Quick notes: Sweatshop nation | Farm land...

• Sweatshop Nation: Governments in BJP-ruled states pushing for 12-hour shifts. Businesses may reduce from three shifts-a-day to two.
  
  These kind of laws were brought in by Vasundhara Raje's govt in July 2014. Six years later, business in Rajasthan has not picked up and employment has not grown. . . Can we revive the economy by exploiting one set of stakeholders?

Memo to those cheering the UP labour laws removal "to attract companies fleeing China".
UP needs agri labour more than any state. It grows 19% of our total foodgrain (32% of wheat).
Entire Ganga basin needs to shift to organic crop production - that has a future beyond 3 years.

— राहुल गोस्वामी (@rahul_goa) May 8, 2020




• Is BJP facilitating transfer of wealth from distressed farmers? Restrictions on purchase of farm agricultural land being removed.
  
  Environment ministry in overdrive to clear projects.

On Modi's watch, China's trade surplus with India has more than doubled. India's stringent lockdown, by crippling the economy, has further boosted Chinese exports. The import lobby is a major funder of BJP. So, how does Modi intend to promote self-reliance by action, not talk?

— Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) May 13, 2020




We need foreign technology in manufacturing, electronics, vlsi.. Not just money and not coca cola, and potato chips

— Aiyar (@ambi_aiyar) May 13, 2020




• Beijing opening new fronts: China's aggressive moves in Ladakh and Northern Sikkim do not augur well for the coming summer months. The new Chinese-made ZTQ-15 light tank could be a game changer. The Nepal Communist Party is dictated to by Beijing about what to do or say..



• The Coming Disruption: A handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education.



• No harmful chemicals: Electrolyzed water uses electricity to change the chemical structure of salt, water & vinegar into a cleaner & disinfectant as effective as bleach.




• On mythology: Nothing to be offended

The reason "Mythology" offends us is because it has assumed pejorative meanings in other quotidian contexts

E.g. We often talk of "Myths vs reality" when discussing common misconceptions around us

But mythology in itself is not such an inaccurate word to describe the itihAsas

— Śrīkānta Kṛṣṇamācārya (@shrikanth_krish) May 11, 2020