by Purusottam Bhattacharya
Contrary to all speculations and a certain degree of wishful thinking on the part of her opponents, Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamul Congress have created an electoral record in the annals of Bengal politics by winning (...)
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The Bengal Verdict: Challenges and Opportunities for Mamata Banerjee
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Assam: Crafty Coalition of Conflicts
6 June 2016by Joydeep Biswas
The BJP’s emphatic victory in Assam is not only the tale of two tall leaders, fallen apart, contrary to what the media would have us believe. This electoral spectacle is scripted by a complex social engineering whereby Assamese (...) -
In Bengal the Election was Violent; in Kerala Modi made a Mistake—a Bad One
6 June 2016, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
A disturbingly turbulent election season has come to an end. It was characterised by campaigns that often broke the letter of the law, to say nothing of its spirit. Violence was its signature tune in West Bengal. Illegal flow of (...) -
Right to Opium: Women, Holy Places and God
6 June 2016WOMEN’S WORLD
by Pradeep Nair, Navneet Sharma and K.B.S. Krishna
Karyeshu dasi, karaneshu manthri; bhojeshu mata, shayaneshu rambha; Roopeshu lakshmi, kshamayeshu dharitri; shat dharmayukta, kuladharma pathni—Neetisara
(Works like slave, helps (...) -
Goebbelsian Doublespeak: B.R. Ambedkar and the RSS
6 June 2016by N. Sukumar
The model State, Gujarat, has long been considered the social laboratory for Hindutva. Jan Bremem1 has analysed the well-entrenched nature of the Hindutva movement and its predecessors in Gujarat, strongly opposed to communal (...) -
Indira and the Legacy
6 June 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
One of the striking impressions of the AICC pilgrims returning from Bombay is about the Prime Minister’ style in dealing with the critics of government policies.
This question is not something which came up all of a sudden (...) -
Nehru as an Internationalist
6 June 2016by Mohd Yousuf Dar and Jahangir Ahmad Dar
Jawaharlal Nehru’s political leadership both in Indian politics and international affairs was indeed unique in the true sense. As a votary of world peace, Pandit Nehru was intimately connected with (...) -
Africans in Complexion-crazy India
6 June 2016, by A K BiswasWe are appalled that leaders of India’s ruling establishments and law enforcing agencies are not ashamed at what happened on January 31, 2016 night to a Tanzanian girl student of Bachelors of Business Administration in a college at Bangalore. (...) -
Work Starts on Second Tibet Rail Line
6 June 2016, by Harish ChandolaChina has started work on its second rail line in Tibet, which will ultimately reach close to India-Bhutan border town of Yatung (Yadong) when completed in 2030. Its first Tibet rail line from Golmud in Qinghi province to Lhasa was completed in (...) -
Towards Rediscovery of Rosa Luxemburg, Maligned by Stalin
6 June 2016BOOK REVIEW
by Nityananda Ghosh
The Socialist Vision and The Silenced Voices of Democracy – New Perspectives – Part I, Rosa Luxemburg by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta; Seriban, Bakhrahat, South 24-Parganas district, West Bengal; pp. 137 + xiv; Rs 495. (...)
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