Opinion: In Modi’s India, the aspirations and sometimes even the public discourse are not dissimilar to Nazi times. scroll.in/article/1068028

By Harsh Mander

After 10 yrs of #Modi , #Railways carry fewer passengers, are losing money but are costlier, especially for poorer passengers, who are packed into proportionately fewer 2nd class seats, at speeds nearly the same as during UPA govt. Aniket Aga’s analysis

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Big victory for peoples' Right to Information! ECI releases voter turnout figures in absolute numbers. Important step by ECI, though this could have been done sooner. The demand to disclose Form 17C must continue as that is the only statutory authenticated record of voter turnout

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Unbelievable day for Indian cinema. An independent filmmaker - from much hated FTII - whose first film was a poetic love letter to the idea of dissent in a democracy, wins the second highest honour at the biggest film festival in the world.

Payal Kapadia’s ALL WE IMAGINE AS

#Inequality levels have reached historical highs under the Billionaire Raj. A comprehensive wealth tax package would be an important step towards a more equitable growth path for India.

Nitin Kumar Bharti, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, and Anmol Somanchi argue
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Voter against the politics of hate in favour of social justice and liberty.

Amazing crowds greet Indian opposition leaders despite extreme heat.

Aruna Roy was a key architect of the rights-based welfare state put together in India in the 2000s. She significantly contributed to my education in democracy when I interned with MKSS - Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in rural Rajasthan in 2001. Her new memoir will be a must-read:

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'ज़ुल्म फिर ज़ुल्म है बढ़ता है तो मिट जाता है
खून फिर खून है टपकेगा तो जम जाएगा l'
Syeda Hameed quotes Sahir Ludhianvi and requests you to hold your heart, understand that the Euphoria created by this government is an eyewash, and use your power to vote them out.

In this, the most consequential elections of our lifetimes, I cast my vote this morning, my heart racing. I now await 4 June with both anxiety & hope. These results will determine the future of our people, maybe for a generation, beyond my life span.
May our people choose wisely

No ordinary election, says Harsh Mander

#India

'We want to live in a country where all of us are equal. Vote for the constitution of this country. Vote for the government who safeguards it'. ~ Harsh Mander

A touching account of meeting a friend. In jail, behind a wall, speaking on a phone. Catching up desperately on the world on both sides of the jail wall. The friend is political prisoner Umar Khalid. Meeting him his his dear comrade Anirban scroll.in/article/106802… via Scroll.in

Replug: 'I have struggled to write this dire eye-witness account for over a year. Its troubling reminders continue to haunt my memory and my conscience, of what the public good of healthcare had been reduced to in India...' scroll.in/article/101209…

Harsh Mander recalls the

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Social security pensioners are given 7 Rs a day (Rs 200 per month) . Senior citizens of India don't face questions of inequality - once their utility is over - it's callousness and destitution that they face in their last days . #EndTheBillionaireRaj . #FightInequalityNow

More than 40% of India survives in less than 298 rupees a day. While during COVID the number of billionaires increased from 102 in 2020 to 166 in 2022. Is this profiting on misery? #EndTheBillionaireRaj #LokSabhaElections2024 Joe Athialy Nikhil Dey P. Sainath Road Scholarz

Majority of Indians have per capita space equivalent to or less than a 10ftx10ft room for their living, cooking, washing & toilet. Whereas, an avg Indian super-rich owns 5.1 residential properties. For perspective, Ambani's house is 400,000 sq ft!
#EndTheBillionaireRaj

'In discussions on the problem of malnutrition in India, inequality does not get its due…Expanding spending on the provision of universal basic services is imminently possible in India.
Writes economist Dipa Sinha #EndTheBillionaireRaj
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