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Remembering Bhupesh Gupta on his Birth Centenary
20 October 2014October 20 this year will mark the birth centenary of the legendary Communist parliamentarian Bhupesh Gupta, the longest serving Member in the Rajya Sabha —he was in the Upper House of Parliament for more than 29 years at a stretch since its (...) -
Let us March in Step with the Life Outside
20 October 2014, by Bhupesh GuptaIt has been my privilege and honour to have belonged to this House for a quarter of a century. But it is not for me to say what role I have played from the standpoint of which I have worked in this House. However, I have tried, to the best of my (...) -
Bhupesh : Some Reminiscences
20 October 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
To write about somebody whom one has known for more than four decades—sometimes very closely—is not easy after his or her passing away. For me, Bhupesh Gupta was one whom I have known from the early beginnings of my active (...) -
No Need for Certificate of Patriotism from PM Modi
20 October 2014Communication
Prime Minister Modi’s recent statement of praising Muslims and calling them patriots is nothing but double-speak as he has not a word of condemnation against the highly inflammatory, biased and vitriolic anti-Muslim speeches of his (...) -
Such a Shame!
20 October 2014Communication
Jeetan Ram Manjhi, the CM of Bihar, has taken the right decision in instituting a probe about the alleged ugly act of ‘washing’ of the deity and the temple at Madhubani by the priest and his ilk after Manjhi visited it. This (...) -
Remembering Bhupesh Gupta
20 October 2014, by Abu AbrahamThe late Kenneth Tynan, theatre critic, once wrote in the course of a review of one of Brendan Behan’s plays: “The English hoard words like misers; the Irish take them out on a drunken spree.”
Mr Bhupesh Gupta never drank, but when he spoke he (...) -
Rajya Sabha seats, or Bharat Ratna, or Governorships: All Politics and Populism
20 October 2014, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
In itself, Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha treating Parliament as one of their trinkets is a non-issue. There are many in our vast and fertile country who have neither the civilisational range nor the intellectual calibre to understand (...) -
Alan Woods’ State and Revolution Rewriting History
20 October 2014by Paresh Chattopadhyay
This article is a rejoinder to a part of Alan Woods’ essay, The Ideas of Karl Marx, published in June 2013. To read the full text of Woods’ essay, click http://www.marxist.com/karl-marx-130-years.htm
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Education — The Indian Experience
20 October 2014by Abhijit Chakraborty
The word education is synonymous to the word empowerment and an empowered nation would mean a progressive nation. It has been seen that education enables a country to make progress and improve the standard of living for (...) -
De-escalate Border Tensions
11 October 2014, by SCEDITORIAL
Tensions have escalated along the India-Pakistan border with ceasefire violations and firing taking place on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in J&K since the beginning of this month.
The gravity of the (...)
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