In 1981, India’s government under Indira Gandhi approached the IMF for a loan. The conditionalities that were part of the loan set the stage for decades of ‘reform’ which would lead to a massive rise in inequality

In honor of Fidel Castro’s birthday, Vijay Prashad writes about his legacy for the peoples of the Third World and his clarity in raising the primary crises facing humanity

Vijay Prashad and Aijaz Ahmad discuss the recent Nixon tapes and the role of imperialism in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the context of the Bangladesh Independence War

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha and former Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar discuss the recent revelations of US president Richard Nixon’s racism and the history of India’s foreign policy

This period saw a sustained and brutal attack on democratic rights with the poor and the working class suffering the most.

On the 45th anniversary of the imposition of India’s notorious internal emergency, we take a look at what led to that decision and the impact it had on the country’s democracy