A-Meri-India @ 25 : A note from the land of frustrated aspirants

On the silver jubilee of the economic reforms euphemistically described as 'liberalization', India is much more a case of voluntary colonialism than ever before as we stride confidently towards ecocide.

http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2016_51/29/A-Meri-India_1.pdf

A dumb primate ?

In the Cincinnati zoo, an innocent gorilla was murdered from

primordial dread. It is not clear which of us is a dumb 

primate. It is chilling that the four-year-old Isaiah, whose 

mishap last week became world news, carries the name of a 

Hebrew prophet.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-article-by-aseem-shrivastava-on-the-death-of-a-gorilla-in-cincinnati-zoo-a-dumb-primate/article8697397.ece

The air in Delhi

India’s new tax on car sales is a step in the right direction, but can the country address the wealth and power imbalance driving the health disaster? 

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/series/rethinking-prosperity

Articles on globalisation and development written for Himal

Between 2007-09, I wrote a number of articles and essays for Himal (published from Kathmandu) on topics related to development and globalisation. The links to all these articles are available here:

http://old.himalmag.com/component/authors/articles/Aseem-Shrivastava.html

Articles on development written for The Hindu (2007-2013)

'Why this growth can never trickle down', May 20, 2007

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/why-this-growth-can-never-trickle-down/article2275960.ece

SEZs: 'A betrayal of democracy', September 23, 2007

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/a-betrayal-of-democracy/article2275591.ece

Handlooms: 'Weft and warp of a crisis', December 10, 2012 (with Vivek S.)

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/weft-and-warp-of-a-crisis/article4181700.ece

Developmentality: 'The ruling theology', February 4, 2013

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-ruling-theology/article4377782.ece