The following piece appeared in Mainstream (June 20, 1964) highlighting the influence of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi on Jawaharlal Nehru’s thoughts and ideas.
K.R.
The phenomenon of India producing two such mighty men as Tagore and (...)
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At Long Last
3 May 2011, by SCThe UPA Government has finally allowed the CBI to arrest Suresh Kalmadi, chief of graft-tainted Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. In fact for quite sometime now, there has been an avalanche of allegations against Kalmadi and his (...) -
Remembering Chernobyl after 25 Years
3 May 2011On the twentyfifth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April 26, we are carrying the following article by Mikhail Gorbachev. It is highly relevant at the present juncture.
by Mikhail Gorbachev
I first heard of the Chernobyl nuclear (...) -
Hazare’s Fast And Its Aftermath
3 May 2011, by P R DubhashiAnna Hazare broke his 97 hour-fast at Jantar Mandar, New Delhi on Saturday, April 9, 2011 after he was handed over a copy of the gazette notification constituting a ten-member committee consisting of five Ministers of the Union Government and (...) -
Anna’s One-Shot War On Corruption
3 May 2011, by Shree Shankar SharanThere is no doubt that Anna Hazare had the highest interest of the country on his mind in undertaking his fast as a war on corruption. There is no doubt either that he brought an upsurge of emotion in the country against corruption and showed a (...) -
From Bric To Brics: Thinking Big?
3 May 2011, by Ash Narain RoyThe 21st century is witnessing new paradigms of power. The topology of power has undergone a sea-change. The tectonic changes in the international system are creating major shuffling in the global power structure. BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, (...) -
May Day 2011 - Commemorating 125 Years of Workers’ Uprising in Chicago
3 May 2011, by Nirmalya BiswasIt all happened on a Saturday; 125 years have passed since then. In those days people had to work for ten to twelve hours a day. But on that Saturday they broke the rule. They set aside their fear and strife, and left work. With an indomitable (...) -
Danger Signal of Degeneration
3 May 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
As elections to the West Bengal Assembly are in full swing we are reproducing the following article of N.C. and the letters related to this piece for the benefit of our readers.
I write these lines after a fortnight has (...) -
Bantala and After
3 May 2011The following is the text of the letter received by the Editor, Mainstream, from the Minister of Information and Culture, Government of West Bengal, and the Editor’s reply.
West Bengal Minister’s Letter
MINISTER
Information & Cultural Affairs, (...) -
What is the RSS?
3 May 2011May 1 marks the 34th anniversary of the foundation of the Janata Party and also the 89th birth anniversary of the renowned socialist leader, Madhu Limaye (1922-1995), who left a deep impress on Indian polity by his selfless service and effective (...)
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