Posted on 15/03/2024 (GMT 16:10 hrs) Updated on 31st August, 2024 (GMT 16:54 hrs) ABSTRACT The article critiques the DHFL resolution process under India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), describing it as a “litmus test” for legitimizing the IBC. The author argues that the process was flawed, with victims being treated as “laboratory test-subjects” inContinue reading “DHFL Victims in the Laboratory State of IBC: “Litmus Test”?”
The Pharmacological Garden of Paramavaiṣṇava Ajay Piramal: A Case Study
The paper engages itself with the question of the predominance of Pharmaceutical industries in over-medicalizing the health of human and non-human populations as well as the supposed “nature”. It focuses on a specific case-study from a village named Digwal, Telangana, India, and performs a Foucauldian investigative discourse analysis on the text in relation to an environmental terrorist big-Pharma headed by business tycoon Mr. Ajay Piramal. The very legitimacy of the medical space and gaze is thoroughly critiqued in the course of the paper by bringing into attention the inevitable failure of the simulated Summersian project of “Let them eat pollution”.
RTIs to the Supreme Court of India and the DHFL Victims: An Impromptu Podcast
Posted on 27/02/2024 (GMT 17: 05 hrs) We are heartily grateful to the RTI Cell, Honourable Supreme Court of India, for its kind and friendly cooperation with the OBMA RTI Activists in relation to the DHFL Scam. With regard to the two appeals filed to the CPIO in relation to the following two RTIs toContinue reading “RTIs to the Supreme Court of India and the DHFL Victims: An Impromptu Podcast”
How Do We Have So Little in Our Pockets Given That The Few Have So Much Money?
The letter appeals for the restitution of funds to DHFL victims, who lost savings due to the insolvency process. Addressed to Indian authorities, it references classical texts to underscore state responsibility toward citizens’ welfare. It proposes possible fund sources, including electoral bonds, the PM National Relief Fund, PM CARES, SEBI’s Investor Protection Fund, and recovered black money. The authors emphasize fairness and justice, citing other cases of financial redress.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY): A Deliberate Systematic Structural Failure?
Posted on 17/02/2024 (GMT 16:22 hrs) Updated on 19/02/2024 (GMT 17:07 hrs) In 1985, the then Prime Minister of India, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi of the Indian National Congress (INC), remarked in a public speech that out of every 1 rupee spent by the government administration for the welfare or the benefit of the downtrodden orContinue reading “Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY): A Deliberate Systematic Structural Failure?”
Obituary of M. S. Swaminathan: The Proliferation of Death Industry
The article critiques the legacy of M. S. Swaminathan, highlighting his role in promoting chemical-intensive agriculture during the Green Revolution. It draws parallels between post-World War II repurposing of wartime chemicals into pesticides and fertilizers, suggesting that such practices have commodified life and contributed to environmental degradation. The authors argue that this approach to agriculture has transformed seeds into mere commodities, undermining their natural essence, and liken this to broader themes of exploitation and depersonalization in modern industrial practices.
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HINDUTVAVADI POLITIK: THE POVERTY OF EPISTEMOLOGY
Posted on 13/02/2024 (GMT 17:15 hrs) Abstract The paper deals with the empirical evidences cum analyses of manufacturing anti-historical as well as ahistorical narratives of the Sangh Parivar in India. In doing so, it follows the Foucauldian method of “archaeological digging” in the given discursive formation. The paper aims to repudiate the Islamophobic, Expansionist, HinduContinue reading “THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HINDUTVAVADI POLITIK: THE POVERTY OF EPISTEMOLOGY”
RTIs filed by Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)
Posted on 13/02/2024 (GMT 15:30 hrs) Updated on 14th October, 2024 (GMT 16:36 hrs) At a time when India is ruled by crony oligarchy with the predominance of two-three business tycoons at the forefront of framing all public policies, taking all judicial decisions and a situation of mass censorship, the Right To Information Act (2005)Continue reading “RTIs filed by Once in a Blue Moon Academia (OBMA)”
The Apex Court of India: RTI Activism on the DHFL Scam
Posted on 10/02/2024 (GMT 08: 55 hrs) Updated on 07/03/2024 (GMT 16:30 hrs) I. With regard to the case of the DHFL scam, some of the OBMA members cum DHFL victims sent mass appeals through snail mail/speed post to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court of India, on 16/11/2023. Before these physical appealsContinue reading “The Apex Court of India: RTI Activism on the DHFL Scam”
Money Laundering by the Ruling Party of India: An Open Epistle to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Posted on 09/02/2024 (GMT 13:04 hrs) Updated on 10/02/2024 (GMT 07:56 hrs) To Ms. Violaine Clerc, The Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Sub: Informing Atrocities Made by the Government of India (GOI) Dear Ms. Clerc, We are perplexed to view that there is no mention of the nation-state “India” in either your liste noire orContinue reading “Money Laundering by the Ruling Party of India: An Open Epistle to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)”
Once in a Blue Moon Academia 