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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicAll India Kisan Sabha

Topic: All India Kisan Sabha

Hannan Mollah — Presidency graduate & CPM leader who has become face of farmer protest

Despite his political links, Hannan Mollah, general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha, has been embraced by protesters because he was pivotal in bringing together different farmer factions.

Kisan Long March has given hope to comrades that they can rise like a phoenix

Communism has been dying in Maharashtra for decades, but the energy of the farmers’ protest has breathed new life into the Reds. Can they capitalise on this?

Wanting an ‘apolitical’ Kisaan Long March is just an extension of middle class arrogance

The desire for an apolitical Kisaan Long March smacks of an assumed ownership over the idea of ‘politics.’

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.