India
The reality of life in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum
By Harvey Thompson, June 13, 2009
The popularity of Danny Boyle’s recent film, Slumdog Millionaire has led to a surge of media interest in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi which is partially depicted in the film.
While pledging its devotion to the poor
India’s government lurches further right
By Deepal Jayasekera, June 10, 2009
India’s Congress Party-led government has outlined a raft of rightwing objectives, including “disinvestment” of public sector units, the promotion of Public Private Partnerships, “stern measur...
Seven years after the event:
India’s Supreme Court orders expedited trials for perpetrators of Gujarat pogrom
By Kranti Kumara, June 6, 2009
Seven years after the anti-Muslim pogrom in the west Indian state of Gujarat, India’s Supreme Court has ordered “fast track” or expedited trials of the perpetrators and abettors of the February-...
India: Hyundai Motors victimizes workers
By M. Kailasam, June 2, 2009
Hyundai Motors India Ltd., the country’s second-largest car maker, has reneged on a deal to take back workers it had victimized for their role in a union organizing drive at its plant in Sriperumbad...
India’s Congress-led government to do big business’ bidding
By Deepal Jayasekera, May 30, 2009
India’s Congress Party-led government, which won re-election in this month’s general election, has rushed to reassure big business that it will do its bidding, accelerating the pace of neoliberal ...
Indian elections
Stalinist Left Front suffers debacle in its West Bengal bastion
By Arun Kumar, May 26, 2009
The Left Front, the electoral bloc led by the Stalinist Communist Party of India (Marxist), was in many respects the biggest loser in India’s recently concluded national elections. In West Bengal, w...
Communist Party of India (Marxist): a key prop of Indian bourgeois rule
By Deepal Jayasekera and Arun Kumar, May 20, 2009
Behind a façade of “revolutionary” ritual—red flags, hammers and sickles, portraits of Marx, Lenin, and Che Guevara—the CPM functions as an integral party of the Indian bourgeois political es...
Indian Stalinist leader defends alliances with Congress and rightwing regional parties
By Deepal Jayasekera and Arun Kumar, May 20, 2009
World Socialist Web Site journalists Deepal Jayasekera and Arun Kumar interviewed A.K. Padmanabhan, a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), shortly before the conclusion ...
India: Re-elected Congress-led government to accelerate pace of pro-investor “reforms”
By Keith Jones, May 18, 2009
The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has retained power in India’s month-long, multi-phase election, having fallen only 13 seats short of securing an absolute majority in the 543...
Home of Slumdog Millionaire child actor destroyed by Mumbai authorities
By Hiram Lee, May 15, 2009
The home of one of the child actors from the award-winning Slumdog Millionaire was demolished Thursday by authorities in the slums of Mumbai, India.
India’s election ends, horse-trading begins
By Deepal Jayasekera, May 14, 2009
The fifth and final round of India’s month-long general election was held yesterday. It will, however, take days, conceivably even weeks for the new government to be formed.
Indian election campaign enters final phase
By Keith Jones, May 11, 2009
On Wednesday voters in 86 of India’s 543 Lok Sabha constituencies will vote in the fifth and final phase of India’s month-long national elections. It is a given that the next government—like the...
