Rethinking Political Economy https://www.bostonreview.net/special_project/rethinking-political-economy/
Rethinking Political Economy begins with a world in crisis—after forty years of market fundamentalism—and asks how we build a new one. We debate new ways to think about protecting the planet, the relationship of equality and democracy, the need for racially inclusive prosperity, the promise of industrial policy, the dangers of concentrated economic power, and a revival of investment in public goods.
Observing that it ‘raises substantial issue of compliance of environmental norms,’ the National Green Tribunal recently took a suo motu cognisance of The Indian Express investigation report titled ‘Mumbai lost over 21,000 trees in 6 years to make way for Metro, road projects’ published last month.
Comment on WA: PS: This toothless body has suddenly sprung to life in election season. Is there an ulterior motive behind all the "credible" institutions of India, which have hitherto been supportive of environmental crimes and not of conservation, speaking up for it now?
Modi has been on a spree of ‘interviews’ with no interruptions, follow-ups, or counter-questions. https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/04/18/inside-indian-polls-modis-lies-fake-news-and-media-that-does-not-question Kalpana Sharma 18 Apr, 2024
We have many independent digital news platforms and channels, although if you are a person who principally gets news from mainstream media, when you listen and read what they report, you might think they are reporting from a parallel universe.
The other alternate universe is of fake and misleading news, of hate speech, of the deliberate twisting of facts to push forward a particular narrative.
The ANI Intervbiew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcRW9evFZBw
smita prakash non-interviews modi | MEGHNERD REACTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxP6i_CULCo smita prakash non-interviews modi | MEGHNERD REACTS
NEWSWEEK : Exclusive Interview: Narendra Modi and the Unstoppable Rise of India https://www.newsweek.com/2024/04/19/exclusive-interview-narendra-modi-unstoppable-rise-india-1888678.html Newsweek, could run an “exclusive” with Modi that reads like a series of press releases strung together. It is an “interview” without any questions. And it is the cover story that has Modi’s face and, in capital letters, the word “Unstoppable”.
BY DANISH MANZOOR BHAT ON 04/10/24