by Raj Kumar Thakur
The very idea that one’s self is independent from the larger socio-political realities is very clearly brought under scrutiny—instead what emerges is connected lives, with water, the chief source of life, being at the core of (...)
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Political Reading of "Well Done Abba" a Tale of Our Times
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A Rejoinder to Grover Furr: Points Not Met
28 April 2013, by Anil RajimwaleCOMMUNICATION
I went through Grover Furr’s reply (Mainstream, April 6, 2013) to my comments. Unfortunately, he meets none of the points raised by me, and repeats his views mechanically without dialec-tical logic and arguments. Everybody is, of (...) -
Ilaiah’s Tilak is Communal to the Core
28 April 2013BOOK REVIEW
by Poornima Joshi
Untouchable God by Kancha Ilaiah; Publishers: Samya; pages: 248; Price: Rs 350.
Kancha Ilaiah is not an easy scholar to digest, with his brutal polemic against the Brahminical dominance of the Indian caste order. (...) -
Boston and Bengaluru, Growing BJP-JD(U) Rift
22 April 2013, by SCTwo days after twin blasts near the finish line of the famous Boston marathon shattered the post-9/11 calm in the US killing three persons (including an eight-year-old) and injuring close to 170, 17 of them critically, the powerful explosion of (...) -
Who Can Take On Narendra Modi?
22 April 2013, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Narendra Modi seems doing nothing much to his semi-parched and drought hit State; in fact, focusing only on giving speeches to a select crowd of New Delhi. Before I write any further, it seemed more than apparent that his hosts (...) -
American-style Integration in the Asia-Pacific
22 April 2013, by Benjamin ToddAccording to international economic experts, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of the core issues of Washington’s “Returning to Asia” strategy. However, unlike a number of other economic integration institutions of the Asia-Pacific region, (...) -
Remembering October-November 1984
22 April 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Early next week, on October 31, the country would be observing the tenth death anniversary of Indira Gandhi who had been cruelly shot down on this very day by her own security guards right inside her residence.
By all (...) -
Thatcher feared Islam
22 April 2013, by Kuldip NayarI met Mrs Margaret Thatcher for the first time when I was India’s envoy at London in 1990. At that time she was counting on her achievements, including the triumph in the Cold War. I sent her a congratulatory message for having vanquished the (...) -
Constitutional Dilemma and Historical Injustice to Tribals
22 April 2013by B.K. Manish
Before the Supreme Court goes for its summer break, it faces a huge dilemma. An appeal challenging the order of the Chhattisgarh High Court in a tribal rights matter is coming up for hearing. In March, the HC dismissed on merit a (...) -
Violence in American Society
22 April 2013, by Ashok CellyIn his book, The End of the American Century, David S. Mason draws the reader’s attention to some shcoking facts of American life. “The United States is the most violent country in the industrialised world. According to reports by the Federal (...)
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