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March 8, 2008

In Celebration of Womanhood on March 8

V.R. KRISHNA IYER
– Is Socialism a Non-Viable Casualty and Capitalism the Only Alternative?

M.S. SWAMINATHAN
– Looking beyond Farmers’ Suicides and Loan Waivers

GIRISH MISHRA
– Increasing Prosperity, Growing Insecurity

MINAKSHI SETHY and PRABIRA SETHY
– Strengthening Molestation Law for Women’s Safety in India

  • Socialism stands Betrayed — by Socialists!
    10 March 2008, by T J S George

    Who killed socialism? On history’s witness, we will have to admit that socialism was done in by socialists and in particular by those who set up communist states in different parts of the world.
    All but one of the countries where communism tasted power have embraced capitalist means to develop themselves. The one was India. That’s why the debate triggered by Jyoti Basu should be welcomed as healthy. Socialism is not possible when we live in a capitalist system, he said. That’s no (…)