by Diptendra Raychaudhuri
Many years ago, I went to Punjab to cover an election held in the backdrop of terrorism tearing apart peace and prosperity of the State. That was in 1992. I was young, still not 30, and my perceptions about the world (...)
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2016
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Beyond JNU : Rising Above Scandalous Chauvinism and Fake Secularism
30 April 2016 -
Comprehending Indian Politics from Indira Gandhi’s Last Term as PM
30 April 2016BOOK REVIEW
by Amna Mirza
Autumn Of The Matriarch: Indira Gandhi’s Final Term In Office by Diego Maiorano; Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers India; 2015; 261 pages; Price: Rs 599.
History has narratives and as great historian Santayana said, (...) -
HC’s Uttarakhand Verdict, Drought Scene
25 April 2016, by SCEDITORIAL
As we go to press, the most significant development today has been the judgment of the Uttarakhaand High Court setting aside the Centre’s decision to impose President’s Rule in the State. Reacting to this ruling the Opposition parties (...) -
Systematically Dismantling the Academic Credibility of our Institutions
25 April 2016, by Sandeep PandeyAssociate Professor Shreya Bhattacharji is the latest target of the Sangh Parivar. She was suspended from the Central University of Jharkhand by the Vice-Chancellor, Nand Kumar Yadav, for having invited retired Professor M.N. Panini of the (...) -
Lenin (April 22, 1870-January 21, 1924)
25 April 2016Where accidents of birth or whims of money Determine the World’s value, high or low, And gambling greed flits where the wealthy go, Man’s bagatelle, a pawn, not worth a penny. Thru this external fault, mankind has been For ages dark, paltry amid (...) -
Who is the Traitor?
25 April 2016by Binoy Viswam
The history of fascism is written in black. The ‘Reichstag arson’ is an inseparable chapter in that black history. Reichstag was the German Parliament House. On February 27, 1933 it was set on fire. This incident was pivotal in the (...) -
Nationalism and National Movement
25 April 2016by P.C. Jain
The Indian national movement has had a unique feature of being internationalistic. Its nationalism was not conservative, aggressively chauvinistic but inspired by humanitarianism. There was consciousness of what was happening in (...) -
Nation and the Psychopathology of Nationalism
25 April 2016by Chetan Sinha
Belongingness to the nation is a thinking and, in fact, a collaborative thinking. We as humans have the power to think and act on the environment and we do it by bringing visible changes. Now the questions are: ‘Why we bring (...) -
Democratic Disorder in India
25 April 2016, by J.J. Roy BurmanFor many of us from North-East India, it is a shocking phenomenon that while eight States of the region are represented by only 25 members in the Lok Sabha, Uttar Pradesh alone is done so by 80 members. It is not realised usually that this (...) -
Why did Mehbooba decide to go with the Fascist Forces?
25 April 2016, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
I don’t believe in symbolic one-liners along the strain that a woman Chief Minister can do wonders for the women and men and children of the State. Women Chief Ministers in States other than J&K haven’t fared too well; not reached out to (...)
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