The non-permanent workers of Maruti Suzuki have a charter of demands, which includes that the principle of equal pay for equal work must be implemented and that they must be able to represent their interests.

James Staples' Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian: The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India concludes that caste continues to remain central to Indian food-ways but there is little attempt to relate caste factor to patriarchy and class or religion in a way to offer new nsights.

August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time.