by S.N. Sahu
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was a many-splendoured personality whose hundred and fiftieth birth anniversary was celebrated across the country a few years back. (And only a week ago we observed his one hundred and fiftyfifth birth (...)
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Tagore as a Protagonist of Sustainable Development and Gender Equality
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The Dilemma of Freedom of Expression and Transgression
16 May 2016by Fayezah Iqbal
Today we are surfeit with the entertainment of sundry kinds from the digital world and social media in addition to the regular means of television and movies. The dimensions of entertainment have widened and expanded like never (...) -
Searching for the Woods
16 May 2016, by Sagari ChhabraI went searching for the woods— Dark, dense and deep; But I fear they are no more to be seen.
Whoever felled my beloved trees— Neem, palash, peepal, bargad—with an axe? I fear I did not see him, Oh! Do forgive my lapse!
I was so intent in building (...) -
Tables Turned on BJP in Chopper Deal Debate
7 May 2016, by SCEDITORIAL
They had come prepared to put the Opposition Congress on the mat. ‘They’ meaning the new nominated member in the Upper House, Subramanian Swamy, and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in particular. But what happened at the end of the (...) -
Alternative National Plan and State-level Plans Badly Needed
7 May 2016COMMUNICATION
At a time when the processes and infra-structure of planning have been badly derailed in the country with the unceremonious dismantling of the Planning Commission, a challenge that should be taken up by indepen-dent scholars (...) -
Vivekananda and the Sangh Parivar
7 May 2016by Ashok Celly
In his celebrated Chicago address, Swami Vivekananda declared that he was “proud to belong to a religion which had taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance”. He also took pride in the fact that “he belonged to a (...) -
A Tribute to Gerassimos Arsenis (May 1931 - April 2016)
7 May 2016, by Muchkund DubeyProf Gerassimos Arsenis expired in Athens on April 19, 2016. He was an economist of international repute, an eminent international civil servant, a pioneer in the realm of ideas of international cooperation for development and a highly respected (...) -
Attack on Bipan Chandra’s Views on Bhagat Singh - A Rejoinder
7 May 2016The following is a rejoinder to the attack on Prof Bipan Chandra for his views on Bhagat Singh. The rejoinder is by the co-authors of the book India’s Struggle for Independence.
A vicious attack was launched by BJP MP Anurag Thakur in the Lok (...) -
Cameos / The Legacy for Tomorrow
7 May 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s 155th birth anniversary falls on Sunday (May 8, 2016). On this occasion we are reproducing two pieces by N.C. on Tagore written 75 years ago, in 1941. Both were published in The Calcutta (...) -
Rabindranath on Environment
7 May 2016by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
The fierce aggression of consumerism is causing huge damage to ecology and environ-ment. The concern for protecting them has also gained momentum these days. Unrestricted misuse and exploitation of natural resources, in (...)
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