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August 2009
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Whither Information Technology in India?
16 August 2009, by Sudeep RaySudeep Ray 58, a Marxist activist who happened to be the West Bengal State Committee member of the Party for Democratic Socialism (PDS) headed by former CPM MP Saifuddin Chowdhury, passed away in Kolkata on July 3 night after being involved in a (...) -
Shocking and Shameful
16 August 2009, by SCWhile film star Emraan Hashmi has openly come out conveying the fact that his being a Muslim has caused difficulties for him to purchase a flat in Mumbai and attributed this to the alleged anti-Muslim bias on the part of the cooperative society (...) -
The Slum, the Dog and the Millionaire
16 August 2009, by Dev N PathakCarried away by the effect of the Oscared Slum Dog Millionaire (SDM) and tend to take its leitmotif for something eternal? Then Rolland Barthes was so very right. Bourgeoising myth redefines everything for a specific purpose and metamorphoses (...) -
An Eye-opener
16 August 2009, by Shanthy VadiThe article “Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa’s ‘Final Resolution’” by M.K. Bhadrakumar (Mainstream, July 28, 2009) is an eye-opener for those who think that the only reason for the recent mass carnage on Tamils was the vanquished LTTE.
As (...) -
Indian Communists versus Marxism-Leninism
16 August 2009, by K G Somasekharan NairThe Congress is a bourgeois-democratic party. This perception is the spine of applied communist ideology in India. Since its commencement, all strategies and tactics adopted by the communist movement to make India red has been engineered by this (...) -
For a Legal Discussion on UI Number
16 August 2009, by S G VombatkereCOMMUNICATION
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIA) with Nandan Nilekani at its head is set to provide a unique number to all Indian citizens by 2011, at a cost estimated at Rs 150,000 crores, with an initial budgeted outlay of Rs (...) -
From Slavery to Debt-bondage: Two Centuries of Exploitation in India
16 August 2009, by Sudhanshu BhandariIn human history, from the advent of advanced agrarian communities till the last quarter of the nineteenth century, slavery has been a part and parcel of most, if not all, human societies, and a most ubiquitous institution, with, of course, (...) -
Manmohan Singh breaks New Path in Indo-Pak Relations
16 August 2009, by Sandeep PandeyThis article is based on the author’s weeklong trip to and discussions in Pakistan last month. It is being published as a point of view.
The worst fears of some of us have now been confirmed. Pakistani society, politicians and media have always (...) -
Jallianwala in Beijing
16 August 2009, by Subrata SenAn Indian cultural delegation got unwittingly caught up in the recent turmoil in Beijing. As the Army cracked down, the delegation had to be hurriedly evacuated. Talking to the Indian press, playwright Vijay Tendulkar and novelist U.R. (...) -
Remembering the Massacre
16 August 2009, by Subrata SenThe editor deserves compliments for the sincere remembrance of the Tiananmen massacre in the June 6, 2009 issue of Mainstream. Indignation and outrage felt by both S.C. and N.C. twenty years ago still touch the heart. This is in such sharp (...)