D. Raja
The writer is national secretary, CPI, and Rajya Sabha MP.
Fri, May 13, 2022
D. Raja writes on sedition law: It is used for witch hunts by government against those who question it.
Thu, Apr 14, 2022
D Raja writes: B R Ambedkar's slogan of ‘Educate, Agitate and Organise’ should become our path to political and social liberation
Wed, Apr 06, 2022
D. Raja writes: The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is rooted in the expansionary logic of the military alliance
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
D Raja writes: The Budget for 2022-23 is another reiteration of Modi government’s tilt towards corporate and big business houses. It gives a heavy impetus to the private sector and neglects the public and social sectors
Fri, Jan 21, 2022
🔴 D. Raja writes: Flattening out diversity will have disastrous consequences for our republic
Thu, Dec 30, 2021
🔴 D Raja writes: This can only be done by renewed focus on the real and concrete issues of dignity, livelihood, health, employment and housing
Sat, Nov 27, 2021
🔴 D. Raja writes: Farmers’ triumph affirms the right to protest, something we should remember as we celebrate Constitution Day
Wed, Sep 29, 2021
D Raja writes: Both upheld the culture of dissent and independent thinking which is currently under threat.
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
D Raja writes: It was not different from other militant peasant uprisings in which peasants attacked landlords and local moneylenders because they were the representatives of imperial oppression
Wed, Aug 18, 2021
D Raja writes: To win back the freedoms that have been eroded, we need a new struggle
Sat, Jul 03, 2021
D Raja writes: The subjugation of Indian interests to the US in matters of external affairs is increasingly pushing India towards becoming an instrument and guarantor of American interests in the region.
Sat, Jun 12, 2021
D Raja writes: It is a relic of the colonial era, used to silence critics and stifle democracy.
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
D. Raja writes: India’s public sector has played a key role in nation-building. Instead of strengthening it, the Modi regime is committing the egregious blunder of dismantling it.
Wed, Jan 20, 2021
The communists, Ambedkarites and Gandhians need to take up the challenge to save the republic and the Constitution.
Thu, Dec 17, 2020
All sections of society — farmers, agricultural labourers, small shopkeepers — must oppose the new farm laws and hold the central government accountable for trying to jeopardise the country’s food security.
Mon, Dec 07, 2020
Mahaparinirvan Diwas and Shaurya Diwas offer competing visions of nation building, and are a contrast between Ambedkar’s idea of India and the Hindu right’s agenda.
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
It is tragic that the institutions of governance are flattening the Constitution in a calculated manner and in flagrant violation of equity and justice, which are central to the majesty of the rule of law.
Fri, Nov 20, 2020
Both these elections have taught many lessons, opened opportunities and posed challenges for left-progressive and secular forces all over the world, especially in India. These two elections exposed the views expressed by many ideologues about the end of ideology and ideology-based politics.
Mon, Oct 26, 2020
India pursuing an independent foreign policy is not only essential for the country or the South Asian region, it can have a bearing on deprived populations of the world.
Wed, Oct 14, 2020
The nexus between the casteist police machinery and the government of UP has been laid bare for all to see. The delayed medical care, destruction of evidence and the worst of all, dismissing the dying declaration of the victim are indicative of the intentions of the state machinery.
Tue, Sep 08, 2020
There is no doubt that COVID-19 has engulfed the entire world in just a few months. The closure of industrial units and the complete halt of air, rail and road traffic added to the woes of an economy under strain. But the government had received several warnings about the looming crisis.
Sat, Aug 15, 2020
Equating August 5 with August 15 was a clear attempt at conflating the legacy of the freedom movement with Hindutva symbols.
Thu, Jun 11, 2020
D. Raja writes: The dangerously spiralling COVID infections are due to the failure of the Narendra Modi government to understand the gravity of the problem early. The WHO declared COVID-19 a health emergency on January 30, but the government failed to formulate any plan to check its transmission.
Mon, May 04, 2020
His writings helps us understand how situations like the pandemic do not affect all sections of the society in the same way, helps frame the quest for a humane and democratic world order
Fri, May 01, 2020
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has come out with an alarming report that 40-crore workers in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty. They are mainly from the informal sector.