Mainstream Weekly

A Total Commitment

Bipan Chandra — 2013-05-27T19:28:37Z

We, who have lived through one part or the other of the Nehru era, look back on that period with nostalgia as a sort of Golden Age; we tend to regard those times as the “good old days”. In fact, those years were, more than at present, filled with poverty and misery. Yet, the existence of a Jawaharlal Nehru made all the difference.
Nehru's place in history would be assured by the leader's role he played in the anti-imperialist struggle. As a national liberator, he was second only to (…)

- 2013

Whither NMML?

Arjun Dev, Bipan Chandra, Satish Chandra — 2011-05-03T11:08:35Z

It is a matter of concern and disquiet that despite widespread protests the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) governors (Karan Singh is the current Chairman of its Executive Council) are pushing through changes in the institution in a manner that could harm it irrevocably. While it takes vision to build an institution, careless handling and failure to maintain essential norms can lead to rapid decline.
Founded in the mid-1960s as the national memorial to Jawaharlal Nehru, it is (…)

- 2011

A Total Commitment

Bipan Chandra — 2010-06-01T13:38:48Z

- 2010

A Total Commitment

Bipan Chandra — 2009-11-17T13:27:26Z

We who have lived through one part or the other of the Nehru era look back on that period with nostalgia as a sort of Golden Age; we tend to regard those times as the “good old days”. In fact, those years were, more than at present, filled with poverty and misery. Yet, the existence of a Jawaharlal Nehru made all the difference.
Nehru's place in history would be assured by the leader's role he played in the anti-imperialist struggle. As a national liberator, he was second only to (…)

- November 2009

Marxism in India: Need for Total Rectification

Bipan Chandra — 2009-07-07T14:55:00Z

[gris]The following article was published in Seminar in June 1974. In view of its relevance at this juncture it is being reproduced with due acknowledgement and the permission of the author, the distinguished historian and Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.gris]
Marxism has been an active political and intellectual force in India for over 50 years now. One need not therefore apologise for an attempt to evaluate critically the record of the activities of the Indian (…)

- July 2009

P.C. Joshi : A Political Journey

Bipan Chandra — 2007-12-25T22:14:47Z

P.C. Joshi was born on April 14, 1907 and educated in Almora and the Allahabad University. Studying a diversity of subjects from Sanskrit to history and economics, he passed his MA in 1928 from Allahabad. After rapidly passing through a Gandhian phase, he became part of a Communist Group in Allahabad.
He worked in the Workers and Peasants Party of Uttar Pradesh, formed at Meerut in October 1928 with himself as the General Secretary. By the end of the year, an all-India Workers and (…)

- December 22, 2007 - Annual Number 2007