by BIBHUTI MISHRA
About a year ago, Panditji left us for ever. We, who had followed him and worked under his guidance for more than three decades, were all of a sudden left to work without him. Though for a moment it seemed that we were helpless (...)
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Remembering Nehru
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Socialism and Nehru
9 June 2011by K.N. RAJ
The following is the text of the paper read by the distinguished economist and Director of the Delhi School of Economics at the symposium held in New Delhi to mark the first death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, May 27, 1965. Dr (...) -
Nehru’s Vision of Building a Modern India and its Complete Negation since the 1990s
9 June 2011, by Girish MishraBOOK REVIEW
Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Second Series, Vol. 42 (April 1-June 30, 1958) edited by Aditya Mukherjee and Mridula Mukherjee; Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti House, New Delhi; 2010; pp. 922; Rs 100.
Jawaharlal (...) -
Fifty Years of Independence: Gains and Losses
9 June 2011[(TRIBUTE
He was described as the “last of the towering personalities in Bihar’s communist movement”. Veteran freedom fighter and one of the pioneers in setting up the Communist Party of India in Bihar, Jagannath Sarkar, 92, breathed his last at (...) -
Goof-ups and Refusal to Face the Reality
24 May 2011, by SCThe last few days have caused considerable embarassment to the Union Government and the Congress party.
First came the blunder in including terror accused Wazhul Kamar Khan alies Murtaza Choudhary (he was allegedly involved in the 2003 Mulund (...) -
West Bengal — What Next?
24 May 2011, by Suravaram Sudhakar ReddyThe following is a piece written by S. Sudhakar Reddy, the CPI’s Deputy General Secretary, in response to the Mainstream editor’s request to pen down what he expects from the Trinamul Congress-Congress alliance that has just been elected to power (...) -
PAC: Its History and Relevant Facts
24 May 2011, by Era SezhiyanSTATEMENT
The following is a statement by Era Sezhiyan, a former MP and erstwhile Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). It reached us late; but we are still using it in view of its continued relevance.
It is unfortunate that there had (...) -
West Bengal - CPM Discredited the Left Movement by its Fascist Deeds
24 May 2011, by Barun Das GuptaWEST BENGAL The Trinamul Congress-Congress-SUCI alliance has made a clean sweep of the polls in West Bengal. The alliance or jote has won 227 of the 294 seats (Trinamul Congress 184, Congress 42 and SUCI 1) while the Left tally has nosedived (...) -
Osama, Obama and India’s Foreign Policy
24 May 2011, by P R DubhashiIndian reactions to the cold blooded assassination of unarmed Osama Bin Laden by American commandos in a quick, 40-minute operation in a three-storied mansion surrounded by a high wall in the garrison town Abbottabad not far away from Pakistan’s (...) -
An Open Letter to Mamata Banerjee
24 May 2011, by A K BiswasHonourable Madam,
While I congratulate you on your spectacular victory in the just concluded Assembly Elections 2011 in West Bengal, I beg to articulate some aspirations and expectations of 24 per cent Scheduled Castes and six per cent (...)
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