by N.V.K. Murthy
Sometimes I wonder at the changes that science and technology have made in my own life spanning nine decades. I was brought up in a British cantonment town in colonial India. My first memory goes back to the days when we had (...)
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If Britain is responsible for India’s Misery, why is Mass Misery Still Continuing?
22 November 2014, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Here’s something that should rivet Narendra Modi’s attention. “Nearly every kind of manufacture or product known to the civilised world—nearly every kind of creation of man’s brain and hand, existing anywhere, and prized either for its (...) -
Nehru and Minorities
22 November 2014(Jawaharlal Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary was befittingly observed by a grateful nation on November 14. On this occasion we continue to publish/reproduce more articles on Nehru.)
The following contribution from Nehru’s biographer, Dr S. Gopal, (...) -
The Nehru Daur
22 November 2014, by Shyam BenegalI remember the first time I saw Nehru.
It was soon after the police action that liberated Hyderabad from Nizam’s rule. I must have been about 12 at the time. A friend of mine and I were walking towards a disused golf course close to my home (...) -
Betrayal of Nehru Legacy
22 November 2014, by C.N. Chitta RanjanIt is an irony of history that the name of Mahatma Gandhi should within a few years of his martyrdom serve as no more than a mascot for perpetrators and abettors of oppression and exploitation. His name has been mouthed times without number by (...) -
Remembering Nehru Today
22 November 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
The inherent strength of a nation lies in its ability to remain calm and act with coolness and courage when faced with a critical situation. That today India is able to do so when external danger and internal difficulties (...) -
Nehru and Socialism
22 November 2014by Mohd. Yousuf Dar
Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 at Allahabad. He was an upholder of some of the concrete political values. He believed in socialism, secularism, democracy and the modern values of positivism. The contribution (...) -
Nehruvian Framework: Battleground of Progress and Reaction
22 November 2014, by Anil RajimwaleThe Nehruvian framework today has become a terrain for the historic battle between the forces of progress and those of Rightwing reaction. It has always been. We have entered a phase where the reactionary forces seek to distort the legacy of the (...) -
Feminist-Socialist Transformation facing Neo-Liberal Capitalism
22 November 2014, by Gabriele DietrichWOMEN’S WORLD
We have to distinguish between the Socialist Movement which tries to carry out transformation in the mode of production and Feminist Movements with a limited agenda of “equality”, though the latter would in fact also require very (...) -
Letter from Kolkata: Is Mamata fit to be the Chief Minister?
22 November 2014, by Amitava MukherjeeSiddhartha Nath Singh, the BJP leader in charge of West Bengal, has made a highly controversial comment, which may kick up a hullabaloo at the national level. Right at this moment there is no need to give much attention to Siddhartha Nath’s (...)
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