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Original post on /r/IndiaLeft. The content is copy-pasted below. --- Comrades, Here is a list of study materials and marxist literature regarding India. The list consists of selected materials to avoid reading burn-outs. The focus here is on the relevant materials as per the historical period. I have only added a small section of materials, so all suggestion are welcome for further addition. British India: 1. [On the result of british rule in India](https://marxists.architexturez.net/archive/marx/works/1853/07/22.htm) 2. [Effects of british imperialism in India](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189723/page/n5/mode/2up) 3. [Hunger and revolution in India](https://www.marxists.org/archive/roy/1919/09/18.htm) 4. [To young political workers](https://www.marxists.org/archive/bhagat-singh/1931/02/02.htm) 5. [India Past, Present and Future](https://www.marxists.org/subject/india/labour-monthly/1922/india_past_present_future.htm) 6. [Indian Bourgeoisie and the national revolution](https://www.marxists.org/archive/roy/1929/03/x01.htm) 7. [Manifesto](https://www.marxists.org/archive/roy-evelyn/articles/1920/manifesto.htm) India pre-neoliberalization and post-british : 1. [Neo-colonization](https://newleftreview.org/issues/II112/articles/achin-vanaik-india-s-two-hegemonies) 2. [Revolutionary outburst in India](https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mazumdar/1965/04/05.htm) 3. [Crisis in culture](https://www.marxists.org/archive/shibdas-ghosh/1957/x01/x01.htm) 4. [On communal problems](https://www.marxists.org/archive/shibdas-ghosh/1964/11/x02.htm) 5. [Raja Rammohun Roy](https://www.marxists.org/archive/tagore/1966/rajarammohunroy.pdf) 6. [Untouchables: Who are they and how they became Untouchables](https://www.marxists.org/archive/ambedkar/2015.56797.Untouchables.pdf) Present India: 1. [Fascism, fundamentalism and patriarchy](https://www.marxists.org/archive/gandhy/2001/00001.htm) 2. [Effects of US imperialism in India](http://vanguard-cpaml.blogspot.com/2018/07/us-imperialism-gathers-its-proxies-and.html) 3. [A megathread on the conflict in kashmir](https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/6ztowm/resources_on_imperialist_indian_occupation_of/) 4. [On indian elections](https://newrepublic.com/article/154011/arundhati-roy-indias-elections-a-mockery-democracy-supposed-be) 5. [Capitalism and hijack of India](https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/capitalism-and-the-gut-wrenching-hijack-of-india/) 6. [Fightback: 250 million on strike](https://peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/08/indian-workers-fight-back-250-million-people-go-on-strike/) 7. [Kerala's COVID-19 success story](https://socialistproject.ca/2020/05/india-kerala-combating-covid19-participatory-governance/) 8. [Malevolent republic - K.S Komireddi](https://b-ok.asia/s/malevolent%20republic%20komireddi) ​
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**CW: SA, murder, terrible shit** Don't know if you folks are aware but the conditions around the lack of safety for women in India is getting a lot of attention lately because a rape-murder case has generated major outcry because of the sheer brutality. Following this aforementioned case, the media has begun to report more on cases of sexual violence against women and minor girls. It is a very depressing situation because women are incredibly unsafe in the country but no one has any answers to fix this. Protests and activism try to find solutions within the existing political and economic framework which simply do not exist. The result is that this righteous anger materialises into screaming into the void until the energy dissipates. Some time passes and another terrible case happens again, after which the cycle repeats. In fact, there was a similar outcry against another horrific case some years ago the details of which are too tragic for me to repeat. The ruling party, BJP, is well known for harboring and protecting rapists. This aforementioned high profile case, like the others of its kind, are merely being used by opportunistic poltical parties to sling shit at each other rather than trying to find a solution, not that it surprises me even a little bit. This current case for example has turned into a boxing match between BJP and TMC (Trinamool Congrees, West Bengal's fascist ruling party) slandering (using this term very liberally) each other. Times like serve as a sad reminder for me that I see no way out of the mire of reaction the country is bogged down in thanks to the political system that was "handed over" to us from the British. And I say this as an optimistic person. Nevertheless I respect those who struggle.
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Some points I think deserve mentioning - Jai Bhim Nagar consists of mostly Dalit and Bahujan people. Them being chosen as easy targets multiplies the inhumanity of this action. - Some popular builders in Powai (Hiranandani and the like) have seized most of the land to build their own estates and this continues to today. - That the demolition is illegal is based in the inhuman way it was carried out, which was in contravention of a Government Resolution that resolves not to demolish structures within the monsoon months. Slum rehabilitation laws exist for this purpose as well.
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25765512
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25678930 > There are three classes in India. > > The Rich- They commit frauds, scam, borrow money from public banks never to return and flee the country when they gamble and lose. > > The poor- These people are helplessly dependent on freebies from the government for survival. Most of these are found in villages where a feudal system prevails. > > The government claims to lift 400 million people from extreme poverty since 2014. > However they are giving free rations to 810 million people today. Such people who couldn't afford to buy food will obviously be considered extremely poor. > > And that 60% of Indian population. > These are also the poor who are responsible for 90% of the voter turnout. > > To form the government you need to get funding from the rich for campaigns and in return give them cheap loans, lower corporate taxes and sell government assets and natural resources for pennies on the dollar. > > The third is the forgotten middle class who pay for everything and get none of the benefits. > > Because they are not a majority. Even if they were they wouldn't go to vote for whatever reasons. Political parties know that the middle class is happy being milked for nothing in return and won't influence vote share. > > To shift focus on the middle class we need significant urbanization so they become a majority and electoral education. Taxpayers have every right to right to ask what they will get in return. Free good quality healthcare and education is a bare minimum.
Our system is based on trust to a large extent. And I don't mean just monetarily. It is basically how "liberal society" functions right from daily life to the rationale behind systemic activities. Yet, fake news is basically propagated everywhere with impunity. Facts are alleged and agreed on social media without any deference to proof that says otherwise. There are probably more such examples in media - [Prashant Kishore](https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=kJHJ_rewFI4) said in his recent interview with Karan Thapar he cannot count on newspapers, he wants a recording of what he said (aside from the fact that this is laughable beyond measure), the fact that people are beginning to claim that newspapers (rather multiple) are not reliable is quite something even for the fascist timeline we are in. Perhaps what has been most concerning has been the way in which the Election Commission of India has avoided all responsibility for the most basic repositories of trust, the general elections. It does seem like this point in our decay was a long time coming with the fascists in power and them dogwhistling any opposition's efforts, but some of these effects will be long-lasting. I do not think the political system can recover from a compromised EC. As leftists, how do we interpret this? What impacts does this have for the working class that is forced to sell its labour in exchange for participating in a trust based economy? We surely are placed more precariously but organising around this will require some acceptance of seemingly contradictory positions regarding the role of trust in a political system (IMO we have to make efforts around thinking of a system without trust in the same way it exists in liberalism and consequently, neoliberalism)
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25149127
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/24726809 > European union, Hongkong and Singapore have recently banned 522 Indian products that includes spices and dry fruits because of high levels of cancer causing pesticide like Ethylene oxide. But they are still legal to be sold in India.
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/24664489
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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/24408074 > 1. Keep rallying in support of rapists like Brij Bhushan, Kuldeep Singh Sengar and Prajwal Revanna. > > 2. Abki baar 400 paar rapists in BJP. > > 3. Keep garlanding rapists because we take sadistic pleasure in the sufferings of other communities. > > 4. Instigate more riots like Delhi and Manipur and refuse to fix the conflicts. > > 5. 95% of the taxpayers money will be invested in Gujarat. From bullet trains, diamond exchange, semiconductor plants, everything will go to Gujarat. > > 6. Cow politics will continue in the North while promoting beef in South and Northeast. > > 7. In cases of Rape of Dalit women by high caste men like hathras we will arrest the journalists and launch rallies in support of rapists. > > 8. Get rid of the reservation for OBC and SC, ST and install manusmriti to put lower caste Hindus back in their place. > > 9. Women will need written consent from parents to date someone as prescribed by uttarakhand UCC. > > 10. Keep Lynching minorities in India, killing local demand for beef and kissing Khalifa @#$ in gulf exporting all the beef there for 25x price. > > 11. Keep the youth unemployed to work as keyboard warriors and street saffron gangs. > > 12. Kill public education. Make study of science and logic a crime under UAPA. Already the periodic table, evolution and dozens of other topics are removed from the syllabus. This way people will believe all nonsense. > > 13. Too many political parties are cluttering it. Introduce one party system. > > 14. An Electoral bond tax of 20% will be levied on all sales and income taxes. > > 15. Supreme court will be replaced with a temple where Asharam bapu, Brij Bhushan Singh and Prajwal Revanna will handle all rape cases. > > 16. Inflation will be increased to 20 percent so the government can print away your purchasing power and make a lot more money than tax collections. > > 17. Corruption will be relabelled as Service tax. > > 18. Inaugurate more hospitals and airports but 90% will only stay as boundary walls like AIIMS Darbhanga or AIIMS Madurai. > > 19. Rape will be India's national sport. > > 20. Death penalty for criticising government policy or any MP or MLA. > > 21. The money in your Bank account will belong to Adani as rising NPAs causes the banks to go bankrupt. > > 22. Learn lessons from Covishield and create a more potent vaccine for poverty that eliminates the poor. > > 23. The government will take 15 lakh from everyone's bank account converting white money into black. > > 24. Every youth will get an unpaid internship in Adani's factories. > > 25. Increase import target from China from $100 billion to $1 trillion. Make in India will be reduced to get spare parts from China and assemble in India. > > 26. Will unleash keyboard warriors to boycott China from Chinese phones. > > 27. If a Brahmin rapes a woman from other community it will be called good sanskaar as happened in Bilkis Bano case. > > 28. Hospitals will be replaced with Ayushman Arogya Mandir. > > 29. Gaumutra and gobar will be the only approved medicine for Cancer and other major illnesses. > > 30. Brij Bhushan Singh will get Padma Bhushan for saving India from the dangers of women wrestlers. > > 31. More people will be pushed into poverty by ruining public education making people unemployable and ruining public healthcare so even having a splinter removed at a private hospital will get you into a lifetime of debt. > > 32. Extremely poor who will be dependent on food rations from the government will be increased from 810 million to 1.2 billion. This will improve the food for vote campaign.
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/24345867 > BJP is an anti-women party. Women should not vote for BJP. The way they let rapists get away and instead rally in support of rapists, garland the rapists. In hathras, Unnao, Manipur, Revanna, Brij Bhushan, Sengar, kathua, Bilkis Bano. It's not a one-off offence. It's a pro-rapist party as long as the rapist support the party. > > https://archive.is/X5WP8
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Oommen chandy once said jaick c thomas is the best opposition candidate he ever met
- [Source](https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2023/0813_pd/shooting-messenger-adverse-health-trends-revealed-nfhs-5-2019-2021) - [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/wi306) ## Nutrition The nutritional status of the Indian population has been going down slowly but surely during the last three decades, the period of neo-liberal economic reforms. - The five-yearly National Sample Survey reports on nutritional intake in India have been registering decline in per capita calorie intake as well as protein intake - Shows rise in fat intake, concentrated with the top spending groups. - The nutritional decline started earliest in rural India, with urban areas joining in the decline later. - The most important source of energy and protein for our population is the food grains namely cereals plus pulses, with cereals alone - that account for over nine-tenths of foodgrains --providing two-thirds of the average rural person\'s energy and protein intake. Per capita cereal consumption fell during the three-decade period of neo-liberal reforms to such an extent, that for many years now India has registered a consumption level (taking both direct use of cereals as food and indirect use as feed for producing animal products like milk, eggs, poultry meat and so on) that is well below the level of Africa and below the level of the least developed countries. Per capita real expenditure on food[^1] has been falling as well for decades. - Spending less per head on food starting from inadequate levels, is very strange for a country with high rates of growth of per capita GDP. - This unprecedented trend, is only consistent with a sharp rise not only in inequality of incomes but also in absolute nutritional poverty within the population. We see that every populous developing region in the world--including those with a similar population age structure and higher levels of mechanisation than India--consumes substantially more than Indians do and has better nutritional outcomes. - The latest figures from the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation for the year 2019, give us: - India\'s per capita cereals consumed as food plus feed, right at the bottom at 171 kg - 190 kg for Africa - 205 kg for the least developed countries - 360 kg for both China and Brazil (above the world average of 304 kg) - 407 kg for Russia - 494 kg in the Industrial North in the European Union - 590 kg in the US The NSS report Key Indicators of Household Consumer Expenditure 2017-18 was available briefly online last year in a publicly accessible domain. - It was promptly removed by the government in an unprecedented action of denying vital information to the public. ## Health The NFHS 5, 2019-21, compared to the previous NFHS 4 of 2015-16, continued to show decline in infant and child mortality rates though at a lower rate compared to earlier years. - But the incidence of anaemia in both children and adults, already very high, showed a further rise over the period. - While 59 per cent of children (sample aged 6 months to 59 months) were anaemic in 2015-16, this rose to 67 per cent by 2019-21. - What is particularly disturbing is that the incidence of moderate to severe anaemia rose from 30.6 per cent to 38.1 per cent, while the incidence of mild anaemia remained unchanged at 28.4 and 28.9 per cent at the two dates. - Among women (up to age 49 years) the rise was from 53 per cent (of which 28.4 per cent was moderate to severe anaemia), to 57 per cent at the later date (of which 31.4 per cent was moderate to severe anaemia). Three-quarters of the rise was in moderate to severe anaemia. - Among men (sample: up to the age of 49 years) the incidence was much lower, rising from 23 per cent to 25 per cent with the moderate to severe anaemia within this, rising from 5 per cent to 8 per cent and the mild anaemia category dropping slightly. - Rural children and adults showed higher anaemia incidence than the average and children of anaemic mothers were at higher risk of being anaemic. Child nutrition indicators too were worse than expected. - As high as 36 per cent and 38 per cent of children under 5 years, were found to be underweight (low weight for age) and stunted (low height for age) respectively in 2015-16 with a marginal decrease in these figures by 2019-21, to 32 per cent and 36 per cent while the percentage affected by wasting (low weight for height) also fell marginally from 21 to 19. - But these overall figures of slight improvement at the all-India level are the outcome of worsening child nutrition indicators though to a small extent in a large number of states which had lower than average deprivation values in 2015-16, combined with considerable improvement in the five states that had the highest initial values. ## Poverty Recently the central government has claimed substantial \'decline in poverty\' by floating a new index which has nothing to do with poverty as understood and measured for the last 70 years at the international and national levels. - This index is a weighted average of the access a family has to different items of modern amenities (like piped water, electricity, non-thatched huts, clinic, and bank account even if the balance is zero) and \'nutrition\' is given a weight only of one-sixth in the index. The definition of adequate \'nutrition\' moreover is confined to body mass index (BMI) not being below 18.8. - On this \'poverty\' index, there is no poverty at all in industrially advanced capitalist societies. In India where a substantial share of the population whether rural or urban, is nutritionally deprived and their deprivation is increasing over time, the indicator of body mass index for adults, which is a ratio, has to be treated with scepticism. - We have a situation where a large proportion of the present adult population is both underweight and of low height for age. - There are no indices being applied at present for adult stunting or underweight status. - The body mass index which is defined as weight in kilogrammes divided by the squared height in metres, will show a \'normal\' range of values for millions of undernourished people, since both numerator and denominator are lower than they should be in a healthy population. [^1]: Namely the nominal spending per capita on all food items, deflated by a consumer price index to make later years comparable to earlier years.
*Summing Up* The BJP is on the offensive using and misusing state power to push its communal-corporate agenda. The secular opposition parties are unable to put up a convincing united fight even on agreed issues. As stated in the Party Congress resolution, the Congress party in the intervening period has further shown its inability to rally all the secular forces against the BJP. In such a situation it is essential for the Party to gear up its independent activities at all levels while making sincere efforts for Left unity. In this period in some States the party has successfully organised programmes and mobilisations along with other democratic and secular forces against the communalism of the BJP-RSS. These efforts should intensify. The Party must devote its energies in building up such struggles at the local and State level while simultaneously uniting people against the communal bulldozer politics of the BJP-RSS. **CC Calls** *August 1-15*, Observe 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence, culminating in the hoisting of the National Flag in Party offices and taking a pledge on the preamble of the Constitution. The campaign should highlight the role of the Communists in the Freedom Struggle; defense of democracy; democratic rights; civil liberties and India’s secular, democratic, Constitutional values. *From September 14 to 24*, conduct a campaign on the increasing assaults on people’s livelihood. Concrete plan of action in each state should be planned by the state committees. This campaign will culminate in a central public meeting at state capitals. As decided by the 23rd Congress, strengthening of local struggles on local problems facing the people must be prioritized. To conduct campaigns against the efforts to destabilize the Kerala LDF government all across the country. The campaign must also include the highlights of the pro-people alternative policies pursued by the LDF government.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/263691 > Guerrilla History: Indian Farmers' Protest Retrospective w/ Sandeep Rauzi and Santosh Kumar: Dispatch > > Episode webpage: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/indian-farmers-protest-retrospective-w-sandeep-rauzi-and-santosh-kumar-dispatch > > Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/guerrillahistory/Farmers_Protest.mp3?dest-id=2463146
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Anyone else's thoughts on this?
I know that Kerala's government sometimes gets attacked for being shills, but this is good news, I think.