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  Scenario in India and Beyond

  13 October
  POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
  While one positive development in the overall national political scenario is the belated decision of the Bihar Police to close the sedition case against 49 leading intellectuals and film personalities for signing an open  (...)

• JP: Some Reflections

  13 October, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  From N.C.’s Writings
  [by] Analyst
  On the occasion of Jayaprakash Narayan’s 117th birth anniversary on October 11, 2019 we are carrying the following piece written by N.C. under the pseudonym ‘Analyst’ after JP passed away on October 8, 1979.  (...)

• Why Malayalam Outclasses Hindi

  13 October, by T J S George
  IMPRESSIONS
  I am convinced that Malayalam should be declared the national language of India. Of the many reasons, consider just two. It is a universal language spoken all over the globe and in outer space; who doesn’t know that when Neil  (...)

• Holding Kashmir to Ransom

  13 October
  by M.A. Sofi
  Far from the ruse of development or ‘main-streaming’ Kashmir as the stated purpose behind repealing Article 370, all that it is meant and intended to achieve is to advance an agenda that seeks to promote the persona of Modi and his  (...)

• Playing Diaspora Diplomacy: Profits and Pitfalls

  13 October
  by L.K. Sharma
  Howdy, Modi, the Houston extravaganza, was part of the Prime Minister’s mission to involve the Hindu diaspora in India’s domestic politics. This time, he went further by inducting himself into America’s domestic politics. Modi  (...)

• Women of the World Stand with Kashmir, Stand with the Women of Kashmir

  13 October
  The following is a statement of solidarity with the women of Kashmir issued by women of all countries including India as well as national and international women’s organisations.
  On August 30, 2019, the United Nations’ International Day of the  (...)

• Remembering Vidyasagar on his 200th Birthday

  13 October
  by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
  Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bandopadhyay), the doyen or our 19th Century Bengali Renaissance, was born in a dark period of the early 19th Century, on September 26, 1820, in a remote village of Medinipur district, 84 kms  (...)

• Envisioning Gandhi in Draft New Education Policy in India

  13 October
  by D.M. Diwakar
  I
  Context
  The Census of India 2011 suggests that about 30 per cent of the population is below 15 years. The United Nations Population Division’s report projection suggests that the youth population in India will be 34.46 per cent  (...)

• Gandhi Alone is the ‘Father of India’

  13 October
  by Ram Puniyani
  The ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Houston was an eye-catcher for more reasons than one. While Modi was saying ‘All is Well’ in India, thousands of protestors outside were showing the real mirror to the state of affairs in India. At the  (...)

• Last Phase in the Life of Mahatma Gandhi

  13 October, by Gargi Chakravartty
  Commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, it may be strange to focus on the days before his martyrdom. To me that was the most glorious phase of his life, when he was bold enough and uncompromising on issues most dear to him  (...)

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