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  Disturbing Scenario Unfolds

  19 September, by SC
  EDITORIAL
  The economic situation is worsening by the day. This is the naked truth which is staring us in the face. Lately the fuel prices have been increased phenomenally—seven per cent increase in the last few months. Prices of vegetables have  (...)

• The Short Shelf-life of Post-Truth

  19 September, by Badri Raina
  It is extremely rare to hear murmurs of discontent from within the Bharatiya Janata Party. Which of course does not mean that discontent does not ever exist.
  A brave BJP Member of Parliament has, if you like, broken the hard ice and let out the  (...)

• Darkness Falls On Our Democracy

  19 September, by Sudhir Vombatkere
  As darkness fell on September 5, noted activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh was entering her home in Bengaluru, and unknown gunmen extinguished the life of a courageous and outspoken upholder of democracy and opponent of communalism. Gauri is the  (...)

• Adieu...Comrade Gauri!

  19 September
  by K. Ramachandran
  “If Gauri had not attacked the RSS, she would have been alive today”—that was BJP MLA from Chikmagaluru C.D. Ravi. Kannada TV channels were flashing this statement made on September 7, 2017 repeatedly. The RSS-BJP people also  (...)

• India’s Army Chief and his Public Posturing on China

  19 September
  by Gautam Sen
  General Bipin Rawat, India’s Army Chief of Staff, has spoken twice publicly on India’s ability to wage a two-front war against China and Pakistan, inter-alia stating that internal insurrection, Maoists, etc. can be controlled  (...)

• I Shall Not Be Silenced

  19 September
  To the men — 
  Cage me if you wish.
  You can bind my hands and legs
  But not my thoughts and ambitions
  Remember that ideas are bulletproof.
  To the society — 
  Condemn me if you wish.
  You can insult and ostracise me
  But you cannot close your eyes  (...)

• For My Sister, Gauri Lankesh

  19 September, by Sagari Chhabra
  Tonight I write the saddest lines,
  They killed my sister, last night.
  As she came back from work,
  Parked the car
  To open the gate to her house,
  They pumped three bullets
  Into her forehead,
  And there she lay
  Bleeding, oh! so forlorn.
  They sped  (...)

• Another Effort to Revive Bigotism

  19 September, by Kuldip Nayar
  With a clutch of followers, Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat was about to storm into Kolkata when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cancelled the use of a hall which the RSS had hired for him to address a meeting. He  (...)

• US-Russia ties are heading south

  19 September, by M K Bhadrakumar
  The US-Russia diplomatic tit-for-tat escalated with the announcement in Washington on August 31 ordering the Russians to shut down their consulate in San Francisco as well as two trade annexes. Moscow has regretted “the escalation of tensions”  (...)

• India and the Evolving New World Order

  18 September, by Kobad Ghandy
  This article has been sent to us for publication by the eminent Marxist-Maoist thinker, Kobad Ghandy, from the Visakhapatnam Central Jail where he is currently lodged. He started writing it in Hyderabad Jail and completed it at the Visakhapatnam  (...)

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