There’s no escape from the corporations that run India | Arundhati Roy (The Guardian)
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Domestic mega-corporations’ tentacles extend into every aspect of Indian life – but no one dares speak out against them (...) Source: The Guardian
There’s no escape from the corporations that run India | Arundhati Roy | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
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We all watch Tata Sky, we surf the net with Tata Photon, we ride in Tata taxis, we stay in Tata hotels, sip our Tata tea in Tata bone china and stir it with teaspoons made of Tata steel. We buy Tata books in Tata bookshops. Hum Tata ka namak khatey hain. We’re under siege.
Young, black and unemployed: the tragedy of the 44% | Diane Abbott | Comment is free | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/05/young-black-unemployed-tragedy
It is a paradox of the history of British migration that, while the first generation of postwar black immigrants came to this country to work, unemployment among their children and grandchildren is stubbornly high. Figures I’ve just received from the Labour Force Survey reveal that unemployment among young black people (aged 16-24) is a shocking 44% – over twice the rate of their white counterparts, of whom 20% are jobless.
Black and Asian migrants after the war helped rebuild the economy: working in factories; doing the night shifts; working on the railways and driving the buses. And a generation of West Indian women made a contribution to the health service that has never been properly celebrated. So whatever else the problem is, black Britons don’t come from households that didn’t value work.