by Babika Khawas
In an attempt to analyse the relationship between globalisation and social movement this brief communiqué attempts to comment critically on the cliché—that itself emerged as a critique—anti-globalisation movement. As is well known, (...)
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Globalisation and Social Movement: Critique of a Critique
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Recession Exposes Demonetisation’s Dark Side
11 December 2016, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Tuesday afternoon I was in and around New Delhi’s posh Khan Market. Usually this marketplace is more than crowded, with locals and foreigners not just shopping but stuffing themselves in the various eateries, but that afternoon (November (...) -
Dilemma before Sonia Gandhi
11 December 2016, by Kuldip NayarI wish I could agree with Congress President Sonia Gandhi that compassion was the distinctive character of her mother-in-law, Mrs Indira Gandhi. A person with an iota of consideration for individual freedom would not have detained 100,000 people (...) -
Rising Against Silence
11 December 2016BOOK REVIEW
by Krishna Jha
Words Matter: Writings Against Silence by K. Satchidanandan; Penguin Group India; 2016; pp. 260; Price: Rs 399.
The knock is today at every door. The entire democratic fabric is at stake. Hence the anthology Against (...) -
Leading by Example
11 December 2016, by Mukul DubeThroughout history, it has been held that leaders should lead by example. In the military, the officer is expected to set an example of bravery and good soldiering. In society in general, the expectation is that if the leader does good things, (...) -
Demonetisation: The Sordid Saga
5 December 2016, by SCEDITORIAL
Today is the twentythird day since the Narendra Modi Government carried out surgical strikes on the Indian people through demonetisation (by pulling high-denomination Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes out of circulation) on the (...) -
SC’s Order on National Anthem
5 December 2016Commentary
On November 30 a Supreme Court Bench, in a striking, though interim, judgment, ruled that “all cinema halls in India shall play the national anthem before the feature film starts and all present in the hall are obliged to stand up to (...) -
Tribute to Fidel Castro
5 December 2016Fidel Castro, the outstanding architect and leader of the Cuban revolution, passed away in Havana on November 25, 2016 after a brief illness. He was a remarkable personality who attracted global attention for having stood up to Washington’s devious designs to overthrow him from power ever since the Cuban revolution in January 1959.
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In Memory of Fidel Castro
5 December 2016, by Muchkund DubeyFidel Castro, the great Cuban revolutionary and the icon of those who have over the last half-a-century struggled for national liberation, freedom from colonial and capitalistic exploitation, and the establishment of a just and equitable world (...) -
Castro Will Always be Remembered for Keeping Alive the Hope of Socialist Alternatives
5 December 2016, by Bharat DograFidel Castro, who died at the age of 90 on November 25, will always be remembered by history for keeping alive the hope for a socialist alternative for a very long time in very adverse circumstances. He is often admired, and rightly so, for his (...)
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