Wheat harvest in central India. Photo taken as part of Development 360 project. India. Photo: Scott Wallace / World Bank
By Ranjini Basu The unfolding effects of the present global food crisis in India seems to be...
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha (United Farmers Front) celebrating the first anniversary of the historic farmers protests at Singhu border, New Delhi. 26 November, 2021.
The year long Indian farmers protest has inspired people all across the world. The grit,...
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Thousands of anganwadi (child-care) workers and helpers are on strike across multiple states in...
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Farmers demonstrate at the Singhu Border protest camp outside New Delhi on 29 December 2020. Photo: Ranjini Basu
For more than a month, farmers have laid siege to India’s national capital New Delhi, demanding...
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Representatives of farmer unions leave Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi after a meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on 5 December 2020. Photo: Kamal Singh/PTI
The unprecedented unity among peasant organisations is not a sudden development. It has been built...
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Farmers protest against government agricultural reforms in India on 21 September 2020. Photo: All India Kisan Sabha
October 2020 What impacts is COVID-19 (including measures put in place by the authorities) having...
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ASHA workers demonstrate in early August 2020 to demand better pay and government employee status.
By Ranjini Basu Before the COVID pandemic struck India, its Ministry of Health, stated that the...
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By Ranjini Basu* 29 April 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented health...
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