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First issue of ’Filhal’ a workers periodical in Hindi published from Delhi. It has articles by Arvind Narayan Das, Dilip [Simeon], Shobha [Sadgopan] and Pratap Singh.

At the heart of the fracas surrounding the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York who promised to pay her housekeeper $9.75 per hour, in compliance with United States labor rules, but instead paid her $3.31 per hour, is India’s dirty secret: One segment of the Indian population routinely exploits another, and the country’s labor laws allow gross mistreatment of domestic workers.

Three hundred sweepers of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation were arrested and detained by Gujarat Police to scuttle their legitimate agitation for the demand of higher wages and permanency in employment. The workers who were on a indefinite strike since 31st December, 2013, under the banner of Gujarat Mazdoor Sabha

The central issue for our society is inequality, not just corruption, feels Sandeep Pandey

It is interesting how media reports of Narendra Modi’s rallies differ from the real thing. To see the difference for myself, I attended Narendra Modi’s recent rally in Ranchi.