IMPRESSIONS
We haven’t had a more turbulent Ram Navami in recent memory. In the name of the Lord who exiled his own wife for what he considered dharma, several adharmic activities were carried out by his alleged followers. The government in (...)
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RNI No. : 7064/62
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Ram Bhakti, Like News, Goes Fake
14 April, by T J S George -
CBSE Paper Leak and its Prevention: The Role of Education Reform
14 Aprilby Kunal Ghosh
On March 28, 2018 the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared that question papers of Class-10 Mathematics and Class-12 Economics had been leaked a few days before the board exams, and therefore these (...) -
Exploring the Ideas of J.C. Kumarappa: The ‘Unsung Hero’ of Green Economy and Alternative Development in India
14 Aprilby K. Gireesan, D. Jeevan Kumar, M. Lingaraju and Jos Chathukulam
This is a brief report on a national seminar held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru on December 29-30, 2017 to explore the ideas of J.C. Kumarappa (...) -
Aadhaar and Welfare: A Sceptical Note
14 April, by Arup Kumar SenIn the Supreme Court hearing on Aadhaar, before a two-judge Bench, in May 2017, the then Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, while countering the petitioners’ objections to the government’s move, said that their “arguments on so-called privacy and (...) -
Jam Saqi — A Communist of Rare Strain
14 AprilTRIBUTE
by Sankar Ray
The death of Jam Saqi, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan, on March 5, 2018 in Hyderabad, Sindh province, revived pensive as well as nostalgic memories especially among his comrades and admirers (...) -
The Davos Disaster: The Heyday of the Halwaii
14 April, by Ashok ParthasarathiThe annual event of the World Economic Forum now underway in Switzerland is with us again. Indeed, it is the scent of the air. This annual jamboree of the world’s top politicians, businessmen and international organisations like the IMF, World (...) -
On the Condition of Nehru Memorial at Teen Murti Bhavan
14 AprilCOMMUNICATION
We are concerned about the condition of the memorial of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru which is located in New Delhi’s Teen Murti Bhavan. We feel sad to note that the Teen Murti Bhavan is in a condition which raises several (...) -
The Cruelty of Metaphors
14 April, by Badri RainaMetaphors are cruel things, never easy to deploy. It will have to be said that the genius of deploying metaphors after all distinguishes a Shakespeare from an Amit Shah.
When Macbeth intones the sad, self-reflexive words, “I have no spur to prick (...) -
Hindutva and Cow Terror: Politics of Hatred
14 Aprilby Jayanta Kumar Dab
It was in the late 19th century that the cow emerged as an important rallying point for mass political mobilisation in India. Hindu nationalists sought to unite Hindus against the British colonial rule and subsequently, (...) -
Dalit Anger, Muzzling Free Press
7 April, by SCEDITORIAL
Dalit anger at the perceived dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act) as a consequence of a March 20 order of the Supreme Court erupted in large-scale violence in different parts of the (...)
