Mainstream WeeklyTurmoil in heaven—the heaven which is presided over by the supreme superpower of the day, possessing History’s largest number of deadly nuclear bombs and missiles, the Cruise to the Patriot, who at the same time lords it over the world’s largest money-lending bank. Yes, in such a country advertised the world over as the ultimate repository of power and affluence—in the mighty United States of America—there has erupted a spate of violence brought about by fierce racial hatred.
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Face of the New World Order
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Left Alternative and the Struggle for Toilers’
25 November 2008, by Pramothes MukherjeeThe following article was written on the occasion of the national anti-imprialist seminar, organised by the RSP in New Delhi on August 9, on the role of the Left in the present situation. It was not presented there but the author gave it for publication in Mainstream. Regrettably it could not be used earlier due to space constraints. —Editor
“My son Dr Binayak Sen is today held in jail, a victim of extreme injustice. As patriot, he devoted his entire professional life to the untiring (…) -
Electoral Reforms in India: Proactive Role of Election Commission
25 November 2008, by Sumandeep KaurOne of the most important features of a democratic polity is elections at regular intervals. Elections constitute the signpost of democracy. These are the medium through which the attitudes, values and beliefs of the people towards their political environment are reflected. Elections grant people a government and the government has constitutional right to govern those who elect it. Elections are the central democratic procedure for selecting and controlling leaders. Elections provide an (…)
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Disturbing Trends
16 November 2008, by SCLately there have been disturbing trends of communalisation of the polity. The “encounter” at Batla House in the Capital’s Jamia Nagar gave a vivid demonstration of the manner in which organs of state power are targetting a particular community thereby engendering widespread resentment and even anger among large sections of the people.
The constituents of the Sangh Parivar have been over-active in this game of stereotyping a specific minority community by going to the extent of even (…) -
Obama Wonder and Bush Blunder:
16 November 2008, by V R Krishna IyerBarack Hussein Obama is now a White House supremo in the making, the hero of a historic event in the happening, a democratic pheno-menon incarnating as the President and a unique symbol of an awakened young generation lying latent till now in the United States as a silent mega-majority suddenly speaking in an electro campaign and bursting through the ballot into a profoundly progressive, powerfully anti-Bush policy shift. America Inc. as Big Business and aggressive, authoritarian George Bush (…)
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Khushbu: Eye-opener for Muslim Girls
16 November 2008, by N Jamal AnsariCOMMUNICATION
It was interesting and informative to go through your editorial, “Voyage to the Moon” (Mainstream, October 25, 2008). You have thrown light on all aspects of the Chandrayaan mission but unfortunately the people who were behind the successful launching of Chandrayaan-1 failed to get attention.
A twelve-member team was behind the Moon Mission. Ms Khushbu Mirza, hailing from a small town Amroha, was one of them. Her story is an eye-opener for all Muslim girls. She has (…) -
Terrorism Inc.: Nexus between CIA and Mossad
16 November 2008, by Shyam ChandShyam Chand’s article “Ugly Hidden Face of Terrorism: Vigilance is the Price of Liberty” that appeared in Mainstream (September 6, 2008) was a good piece of investigative journalism exposing the nefarious activities of the saffron terrorists (on the basis of which the recent arrests of suspected saffron terrorists took place). The author thus did yeoman service to the nation. The following is a follow-up of that article. —Editor
When asked to define Tohra, Hilel, before Christ, replied: (…) -
India Seeks ‘Velvet Divorce’ from Iran
16 November 2008, by M K BhadrakumarAmid the rubble of the Middle East policy of the George W. Bush-Ehud Olmert duo, there has been a true success story. The United States and Israel have largely succeeded in snatching India from the “other” side of the Middle Eastern geopolitical divide. This became evident more than once in the past week.
On October 26, US forces based in Iraq attacked the Syrian border village of Sukkaryiah. The attack triggered outrage regionally. Even the Arab League, which has an ambivalent attitude (…) -
The Crisis of the Human Spirit
16 November 2008, by Jawaharlal NehruNovember 14 this year marks Jawaharlal Nehru’s one hundred and nineteenth birth anniversary. On this occasion we are reproducing the following pieces by Nehru as well as three contributions of Prof V.K.R.V. Rao, Shyam Benegal and Sadiq Ali in ’’Nehru—the Nation Remembers’’ (Tributes from members of the National Committee for the Commemoration of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary); the article by B.N. Arora has been written specially for this journal’s observance of the Nehru birth anniversary. (…)
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Socialism, Capitalism, Monopoly Capital
16 November 2008, by Jawaharlal NehruNearly two years ago, we adopted, at the Avadi Congress as well as in Parliament, the socialist pattern of society as our goal. That was not a sudden decision, but a natural development of our thinking and our national movement. Ever since the twenties, the Congress had been favourably inclined towards socialistic ideas. It is true that Congress thinking was rather vague and not precise, and was governed chiefly by idealistic considerations and a desire to raise the under-privileged and to (…)