by Ram Puniyani
The ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Houston was an eye-catcher for more reasons than one. While Modi was saying ‘All is Well’ in India, thousands of protestors outside were showing the real mirror to the state of affairs in India. At the (...)
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Gandhi Alone is the ‘Father of India’
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Last Phase in the Life of Mahatma Gandhi
13 October 2019, by Gargi ChakravarttyCommemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, it may be strange to focus on the days before his martyrdom. To me that was the most glorious phase of his life, when he was bold enough and uncompromising on issues most dear to him (...) -
Gandhian Values More Relevant Now
13 October 2019, by Sandeep PandeyTwo central values that Mahatma Gandhi espoused were truth and non-violence. He used them successfully in his method of Satyagraha in an attempt to change the heart of his adversary.
There are organisations and countries which adopt violence as (...) -
Gandhi 150
13 October 2019, by Badri RainaBeloved Bapu, you abide
In my heart as a ray
In a dark interior,
Or a syllable of daring
In a breast-full of fear.
But empty eulogies no longer
Ring true. The cruel fact is
That you have been set aside,
Like a piece of bone China,
To be polished (...) -
A Gandhian Critique of the Indian State
13 October 2019, by Arup Kumar SenThe recent online edition of Mainstream (October 5, 2019) has carried a number of insightful articles on Gandhi, and human rights. The pertinent question that crops up in our mind is: how would Gandhi have responded to the happenings in the (...) -
RSS-BJP’s Devious Attempts Will Ultimately Fail
5 October 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
Today is October 3, 2019. The 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was observed yesterday. In a brilliant article published five days ago in The Telegraph (Kolkata) on September 28, 2019, historian Ramachandra Guha referred to the (...) -
Repeal of Article 370 is Misleading
5 October 2019, by P.B. SawantDear Compatriots,
Hoping that by this time, the fever of the so-called victory over the alleged abrogation of Article 370, created by the Government of India, has subsided at least by some degrees, I venture to draw your attention to the other (...) -
Dear Modiji, if Everything is Normal in Kashmir, why are Kashmiris Caged?
5 October 2019by Sabzar Ahmad Bhat and Suhail Ahmad Lone
Dear Modiji,
As you know that on August 5, 2019, your government unilaterally abrogated the Articles 370 and 35A, which guaranteed the special status of Jammu and Kashmir within the Union of India. In (...) -
One Nation, One Language—an Untenable Proposition
5 October 2019by D.K. Giri
A needless controversy was created by the Home Minister with a tweet that Hindi should be made the single national language to unite the country. The television channels and social media buzzed with debates on the feasibility and (...) -
Hubris and Nemesis: Brexit and the Breakdown of British Politics
5 October 2019by Purusottam Bhattacharya
The Context
Britain finds itself in the midst of the biggest crisis—political, constitutional, economic, diplomatic and, above all, its identity in the contemporary world—since the end of the Second World War in 1945. (...)
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