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Articles by Vijoo Krishnan
Let Us Be the Veins of Cuba that Imperialism Cannot Cut!
A delegation including AIKS General Secretary Vijoo Krishnan, AIDWA President Sreemathy Teacher, CITU Secretary Meenakshi Sundaram, AIAWU General Secretary B Venkat, AIAWU Joint Secretary N Chandran, AIIEA President Dharamraj Mahapatra and BEFI President S S Anil visited Cuba from 10–17 August 2026 to take part in the four-day event, First International Colloquium: Fidel, Legacy and Future, held in Havana on the birth centenary of Comrade Fidel Castro.
VS: A Life Tempered with Fiery Struggles
Vijoo Krishnan Published on Jul 31, 2025, 11:13 AM | 9 min read It is not an easy task to describe the life of a revolutionary who strode across the political life of a nation for nearly a century. Undoubtedly, none can make use of the inexhaustible time before one’s birth nor the infinite time after death; rarely can one put the time between birth and death to create an indelible impact in the lives of people like Com.V.S.Achuthanandan could. Com.VS.
Budget 2025 Must Ensure Higher Investment in Agriculture and Rural Development
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‘Guarantees’? Modi Government Must Account for the Betrayal of Our Farmers
Hoardings across the country and advertisements in the media loudly proclaim Modi Sarkar Ki Guarantee (Modi government’s guarantee) and claim that different promises or guarantees in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto have been implemented successfully because Modi hai to mumkin hai (Modi makes everything possible). In reality, the BJP government led by Narendra Modi has failed in implementing the guarantees to farmers and the toiling masses.
Born to a poor home in far-fetched village, he reached summits of power and fortune forbidden for the blacks… Vijoo Krishnan recounts memory of football legend Pele. | Articles | Deshabhimani | Friday Dec 30, 2022
Pele: My First Football Hero My first memory of football and Pele is from the film 'Escape to Victory' which also introduced me to his bicycle kick, that was way back in 1981-82 when I was just seven. We watched with awe at a roadside screening in Sanjay Nagar, Bangalore, the film starring Sylvester Stallone, Caine and a bunch of international football stars.
Red Salute, Com.Khader!...writes Vijoo Krishnan
(Com.Abdul Khader passed away this morning. He will be missed. I extend my heartfelt condolences to his wife, family and fellow comrades.
Against the violence of ‘development’
A LAND grab of unparalleled proportions is on across India. The Central and State governments, Indian and foreign companies and even individuals are either buying land or acquiring large tracts of land on long-term leases at ridiculously low prices.
Raw deal for farmers
A Budget during a time of recession, increasing unemployment, agrarian distress, falling incomes, demand constraint and malnutrition would have done well to first acknowledge the mess that policies have created and then taken steps to provide employment, boost rural incomes, increase purchasing power and thereby demand.
RCEP: A rural disaster
Fast-paced moves are on to conclude the talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and seal an agreement. There have been noises of protest from the Congress party which was the chief architect of the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and numerous other FTAs in the pipeline. Protests even from within the Sangh Parivar have not deterred the Modi government from pursuing the mega FTA.
Everybody loves a farmer
In a sudden flurry of new-found concernfor the long-suffering Indian peasant, parties across the political spectrum are desperately trying to woo this section of society. In fact, ever since the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram, sops appear to be raining upon the peasantry.
A Nation indebted to farmers to join Kisan Mukti March
The country has been witnessing a spate of struggles by the crisis-ridden peasantry. In 2014, the Narendra Modi led BJP had managed to channelise the anger against the anti-people policies of the Congress-led UPA Government and the rampant corruption under its rule to a certain extent and reaped electoral benefits. Making a high-pitched campaign and lucrative promises they had been able to successfully lure a section of the peasantry and rural poor.
Doubling Farmer's Income: A Tale of Empty Promises, Deceit and Propaganda
Agriculture Economy 24 minutes ago This article is the first in a series on the state of Indian economy co-curated by the Centre for Financial Accountability, New Delhi and The Wire. Farmers were enticed by Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 with an attractive promise that their produce would be procured at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) at least one and a half times the comprehensive cost of production according to the C2+50% formula.
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