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Lessons from 1962: Is 50 Years Not Enough?
7 November 2012, by S G VombatkereInstitutions and nations rarely if ever learn from successes, but it is possible and necessary to learn from institutional or national failure. This is particularly true of military operations. Today, 50 years since India and China went to war, (...) -
On the Soviet Stand on India - China Border Conflict
7 November 2012, by Arun MohantyContrary to the widespread view that the former Soviet Union maintained neutrality all through the Indo-China border conflict, this paper argues that the Soviet position on the issue evolved from a position of neutrality to a brief tilt towards (...) -
Open Letter to Pravda
7 November 2012, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
The following open letter to Pravda, the Soviet Communist Party’s daily organ, was written fifty years ago by N.C. as an ‘Indian Marxist’ of 20 years’ membership of the Communist Party. It appeared in Mainstream (November 3, (...) -
Syria: Waiting for Someone named Obama
7 November 2012, by M K BhadrakumarEven as German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who was on a visit to China, diverted himself to Istanbul in a mission on October 13 aimed at tamping down Turkish-Syrian tensions, Der Spiegel calmly reported that the information about the (...) -
Conscience of a Progressive Polity
7 November 2012, by Surendra MohanNovember 3 this year marks N.C.’s ninetyninth birth anniversary. He was born on November 3, 1913. On this occasion we are reproducing a few pieces written after his demise (on June 27, 1998) by some of those who knew him closely.
Nikhil (...) -
Nikhil
7 November 2012, by Mohit SenIt was the mid-forties that I first came across Nikhil. Bundle, my eldest brother, belonged to the outer fringe of the Indian Communist students group formed in England in the late 1930s. Indrajit Gupta, Mohan Kumaramangalam, Parvati Krishnan, (...) -
A Saint Editor
7 November 2012, by Prabhash JoshiNikhilda had turned eightyfour. Some people live for hundred years and stay perfectly agile, alert and healthy. Though he had an ageing physique, Nikhilda was not a person who would live by obeying the regulations of keeping fit. Four years ago, (...) -
Two Eminent Editors and a Young Reporter
7 November 2012, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
Several eminent contemporaries of Nikhil Chakravartty have already written about his many-sided accomplishments, and what I can add may appear relatively quite insignificant in comparison. Nevertheless, I feel that it may add a new (...) -
Myth, Reality and Moral Science
7 November 2012by A. RASHID
The paradox, which every religion has been grappling with unsuccessfully, is this. On the one hand it demands blind faith to accept its tenets and on the other it tries to make those tenets look scientific and rational. It refuses (...) -
A Ray of Hope in an Atmosphere of Despair
7 November 2012, by Sandeep PandeySaeeda Diep is a Lahore-based activist who has been working consistently on issues of human rights, women’s rights, democracy, against patriarchy, feudalism and communalism and on peace and friendship with India. Quite obviously to work in an (...)
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