South Asia Citizens Web

In this age of economic globalisation and neo-liberal economy, the principle of profit over people plays a crucial role. Here, the state or a certain class of the society benefits from this economic globalisation, while creating a huge social inequality where certain sections, particularly the working class, become vulnerable in the name of development. In case of the RMG sector in Bangladesh, this claim is quite evident. While the owners become richer day by day, the workers die from factory fires, collapses, while suffering from hunger, malnutrition, and disease due to lower wages and lower safety standards of their workplaces.

This report by Amiya Rao, Sudesh Vaid and Monica Juneja was published in 1979 by the Delhi based People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights, Delhi

History Lessons
The appointment of a new chief at the Indian Council of Historical Research reignites old battles over who controls ideas of India
by ANJALI MODY | 1 August 2014
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/history-lessons

How they voted for the left parties in Andhra Pradesh region in the fifties and sixties.