by Vidya Subrahmaniam
As in 2014 and 2017, so too in 2019, the Jats of Western UP overwhelmingly voted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This time they voted in even larger numbers even though there was a clear alternative before them in the (...)
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Verdict 2019: How Harmony Lost Out - Voices from Western UP Over the Years
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It’s Time for a Non-Gandhi, but . . .
17 June 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
In the Congress party’s most inglorious hour, Rahul Gandhi struck a note that was gutsy and resolute. It was brave of him to expose the selfishness of some of his seniormost colleagues. His resoluteness over the issue of resigning (...) -
Letter from a Pakistani to an Indian Friend: Can we Please have a South Asian Union?
17 June 2019by Beena Sarwar
The following is the text of a letter from Boston-based Pakistani academic and senior journalist Beena Sarwar to M.J. Vijayan, General Secretary of the India Chapter of Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy.
Dear (...) -
Contours of China Crisis
17 June 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
Thirty years ago, N.C. had left for China when the Tiananmen bloodbath took place on June 4, 1989. Apart from his despatches which appeared in The Times of India and Mainstream on the tragedy that befell that great country at (...) -
Resounding Success of the BJP in Haryana
17 June 2019by Kushal Pal
This is for the first time since Haryana was formed in 1966 that the saffron party made a clean sweep by winning all ten seats in the State. The party secured 57.93 per cent votes, almost double of the Congress’ vote-share and an (...) -
We are Doing Fine
17 June 2019, by Badri RainaWe just proved that in the end
It is not the economy, stupid.
Hindutva armed with war-like purpose
Is a more potent Cupid.
What if investment is zero now,
And manufacture slightlessly lesser;
So long as inspiring Hindutva icons
Adorn the (...) -
Modi 2.0 and the Demise of Communist Forces in Bengal
17 June 2019by Shiraz Sheikh
In the recently concluded Indian elections the Right-wing forces led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have recaptured power with a massive electoral mandate. The BJP won 303 seats out of the 543 seats with a 38 per cent (...) -
Agrarian Unrest, Insurrection and CPI (Maoist) Party Programme in India: A Critique
17 June 2019by Nayakara Veeresha
Introduction and Context
India witnessed massive farmers’ protests and rallies all over the country since the last two years. On November 29-30, 2018 tens of thousands of farmers had gathered in the Capital city of Delhi and (...) -
How are the Muslims in New India?
17 June 2019, by Arup Kumar SenIn the last five years of BJP rule, a new India has come into being. The Muslims are being characterised as enemies of the people in the dominant discourse of Hindu nationalism. Instilling fear in the minds of the Muslims is an organic part of (...) -
Official Language versus Social Justice
17 June 2019by Prem Singh
[The language-question is again under discussion spotlight after the publication of the draft of National Education Policy (NEP) 2018. In the context, l recollect the day when of one of my articles titled ‘Official Language Vs (...)
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