Month: January 2012

Two decades of neo-liberalism has pushed the majority of poor to the brink of ill-health.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s blabber which said “ Malnutrition is national shame” is like a chronic patient in deep coma suddenly waking up to express extreme horror about his own weakness.

Just recently in the month of December 2011, the economic “stalwarts” comprising of Manmohan himself and the likes of Montek, Mukharjee, and Chidambaram had concluded to to declare that those earning above 32 rupees in urban areas and 27 rupees in rural areas of India should be considered as above poverty line and they would also form part of the “burgeoning” middle class in this country. This is nothing but a parody and exposes the class bias of these species who claim to be humans.. read more

Nothing can better illustrate the theatrical drama that is being enacted in the name of fighting corruption (especially the last fortnight), over the Anti-Corruption legislation termed as the Lokpal (Ombudsman) Bill, than by comparing it to a stage managed play. All the actors, actresses, villains, jokers along with their stage managers and not to forget the audience, everyone are there. Only in this real life drama not only has the script gone wrong, but the whole thing enacted in the name of fighting corruption is no more fictitious than a Bollywood movie – the ultimate opium of the Indian masses today. read more