EDITORIAL
The fifth phase of the West Bengal State Assembly elections is taking place day after tomorrow, that is, on Saturday, April 30, and the campaign for that phase of polling has come to an end this evening. The most significant event in (...)
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Bengal Polls, Uttarakhand, Chopper Deal
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Brightening Prospects of Indo-Russian Cooperation in Oil and Gas
30 April 2016by Hasan Hamidullah
Moscow is seeking to decrease the dependence of its oil and gas industry on the West and for that purpose Russian energy companies are in search of new reliable partners and investors. The principal objective of the visit of (...) -
Climate Change and Workers / Push for Labour Law Reforms—Intelligent Market Arguments, but Poor Social Sense!
30 April 2016May 1 is the International Workers’ Day. The following two articles are being published on that occasion.
Climate Change and Workers
by Bharat Dogra
It is now well known that life in the near future can be acutely and adversely affected by (...) -
Report of Fact Finding Team of Editors Guild of India on Attacks on Media in Bastar (Chhattisgarh)
30 April 2016DOCUMENT
The Team:
1. Prakash Dubey, General Secretary
2. Seema Chishti, Executive Committee Member
3. Vinod Verma, Executive Committee Member
Places of Travel:
Jagdalpur, Bastar and Raipur.
Dates of Travel:
March 13 to 15, 2016.
Terms of (...) -
CPM in West Bengal: A Moment of Truth
30 April 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Now that elections to the West Bengal State Assembly are in full swing, it is a ‘moment of truth’ for the present ruling party there, the Trinamul Congress, led by CM Mamata Banerji. It is thus instructive to ponder over what (...) -
On Politics in West Bengal
30 April 2016, by Arup Kumar SenWest Bengal is witnessing Assembly elections in a novel perspective. The CPI-M-Congress alliance is the main contender of the TMC in the present elections. Rather than making a critique of their past deeds, the CPI-M has left no stone unturned (...) -
Reflections on Consent
30 April 2016, by Gilbert Sebastian“[W]hen we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the ‘division’ of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.” — Simone de (...) -
The Kohinoor Story
30 April 2016, by Kuldip NayarA party which expects everyone to wear nationalism on one’s sleeves made the most anti-national statement. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the Kohinoor diamond was “offered” by Dalip Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s son, to Lord Dalhousie (...) -
Bharat Mata ki Jai
30 April 2016by P.C. Jain
It has been a special characteristic of the BJP that it has been surviving and seeking power through the catch phrases or slogans on which they become fetish and aggressive from time to time. At one time it was protection of cow (...) -
Ambedkar and his Vision of Socialism
30 April 2016by Vivek Kumar Srivastava
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891-December 6, 1956) was not a socialist in the typical term though he had an inclination towards evolutionary socialism; he developed his own ideas and emerged a socialist in his own (...)
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