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Academics Must Question More: Romila
9 November 2014On October 26 this year Prof Romila Thapar, the distinguished historian and Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, delivered the Third Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial Lecture, organised by the Book Review Literary Trust, at the (...) -
A Question for Intellectuals
9 November 2014by Jawed Naqvi
Increasingly of late, Prof Romila Thapar is required to assume the nearly impossible role of Emperor Akbar who, according to the official plaque at his tomb near Agra, had “created a nation out of a mob”. To her credit (and sorrow), (...) -
Historic Significance of October Revolution
9 November 2014, by Randhir SinghOn November 7 this year falls the ninetyseventh anniversary of the historic October Revolution that changed the face of Russia and led to the birth of the USSR three years later. Remembering that Revolution we are reproducing excerpts from the (...) -
Lenin: Theoretician of United Front
9 November 2014, by Anil RajimwaleIt was Lenin who really conceptualised the idea of united front. Though it is found in Marx-Engels, united front as a concept emerged in full form in the imperialist era. Lenin was the founder of the concept of imperialism, and therefore (...) -
In lieu of An editorial
2 November 2014, by SCOctober 31 this year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The situation today is markedly different from the one that prevailed in 2004. Yet what appeared as an editorial in Mainstream (October 30, 2004) remains (...) -
Odds after the Maharashtra, Haryana elections: Turning Towards Inclusive Well-being
2 November 2014, by Uttam SenOn the face of it, the BJP’s ascendancy in Maha-rashtra and Haryana mirrors an extraordinarily unipolar political fabric. The condition has to be viewed in the background both of the political and economic uncertainty which preceded the (...) -
Neither Love Nor Jihad: The Politics of Hate-Mongering
2 November 2014by Navneet Sharma, Harikrishnan B. and Pradeep Nair
Love Jihad would literally mean the ‘war for love’ but is understood more symbolically as a war cry for the spread and propagation of a particular religion wherein Muslim men entice or deceit (...) -
Is Winning Elections all that matters in Democracy? What about Values and the Rules of Conduct?
2 November 2014, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
For a pregnant Sunday morning, only hours before history opens a new page, some timely queries: Is the NCP a Naturally Corrupt Party as Narendra Modi says it is? Is Narendra Modi lowering the dignity of prime ministership by (...) -
Memories of 1984
2 November 2014, by Nandita HaksarI
The moment I heard that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated, I hoped the assassin was not a Sikh. My parents said that when they first heard the news that Gandhiji had been assassinated, they hoped that the assassin was not a Muslim. We live (...) -
Rubbing Salt into the Muslims’ Wounds
2 November 2014, by Kuldip Nayarby Kuldip Nayar
After the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, the Muslims felt for the first time since independence that they were a minority in the real sense. The partition, on the basis of religion, did not cast a shadow on their future. (...)
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