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Letter to Nehru, Fifty Years After
16 November 2014, by Badri RainaI don’t quite know how to address you, so I shall simply say hello, Chacha, happy birthday. Do always be well. I imagine there is no dearth of roses where you are, or of laughing children in the park, or of books that you always still wanted to (...) -
Nehru’s Vision Must Guide us in these Troubled Times
16 November 2014by Mushirul Hasan
My vision is the same as that of Nehru, even though the old certitudes of Indian politics have crumbled. Fifty years later, Nehru’s idea of India and his conception of tolerant, inclusive, and common Indianness have given way (...) -
Onset of an Anniversary
16 November 2014, by Dipak MalikThe 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru would roll on from November 14, 2014. Had there been a Congress Government, the occasion would have been marked by pomp and show though it would not have been in all likelihood more than a poor (...) -
Nehru and his Views on Secularism
16 November 2014by Vivek Kumar Srivastava
When the country celebrates the 125th birth anniversary of Pandit Nehru, an occasion arrives to explore his most important contribution to all of us. That is to be found in his unflinching efforts to establish and (...) -
Nehru’s Striking Relevance for Our Times
16 November 2014We live in a time of the continued dismantling of the Nehruvian model that began in 1991.
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Revisiting and Contextualising Nehruvian Economic Philosophy
16 November 2014by Ranjit Singh Ghuman
Prior to its independence on August 15, 1947 India had a bigger industrial sector than any other country which became a European colony. It was unique in being an industrial exporter in pre-colonial times. In 1700 AD (...) -
Ominous Signals
9 November 2014, by SCEDITORIAL
Striking a note of departure from what PM Narendra Modi had promised the electorate during his whirlwind Lok Sabha election campaign earlier this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said rectifying the economy would take a “lot of (...) -
Why Is Left Unity So Vital Today?
9 November 2014, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
At a time when the Left forces are in obvious decline, why is it so important to emphasise the need for unity of the Left forces and strengthening of the Left forces? The reason for this goes much beyond electoral gains or other (...) -
Imperatives of Secular-Democratic Unity
9 November 2014, by Barun Das GuptaThe Congress suffered its worst ever electoral defeat in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. What has been happening since then is that the two fundamental tenets of our polity, namely, secularism and democracy, are being challenged by the ruling (...) -
As Things Stand
9 November 2014, by Badri RainaThe first principle of dialectic: things never remain the same. Thus, contrary to what you may think, there are important stirrings within the Indian Left.
History knows no greater motivator than a recognition that a termination may be in the (...)
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