Prem VermaIn India since March 2020 we are experiencing unusual events that have shaken our faith in ourselves and made us wonder whether a new chapter is opening for humanity. The sudden spread of Corona Virus all across the world has also engulfed India and challenged our notion of invincibility. We have suddenly been made […]
Prem VermaThe Central Government through its Finance Minister announced on 16th of May what it calls major structural changes which they claim will catapult India on the world stage and thanked Covid-19 for giving them this opportunity to make India a self-sufficient world economic power.Firstly, commercial mining of coal and minerals will now be open […]
Prem VermaIt would be pertinent to remember in these turbulent times what Mahatma Gandhi had suggested in the 1940’s for making the rural India as the centerpiece of planning and growth.“I am convinced that if India is to attain true freedom and through India the world also, then sooner or later the fact must be […]
Prem VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Nagrik PrayasRanchi, JharkhandWho would not like to work and earn a living close to home? Who would not want to work at a location so that he/she could come back to the family at the end of the day and enjoy the familiar atmosphere? Which person would prefer to live in a […]
Prem VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Nagrik PrayasRanchi, JharkhandIt seems from the treatment meted out to the migrants that they are mere numbers without a human face. They are being talked about and being herded as if they were cattle who should accept what little is being doled out to them without any complaints and be grateful to […]
Prem VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Nagrik PrayasRanchi, JharkhandSitting in my 3-bedroom apartment I am ordered by the Government not to move out if I want to be safe from Corona. I feel suffocated with my freedom of movement curtailed. Being socially active, I am made to feel as if not interacting with people is the greatest virtue […]
Prem VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Nagrik PrayasRanchi, JharkhandI am a daily wage worker from Bihar who came to Mumbai in search for work so that I could earn some money and send a portion of the same to my family living in a village in Bihar miles away from Mumbai. The life in Mumbai has always been […]
Prem VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Nagrik PrayasRanchi, JharkhandIt is imperative that once the 21-day lockdown is lifted on 14th April, every effort should be made by the Central and State Governments to bring back stranded labourers, daily wage earners, poor village folk, etc. to their respective village locations in respective states. This is top priority before we […]
Prem VermaConvenor, Jharkhand Nagrik PrayasRanchi, JharkhandCorona migrationNo one will question why Lockdown was imposed on this country for 21 days. The idea was to distance people so that the corona virus would not spread due to community contact. The step was taken to keep people separate so that the virus would not spread like it […]