Weekend Reads
- Mohammed Iqbal in The Hindu reports on the Dalits of the Mewar region of Rajasthan who are subjected to violence in the name of witch hunting.
- Writing on the economic slowdown that has pushed Gross Domestic Product growth below 6%, Sajjid Chinoy in the Indian Express says the country could be facing a supply shock and a fiscal stimulus would only accentuate the problem.
- Where do 50-year-old men get the strange impression that they can date 23-year-olds? Mona Chalabi in the New York Times does some number crunching to read the dating trends.
- In the Livemint, Harnidh Kaur explains how government and civil society apathy are key factors leading to tragedies like the stampede at the Elphinstone station in Mumbai last week.
- Richard Russel in the Guardian argues that despite their divisive nature, referendums serve an important purpose in helping the public release pent up anger in a democracy.
- Is the visceral hatred for Modi making many observers of politics lose their objectivity? Rahul Pandita in the Open magazine looks at what he calls the “hate-Modi” industry.
- Arpit Parashar in the Fountain Ink explains how India is missing from a global programme to classify stones as cultural heritage.
- In the Jacobin magazine, Michael Arria on how players in the baseball minor league in the United States are exploited and why they need to organise to bargain.
- Why are people so vulnerable to fake godmen? Swami Agnivesh and Valson Thampu have some answers in the Hindustan Times.
- Michael Phoenix in Roar on the courageous environment activists of Honduras who have refused to submit to violence.
