by Vivek Kumar Srivastava
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is not only the first Prime Minister of India but also the main gardener who sowed and flowered the spirit of democracy in a highly diverse country. His ideas of democracy were liberal but (...)
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Nehru’s Views about Democracy
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GM Crops — Difficult Questions for the Modi Government
16 November 2016, by Bharat DograThe protest organised by the satyagraha against GM Mustard at Jantar Mantar on October 25 was much more than an ordinary dharna. On the one hand representatives of the Opposition parties like the Congress, CPI-M, CPI and AAP lashed out at the (...) -
The Kandhamal Encounter: Reality and Response
16 November 2016by Kamalakanta Roul
The recent Kandhamal encounter killing has been surrounded by multiple controversies and engulfs a national level political debate. Any sensible human being would lend sympathetic support to the six innocent Adivasi/Dalit (...) -
Return to Classrooms
16 November 2016, by Kuldip NayarAnother school has been burnt down in the Valley. This is the 25th in the last two months. What it conveys is that those who are fighting for separation from India are not interested in education. They want the boys to turn into stone-pelters. (...) -
Ringside View of Telangana State Creation
16 November 2016BOOK REVIEW
by Vinay K. Srivastava
Old History, New Geography by Jairam Ramesh; Rupa Publications, India; First Edition, 2016; ISBN:9788129139634, 8129139634; pages: 264; Price:Rs 536.
A noted economist, seasoned writer, senior leader and former (...) -
Fascism Unmasks Itself
7 November 2016POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
The mysterious escape of eight undertrial SIMI activists from the high-security Bhopal Central Jail and their subsequent and no less mysterious ‘encounter-deaths’ have raised a number of questions to which no convincing answers (...) -
Curse of Triple talaaq
7 November 2016, by Kuldip NayarThe Radiance is a weekly journal of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a fundamentalist organisation. It carries on its front page an article which says: First, you give us the account. Apparently, it means the Hindus. The article is on the triple talaaq. The (...) -
A Literary Genius talks of his Mentor
7 November 2016, by Anees ChishtiDIVERSITIES
This piece has been written in the backdrop of Prem Chand’s 80th death anniversary on October 8, 2016.
The late Prof Raghupati Sahai ’Firaq’ Gorakhpuri, one of the greatest Urdu poets of the last century, winner of the first Jnanpith (...) -
Wake up, India! BIMSTEC is a Reverie
7 November 2016, by M K BhadrakumarThis piece was written some days ago. It is being belatedly published as its contents retain their validity.
Dhaka is throbbing with excitement as the day draws close for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Bangladesh on Friday (October 14). (...) -
BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach may pave the way for Regional Integration, Trade
7 November 2016by Ashok B. Sharma
This article was written before the BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach programme but is still relevant.
Leaders of the group of emerging economies, BRICS, are meeting in Goa and India being the host country has rightly planned an Outreach (...)
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