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The “New” (?) Criminal Laws in India from the Shaheed-e-Azam’s Perspective The “New” (?) Criminal Laws in India from the Shaheed-e-Azam’s Perspective Posted on 29th June, 2024 (GMT 16:20 hrs) AKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY ⤡ This post is dedicated to all those undefeated Indian revolutionaries, whose sacrifice we have betrayed in broad daylight… What if  Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh  (1907-1931) was alive today, witnessing all that has been happening in India right now? How would he have felt? Those of us who have studied his ideas for long, the answer to these questions is somewhat obvious. I won’t rely too much on the films made on him, only with the exception of  The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) , which portrays his ideological stand accurately.  Rang De Basanti (2006)  was overall a good attempt, but it failed to comprehensively sum up Singh’s thoughts, since that was not the film’s aim in the first place. Coming to talk of Bhagat Singh conjures up a series of imagerie...

 “Public Comments” on the Sick IBC (2016) to the IBBI “Public Comments” on the Sick IBC (2016) to the IBBI Posted on 27th June, 2024 (GMT 16:40 hrs) Dear DHFL Victims, Nearly four days ago, we found the following report on the  Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  (IBBI): Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board clampdown on personal guarantors in bid to bolster creditor rights VIEW HERE ⤡  (As reported on 24th June, 2024 ©Telegraph) In the report, it was said that: “This lacuna in the system is underscored by the dismal recovery rate of merely 2.16 per cent for creditors from PGs under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), according to the IBBI. Seeking to bridge this gap and strengthen the CIRP process,  the IBBI has invited stakeholder feedback by July 10 on a series of proposals.” Since we had already made our voices clear on the IBC (2016) in our previous posts, we proceeded to find the portal to lodge the public comments with the help of the following...

Who are the Money-Mongers in India: Hindutvavadins or Muslims? Who are the Money-Mongers in India: Hindutvavadins or Muslims? Posted on 25th June, 2024 (GMT 15: 50 hrs) Compiled by  Partyless Society⤡  &  Occupy Dalal Street⤡ [Disclaimer: The following text represents the bare facts of money along with interest as treated by two different religious communities. The compilers of this text do not provide any relative importance/appeasement/antonymic privilege to one community above the other. This article/compilation attempts to break the myth of Islamophobia as it is found in the regime of Bharatiya Janata Party/BJP since 2014.] I. “Interest” as a Sinful Act It is found that in the different money-centric institutions in India, a large amount of money belonging the depositors of a certain community is lying unclaimed. Surprisingly enough, these unclaimed frozen amounts are astronomical in its figures: 1.5 trillion dollars of Muslims’ deposit interest lying unclaim...