COMMUNICATION
A.K. Biswas, in his article, “Jaipal Singh Munda”, had provided many unknown facets of Jaipal Singh (Mainstream, Vol 50, No. 9, February 10-14, 2012), whom I consider the real successor to Birsa Munda, a freedom fighter. The grateful (...)
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Need to Remember Jaipal Singh
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Summons for the Global Community: Perceptions of Lohia on Caste and Gender
27 March 2012MANISHA MISHRA
“…. It is impossible to impart vigour to the country’s politics unless the uneducated are given a proper place in the leadership”. —Rammanohar Lohia1
March 23, 2012 marks the 102nd birth anniversary of that legend of Indian politics, (...) -
India-Russia-China Pipeline: A Tribute to BRICS
27 March 2012SANJAY DESHPANDE and MANENDRA SAHU
The twentyfirst century is witnessing a slow shift in power from the West to the East. The fast growth in ‘emerging economies’ like Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, commonly referred to as BRICS, is (...) -
Refreshing Analysis of Coalition Governments in the Current Scenario
27 March 2012BOOK REVIEW
PREETPAL SINGH
Dynamics of Party System and Coalition Governments in India by Ranpal Singh and Tejvir Singh (eds.); Alfa Publications, New Delhi; 2012; pp. XVIII + 143; Rs 700.
The Constitution-makers had set up a parliamentary (...) -
There’s Writing on the Wall for Dynasties; will the Desirable Meet the Possible?
27 March 2012, by T J S GeorgeIn our elections, nobody is voted in; always somebody is voted out and somebody else steps into the vacancy by default.
This was the pattern since the Emergency. Indira Gandhi was so dictatorial during those two years that she was thrown out (...) -
Where Should Higher Education Reform Begin?
27 March 2012COMMUNICATION
NAYA BIHAR—DAWN OF A NEW ERA
On carefully reading of the article captioned, “New Questions in Naya Bihar: The Cry of Vernacular Academics” (Mainstream, Vol L, No 10, February 25, 2012) by Dev N. Pathak, I feel a genuine urge to place (...) -
UPA in the Grip of a Fresh Crisis
20 March 2012, by SCThe ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is in the grip of a fresh crisis with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slamming her party’s nominee in the Union Cabinet, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, for having taken in his maiden Railway Budget (...) -
Economic Survey 2011 - 2012 : India under the Shadow of Neoliberalism
20 March 2012, by Girish MishraEven though the neoliberal dispensation has collapsed all over the world, its votaries in the corridors of power in India are behaving like the proverbial boy on the burning deck. They believe in the mantra of TINA (there is no alternative). It (...) -
New Political Arithmetic in UP
20 March 2012, by Arup Kumar SenIn the just-concluded Assembly elections in UP, the Samajwadi Party (SP) stormed into power with an absolute majority, winning 224 seats out of 403. Binary categories of political analysis are grossly inadequate to understand the dynamics of (...) -
Power Rests with the States
20 March 2012, by Kuldip NayarState elections may not predict the shape of next the Lok Sabha in 2014, but they do reflect the mood of the electorate. UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur which went to the polls indicate that the ruling Congress is declining rapidly. The (...)
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