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April 04, 2025, 02:17 PM UTC
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On April 04, 2025, 02:17 PM UTC, https://kafila.online/ was accessible when tested on AS55836 in India.

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HTTP Experiment
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DNS Experiment
null
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DNS Queries

Resolver:
49.45.45.43
Query:
IN A kafila.online
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
@
IN
A
192.0.78.24
@
IN
A
192.0.78.25

TCP Connections

Connection to 192.0.78.24:443 succeeded.
Connection to 192.0.78.25:443 succeeded.

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URL
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Date:
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Last-Modified:
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X-Ac:
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X-Hacker:
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<p>On the occasion of this meet to analyze the political situation of India and the world and to formulate action plans, this letter is to invite your attention to the struggle of ASHA workers in Kerala which has been going on for the past 52 days.</p>



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<p>Kshama Sawant honoured in absentia by Canadian Radio station for standing up against caste-based oppression. Former Seattle City Councillor was presented with the annual Hands Against Racism award by Spice Radio at a well-attended event in Surrey on Sunday, March 30.<br />                                                                                                                                                              Born and raised in India, Kshama Sawant was instrumental behind the historic anti-caste ordinance brought by the City of Seattle in 2023. Since then, she has been under attack from supporters of the right-wing Hindu nationalist Modi government in New Delhi.<br />                                                                                                                                                               For doing that she had to pay a heavy price, as the Indian government denied her visa and an opportunity to go and see her ailing mother in Bengaluru.<br />                                                                                                                                                                    Sawant couldn’t make it to the event organized at Surrey City Hall, due to the current tensions between Canada and US caused by the trade war. Spice Radio broadcaster and her vocal supporter Gurpreet Singh accepted the award on her behalf.<br />                                                                                                                                                                            He earlier introduced her before her video message was played.<br />In her greetings, Sawant revealed that because of the hostile political environment, including ongoing arrests of pro-Palestine activists in the US, especially those who are naturalized American citizens like her, she had been advised not to travel outside the country.<br />                                                                                                                                                                  However, she pulled no punches in criticising the Liberals and Democrats on either side of the border for their complacency and opportunism, enabling the extreme right wing forces to grow powerful.<br />Her speech received a huge applause from the audience.<br />                                                                                                                                                                     Spice Radio CEO Shushma Datt started the campaign in 2015, on the birth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. It coincides with Holi, a Hindu festival of colours, and encourages participants to colour their hands and leave a palm print on a white sheet of paper with a message against racism. A practicing Hindu herself, she believes in diversity and inclusion and greeted everyone Happy Eid at the Sunday program.<br />                                                                                                                                                                                    Every year, individuals are also shortlisted and awarded for their anti-racism work as part of this initiative. This year Sawant and Bob Rennie were honoured. Rennie is a famous art collector and a strong advocate against xenophobia and homophobia, besides gender discrimination.<br />The very first recipient of the award, Senator Baltej Singh Dhillon, who served as the first turbaned Sikh Royal Canadian Police officer and faced racism from within the force, was also present and addressed the gathering.<br />                                                                                                                                                                     Other past recipients also spoke on the occasion, including Attorney General Niki Sharma, anti-racism educator Annie Ohana and prominent journalist Charlie Smith.</p>
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<p>We write to you out of serious concern about the precarity of the lives of the Kerala ASHA workers on strike and the hostility shown to them by the elected government of Kerala. The ASHA workers’ strike has entered its 50th day and the twelfth day of their indefinite hunger strike. Hundreds of workers are outside the Secretariat building striking for the demands to be heard by the left-led State government, braving the heat stress, sporadic thundershowers, and the humiliation from the government and mainstream party workers.<br /><br />They have been ridiculed and accused of being puppets of the “fascist, fundamentalist” right-wing trying to jeopardize the elections in 2026. Their backing from SUCI and AIDSO has provoked mainstream left politicians and intellectuals even further, accusing them of being too radical to understand the need to be united at this time. Yet the CPM and its allied organizations, unions have declared unconditional support to ASHA and Anganwadi workers in other states, declaring a nation-wide strike on 20 May. <br /><br />We reject this apathy and accusations against the workers on strike. We also request that you sign-on to this petition to be submitted to the Chief Minister’s Office as a testament to the broader support that the workers have from the public and civil society in Kerala and across the country. <br /><br />Please sign the petition for the workers demands to be accepted by the Kerala State Government and circulate this in your networks.</p>



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<p>I read your post.<a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-chief-secretary-sarada-muraleedharan-decries-colourism-triggers-social-debate-on-skin-tone-bias-in-progressive-societies/article69376677.ece"> It is hard to describe the rage that I felt at the colourist dismissal of your work that you called out.</a> As someone who has closely observed your admirable work of saving Kerala &#8216;s Kudumbashree network meant for the support of the underprivileged from deteriorating into a bunch of crumb-seeking women, I can only say that the comment was also probably driven by sheer envy, and not just shallow thinking. It may be true that your efforts did not fructify everywhere. It is also true that much has regressed, but some aspects continue to endure despite determined push from the political class. No one can deny your exemplary achievements,  rare among civil servants.</p>



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<p><strong>Democracy&nbsp;Dialogues&nbsp;Series 38</strong></p>



<p><strong>Organised by New Socialist Initiative</strong><br />Theme :<strong> Federal fracture: A Nation in crisis</strong></p>



<p>Speaker<strong>&nbsp;:&nbsp;Prof C P Chandrasekhar</strong></p>



<p>Former Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning ,JNU, Delhi </p>



<p>Time and Date :&nbsp;6 PM (IST), Sunday, 30 th March, 2025,&nbsp;</p>



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<p>Indian federalism is on the verge of breakdown for multiple reasons. A crucial contributor is the collapse of the system of revenue sharing between the Centre and the States and the weaponization of vertical transfers as an instrument for political contestation.</p>



<p>The conflict over resources in India’s quasi-federal political structure is by no means new. Framers of the Constitution, who recognised that the division of taxation rights and spending responsibilities between the two principal tiers of government in India was asymmetrical, sought to partially resolve this problem by providing for a share for the States in a defined set of tax revenues garnered by the Centre, with the principles governing the share devolved and distributed to individual States recommended by successive Finance Commissions. But State governments have been increasingly disappointed with the actual experience with devolution, because of the concentration of resources mobilised in the hands of the Centre.</p>



<p>The issue, however, is not one of mere competition for resources between the Centre and the states. Having gained control over the Lok Sabha, the BJP has made it clear that it is keen on establishing an opposition-free political space. To realise this objective, it has not only sought to undermine the legitimacy of individual opposition politicians with charges of corruption or “anti-national” activity, but of opposition-ruled State governments by eroding their ability to adopt economic policy measures and initiatives that could win them political legitimacy. Expenditures on building State infrastructure or social expenditures on subsidised food provision, a modicum of social protection, and employment guarantee schemes, do contribute to winning a party in power in a State a degree of political legitimacy. The attack on the fiscal capacity of the State governments helps limit such expenditures, even while Central claims on expanding infrastructural investments and social sector spending are advanced, with an increase in ‘central’ schemes, especially those attributed to the patronage of the highest authority, the Prime Minister.&nbsp;</p>



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<p><strong>Prof C P Chandrasekhar</strong></p>



<p>&nbsp;Prof&nbsp;C. P. Chandrasekhar is emeritus professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He has published widely in academic journals and is the coauthor of&nbsp;<em>Crisis as Conquest: Learning from East Asia</em>&nbsp;(2021, Orient Longman),&nbsp;When Governments Fail – A Pandemic and Its Aftermath (with Jayati Ghosh et al) , 2021 ; Interpreting the World to Change It – Essays for Prabhat Patnaik (with Jayati Ghosh), 2018 ; After Crisis : Adjustment, Recovery and Fragility in East Asia ( with Jayati Ghosh) 2009 ;&nbsp;<em>The Market that Failed: Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms in India</em>&nbsp;(2002, Leftword Books), and&nbsp;</p>



<p>&nbsp;<br />He received his MA and Ph.D (economics) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he served as a professor from 1997 until his retirement. He is a member of the executive committee at International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) and the World Economics Association, as well as a contributor to Frontline, Economic and Political Weekly, and Businessline.<br />&nbsp;<br />Chandrasekhar received the Malcolm Adiseshaiah Award for 2009 for contributions to economics and development studies.</p>



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<p>[<em>This is my translation of the statement issued by Kerala&#8217;s People&#8217;s science /development movement, the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishat, about the ASHA workers&#8217; strike, which is now in its forty-fourth day</em>.]</p>



<p>The ASHA workers of Kerala have been on strike since forty-two day now, engaged in seeking an increase in honoraria and other benefits. The issue continues to remain unresolved. The ASHA workers comprise a sector in which 26,000 workers currently work. They are all women, attached to a Central scheme, and receive merely Rs 7000 per month as honorarium. For this reason, it is the duty of both Central and State governments to consider their demands in a democratic fashion and respond with sympathy. The very many struggles unfolding among Accredited Social Health Activists now must be developed into a people’s struggle against globalized economic policies, and the issue of their wage must be settled with Central and State governments working together. What we see in the ASHA workers’ struggle in Kerala is the crisis and tension emerging from the one-sided and top-down imposition of globalizing tendencies upon a society that had grown and developed within the framework of a welfarist state.</p>



<p>Kerala’s public health sector was well-coordinated and accessible to all since a very long time. It is marked by a pro-poor orientation. A large network of health experts and professionals, from doctors to public health nurses, work in it. They are all appointed officially and formally, and are regarded as workers and employees. Therefore, their remuneration and conditions of work are well-defined according to existing rules and laws.</p>



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<p>The ASHA workers&#8217; strike in Kerala is in the forty-third day today. It is the fifth day of their hunger strike &#8212; three women have been on hunger strike since the failure of talks with the government last week. Today, they have called for a mass hunger-strike at the protest site. ASHA workers who stand with the strike but are not able to reach Thiruvananthapuram have been requested to wear black at their workplaces and homes. The KAHWA has issued an open call to all women in Kerala to wear black and post pictures supporting the strike.</p>



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<p>Today morning, the newspapers reported that the Kerala government has increased the dearness allowance of state government employees from twelve per cent to fifteen per cent. This group includes government employees, teachers, staff of aided schools, private colleges, polytechnic training colleges, full-time contingent employees and employees of local self-government. Dearness allowance increase is also applicable to service pensioners, family pensioners, ex gratia pensioners and ex gratia family pensioners&#8230;</p>



<p>I am told that people are jumping for joy in whatsapp groups of retired teachers etc.</p>



<p>Land purchase facilitation committees are going to be set up at the local-body level to identify land to build houses for families identified as &#8216;extremely poor&#8217; (64,006 houses).</p>



<p>Yet another report in <em>The Hindu</em>, Thiruvananthapuram edition, claims that inflation rates are highest in Kerala and TN, and one of the chief reasons is the influx of migrant labour (who are clearly purchasing food and other essentials).</p>



<p>The ASHA workers on strike have been demanding their elected government&#8217;s attention to two things: their inability to survive on a daily wage of Rs 232 at a time of soaring inflation, and the disgusting feudal-colonial culture of the Kerala Health Department which treats them like female servants under the brahmanical order, the bhrtyas.</p>



<p>The government can quickly turn budget promises into government orders, it seems. It will feed the well-off and make alluring promises of welfare to the (reliably-docile) poorest. But it will not respond to workers demanding fair pay &#8212; only they must slave under feudal conditions.</p>



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<p>Yes, our government scores high on two indicators of brahmanical governance: <em>ashritha vatsalyam</em> and <em>daanadharmam</em>. Benevolence to the King&#8217;s dependents, and giving unto the indigent.</p>



<p>Maybe we should create an index of brahmanical governance too, and start our measuring exercises soon. Our government scored high, in 2017 (during the Hadiya case) and in 2021 (the Anupama Chandran case) on a third indicator of brahmanical governance, <em>pratiloma naashaka</em>, or the annihilating of hypogamy. The only indicator we fall behind is the <em>mleccha naashaka</em>, or the destruction of muslims/ historically underprivileged groups of christians. But given that our handling of ongoing ASHA workers&#8217; struggle has increased our <em>bhrtyaa-mardana </em>rates, and as we have done middling-to-well in our twisting and mishandling of the WCC&#8217;s pleas, and so our <em>kulina-damana </em>rates are not so bad, we could be in the race for at least one of the top five slots in Indian brahmanical governance, unless some envious RSS fellows assign an impossible high weight to the <em>mleccha-naashaka</em> indicator!!</p>



<p>Nevertheless, it is tough. Other Indian states are ahead of us in most of these, what we can do is hang tight to <em>aashritha vatsalya </em>and <em>daanadharma</em>, and  protect our progresss on <em>bhrthyaa-mardana</em> and <em>kulina-damana</em>. If we can convince the UN that the first two must be assigned a total of ninety per cent weight in the BGI, then it is YAY! Kerala Model Version 2!</p>



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<p>In the protest-site, three women are on indefinite hunger strike.</p>



<p>One of the workers gathered there tell me: <em>When I came here first, I was weeping all the time&#8230; afraid but not knowing what to do if the government refused us &#8230; now that it&#8217;s been over a month, my fear has vanished. We have nothing to lose. I prefer to die than live like this. Once you have nothing to lose, you too, won&#8217;t be afraid</em>.</p>



<p>Another worker told me about her superior: <em>I am an educated person. I have a college degree and I am trained in accounting software. Now, once when we had to do a survey in the local school with the JPHN, I remember, I suggested that we divide up the work, and that I will write down in the notebook all the data that we need&#8230; to which she said, no, you shouldn&#8217;t , as we have to give it to the superiors&#8230; hinting that I can&#8217;t write well&#8230;! It stung me, but I didn&#8217;t respond, but no more&#8230; I am not that meek person anymore.</em></p>



<p>A third worker recalled : <em>It was a polio day, and I had gone to the booth straight from church that morning, and was wearing a plain white salwar suit. The JPHN looked at me and got all riled up. Why was I wearing a white suit, she wanted to know. That was the nurse&#8217;s uniform, she insisted &#8212; and that we shouldn&#8217;t wear it! There&#8217;s no such rule, for sure &#8212; it is this feeling in her that we are just &#8216;workers&#8217;, unworthy creatures! I swear, from now, I will not be silent &#8230;</em></p>



<p>From ASHA to Aparajitha, I thought. Just what we need to smash brahmanical patriarchal governance.</p>



<p>[<em><strong>Tearful apologies to Dr K N Raj and all the others who taught us to hold knowledge and empathy together in social research and Srinarayana Guru who showed us that </strong></em><strong>arivu </strong><em><strong>and </strong></em><strong>anukamba</strong><em><strong> can only go together and that in the absence of the other, the one gets irretrievably corrupted.</strong></em>]</p>



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