24 Jan 2022'In Hindi, Mr Modi is unequalled as an exceptionally accomplished orator.'
A Wedding Dress Bank for the Poor
Rediff.com20 Jan 2022'You will never be able to do any work for society if you wait to make enough money.'
'This feeling of hatred is not going to stop'
Rediff.com18 Jan 2022'Unfortunately, our political class is not interested in making this society equal. They just want to exploit the situation for their own benefit.'
'The pandemic has made us more hateful'
Rediff.com18 Jan 2022'The reason why we have reached such depths is because of the breakdown of the rule of law, and not the political atmosphere.' 'Yes, the political atmosphere has aggravated the situation.'
'A bad situation, but I don't despair'
Rediff.com13 Jan 2022'India is a founding and permanent member of this 'club of shame': Journalists are murdered on account of what they write or intend to write, but nobody is finally brought to justice in such cases.'
'Hate-mongering increases when elections are near'
Rediff.com13 Jan 2022'Strategy is to divide and polarise electorate on communal lines.'
'If Yogi wins 2022, if Modi wins 2024...'
Rediff.com12 Jan 2022'Whatever is left of all institutions will also go away.'
'Modi personifies anti-Muslim, anti-Christian hatred'
Rediff.com12 Jan 2022'In India, the establishment not only endorses, but many a times instigates anti-Muslim hatred.'
'Parts of India have begun to run out of water'
Rediff.com10 Jan 2022'Rain-fed farms in the drier parts of the country are feeling the pinch of lack of water, and this pinch is only going to increase. Some of the biggest companies have shut down because of non-availability of water.'
'The prime minister's silence is very troubling'
Rediff.com5 Jan 2022'A climate of impunity is created when the fascistic hate-mongers reckon they can get away with anything because 'this is our regime' and this is going to be a 'Hindu Rashtra'.'
'China has no regard for boundaries'
Rediff.com4 Jan 2022'Putting tanks on the Ladakh border is not enough to combat China, what is needed to ensure resilience against any cyber-attacks or attacks in outer space or China flexing its economic muscle, as it did with Australia.'
'They have turned a majority of Hindus to Muslim haters'
Rediff.com4 Jan 2022'A Muslim is lynched somewhere, and you forward the video of the lynching through WhatsApp.' 'So, you participate in that lynching without actually doing it. You endorse it without being a party to it.'
'Hindu Rashtra will be a society under RSS thumb'
Rediff.com29 Dec 2021'In his first speech in Parliament, Modi spoke about the slavery of 1,400 years, and though he didn't say in so many words, the meaning was that he had come to re-establish a Hindu Rashtra.'
'Hindu Rashtra will be a society under RSS thumb'
Rediff.com23 Dec 2021'In his first speech in Parliament, Modi spoke about the slavery of 1,400 years, and though he didn't say in so many words, the meaning was that he had come to re-establish a Hindu Rashtra.'
'Socialism doesn't mean anything to people now'
Rediff.com21 Dec 2021'The word equity means so much more to the dynamic world India today is in than the word 'socialism'.'
'Supreme Court never said the Preamble can't be amended'
Rediff.com21 Dec 2021'Has the Supreme Court ever said that the Preamble is the basic structure of the Constitution?'