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Migration, Protection and Law
31 December 2010, by Lakshmidhar MishraEvery law is the product of a particular point of time and carries with it the political and economic ethos obtaining at that point of time. Enacted with good intentions, it falls into disuse and eventually becomes a dead letter on account of (...) -
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Movement
31 December 2010by Madhuresh Kumar
In the early eighties when the murmurs of protest were taking shape against the Sardar Sarovar Dam then no one had thought that the reverberations of ‘Narmada Bachao, Manav Bachao’ [Save Narmada, Save Humanity] will continue (...) -
Narmada Bachao Andolan — 25 Years of Resistance and Reconstruction
31 December 2010, by S G VombatkereThe Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has reached its quarter century landmark of resistance to the mega-projects in the Narmada valley, becoming an international icon of non-violent protest against destructive development. The NBA is a mass (...) -
Two Decades of New Economic Policies
31 December 2010, by Arun KumarI. Introduction
The New Economic Policies (NEP) were initiated in June 1991 by the Narasimha Rao Government within days of its taking office. There was little hint in its manifesto drafted to fight the elections in May 1991 that anything like (...) -
Indian Bourgeoisie in Post-Colonial Setting
31 December 2010, by Kripa ShankarThe Indian bourgeoisie had its genesis in the colonial order created by the British in the interest of their imperialist designs. They transplanted the European type of feudalism on Indian soil. Under British rule zamindars were owners of the (...) -
Soap Bubbles in our Security Perspectives
31 December 2010, by Rakesh GuptaAny security—individual, societal and state stands on values, structures and processes within a state in a given external environment of hostility. Constitutionalism, democracy, group rights, secularism and justice are the foundational values, as (...) -
Marx to Gandhi—Experiences of a Lifetime
31 December 2010, by Sailendra Nath GhoshREVIEW ARTICLE
In Search of a Better World: Memoirs by Jolly Mohan Kaul; published by Samya, a publishing house in Kolkata; 2010; pages 384; price: Rs 700.
This reviewer has much in common with the author. Both joined the communist movement in (...) -
Going back to Gora
31 December 2010, by Amiya Dev“In May next year the country will observe Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. The following piece is being carried here as a token of our tribute to that extraordinary personality who, while being rooted in Indian ethos and culture, (...) -
Meira Paibis: Women Torch-bearers on the March in Manipur
31 December 2010by Shruti Mukherji
One can trace back the history of today’s Miera Paibis to the days of the Nupi Lan or women’s war in 1904 and 1939. Beginning as a protest against price rise, the demand extended over to administrative reforms against the (...) -
Sharad Patil’s Pathfinding Sautantrik Marxwad
31 December 2010by Madhu Shetye
What is the path of the democratic socialist system in India? This is a moot problem for this country’s crisis-ridden Left whose politics and ideology are deadlocked. Thanks to their dogmatic bookish non-innovative ideological (...)