Remembering Mahad
“Can Water Catch Fire?”
The question may surprise anyone in her/his senses. Yet any person who keeps an open eye for social and political movements would know that when masses forge ahead, breaking the millennia-old chains of (...)
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On Ninetieth Anniversary of Mahad Satyagraha
27 January 2018, by Subhash Gatade -
Skill Development Minister, RSS and Secularism
27 January 2018by Binoy Viswam
All along its history the BJP has had a position on secularism. It was full of antagonism and arrogance against the very concept. To reflect this, their stalwarts had coined a phrase long back—pseudo-secularism! Their cadres were (...) -
Assam in a Quagmire
27 January 2018, by Barun Das GuptaThe Hindutva politics has brought Assam on the brink of a massive social unrest. The reason is the party‘s decision to grant citizenship to all Bengali Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971, while holding all Bengali Muslim (...) -
An Interesting episode: Congress Presidential Election
27 January 2018by Sardar Amjad Ali
In the annals of the history of the Indian National Congress, December 16, 2017 will remain a memorable day. Not only because a change in the presidency of this one-hundred- and-thirtytwo-year party after a long twenty-year (...) -
The Third Person
27 January 2018, by Kuldip NayarIn the rumble-tumble of elections, the role of Congress President Sonia Gandhi has not been recognised. No doubt, the contest was between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi but the real rivalry was between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (...) -
Iran quiet after Protests
27 January 2018, by Harish ChandolaAfter about 20 deaths in protests in December, Iran appears to have quietened down. The economic stress in its countryside, however, continues. It was the rise in the price of eggs which had sparked violent demonstrations in its second largest (...) -
Women’s Political Participation: A Catalyst for Gender Equality in India
27 January 2018WOMEN’S WORLD
by Archna Katoch
Women’s empowerment is indispensable to achieve the fifth of the seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations to ‘achieve gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls’, and (...) -
Being Woman
27 January 2018by Fayezah Iqbal
Being woman, be bold, brave and beautiful.
Upholding all the scars, she smiles plentiful,
Impeded at every stage, never ceases her
soul yet bountiful.
Be woman, be tree, river and concrete;
Withstanding all the betrayals, (...) -
A God’s Man who Walked the Talk in Life’s Philosophy
27 January 2018TRIBUTE
by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Ambrose Pinto’s death on January 3 of 2018, after struggling with the treacherous cancer for about six months, made me feel that this year would be bad for the Dalits. His smiling face, hopeful of change, keeps (...) -
Thoughts on Goa’s Liberation Day
27 January 2018, by Eduardo FaleiroOn December 19, we celebrate the Liberation of Goa from colonial rule. On that day, in 1961, Goa joined the Union of India and independent India became complete. Goa has achieved remarkable progress since independence. The greatest gain has been (...)
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