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• Rehashing the ‘Divide and Rule’

  15 July 2018

  by M.A. Sofi
  The country called India is going through a great churn right now but alas, not for all the good reasons. The reference is surely to the British ploy of ‘divide and rule’ in its new avatar as an inspiration to those who are now in charge of running governments across large swathes of India. The manner in which politics is being played out both in and away from the corridors of power raises certain disturbing questions which, unless addressed, may lead to an apocalypse in the (…)

• J & K and its People are an Integral Part of India

  15 July 2018

  by K. Narayana
  The Jammu and Kashmir State is under fire since its formation. Above all, it is a sensitive region and geographically strategic place too. Any incident in Jammu and Kashmir will have its impact on national sovereignty and national security as well. The real danger to our country is not from outside or from the Opposition parties but mainly from the ruling party and its policies. India administers 43 per cent of the region—Jammu, Kashmir Valley, Ladakh and Siachen Glacier. (…)

• Alienation of Rights to Forest

  15 July 2018

  by Suranjita Ray
  Thousands of farmers led by the CPI-M-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, marched from Nasik to Mumbai in March this year. One of the many demands of the farmers who came together included transfer of forest land to those who have been tilling it for years. Alongside demands for a complete loan waiver, implementation of the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission and increase in the compensation for the peasants who lost crops due to recent hailstorms and pink (…)

• Denudation of Forest Cover Repugnant to Government Assertion

  15 July 2018

  by Suparna Sanyal Mukherjee
  Boscage is a country’s natural phenomenon continuing since time immemorial. The areas under forest enrich geographical nomenclature along with eco-balance maintenance and consort sustainable features of the nature with natural resources.
  The word forest is derived from the Latin root foris, meaning “out of doors”, and etymologically it is “a large uncultivated tract of land covered with trees and under wood”. Several scientists describe forest from their own (…)

• Statement Condemning the Attack on Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

  15 July 2018

  We, the undersigned, wish to place on record our utter disgust, contempt and outrage at the latest in the series of machinations by Republic TV, working to its brief as a propagandist for the ongoing crusade against all those who take public stands in defence of democracy, secularism, human rights, constitutional propriety and rule of law.
  Republic TV’s latest target is Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj, National Secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Vice-President of the Indian (…)

• Why Mommy didn’t tell me

  15 July 2018

  Why Mommy didn’t tell me That world is full of predators I should let nobody near me Even though I’m still a Bambi
  Why Daddy didn’t teach me When I was only six To be careful with every gentleman and their brother Not to mention akin
  It’s not just stranger danger Or that I have yet to become a lady When the lustful beast takes over Doesn’t even care if you are a baby
  It has to satisfy its hunger At the cost of a lifetime Impacts of which are heinously gruesome to reveal Shattered mind (…)

• Still Marx

  15 July 2018

  by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
  The toiling and oppressed people all over the world are observing the bicentenary of Karl Marx, following the prediction of ‘End of History’. As days are passing the struggles for emancipation from capitalist exploitation are gaining momentum everywhere. In two Theses On Feuerbach Marx wrote—‘The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world. The point is to change it.’ That remains the guiding principle of the labour and socialist as well as anti-capitalist (…)

• A Creeping Paralysis

  15 July 2018, by Nikhil Chakravartty

  From N.C.’s Writings
  What has happened to this great country where men and women fought with bare hands to shake off the shackles of a mighty imperial power? The decisive weapon in the nation’s struggle for freedom was the massive strength of its awakened millions set in motion by leaders who could bestir them to go out and meet the adversary. Where has that ultimate weapon been lost?
  Today when the very unity of the nation is threatened, a creeping paralysis seems to have gripped those (…)

• Modi’s Wobbly Foreign Policy

  15 July 2018, by Apratim Mukarji

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself and his government take immense pride in the astounding outreach of his foreign policy, raking up a record of doubtful value of visiting so many countries and hugging so many national leaders and global players, not once but many times over, all within a relatively short span of four years. Quiet diplomacy is a concept Modi and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, apparently abhor. Arithmetic apart, is the claim actually tenable?
  The results of a (…)

• Widespread Misuse of a Photograph

  15 July 2018, by Mukul Dube

  When I used to visit Sushri Krishna Sobti’s home, which is near my own, I sometimes took photographs. One photograph of her, taken in 2011, appealed to me and I put it up in my Flickr “photostream” (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8234304@N03/6471151101/) Some months or years later I put the same photo on Krishna ji’s page on Wikipedia.
  The announcement that Krishnaji had won the Jnanpith Award came on November 3, 2017, and pretty soon media people were swarming over my photo of her with (…)