What was unthinkable till the third week of November 20014 in Sri Lanka has, nevertheless, happened, and the “Monarch” Mahinda Rajapaksa has fallen.
Challenger Maithripala Sirisena, who declared his defection from the Rajapaksa Government and his (...)
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The Fall of the Sri Lankan "Monarch"
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Black Is Not So Beautiful
16 February 2015, by Kobad GhandyThis article by Marxist/Maoist thinker Kobad Ghandy (who is still lodged in Tihar Jail No. 2, Ward 5), written quite sometime ago, reached us only recently. However, it is being published as its contents have still not outlived their validity. (...) -
Lohia’s Quarrel with Nehru
16 February 2015, by Ashok CellyNot many people know that Lohia was an ardent admirer of Nehru in his youth. In fact, Nehru was one of the two leaders he simply adored—the other being Mahatma Gandhi. So when disillusionment set in, his criticism of Nehru acquired a bitterness, (...) -
India-US Bilateral Investment Treaty: Not An Easy Ride
16 February 2015, by Kavaljit SinghIt’s official: India and the US will resume negotiations on a high-standard bilateral investment treaty (BIT). In a joint statement on January 25 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama, the leaders affirmed their “shared (...) -
Kalpana Dutt
16 February 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The following lines were written by N.C. twenty years ago and published in this journal’s February 18, 1995 issue. It is being reproduced on the occasion of the distinguished revolutionary Kalpana Dutt’s twentieth death (...) -
Sunil Dasgupta Is No More
16 February 2015On January 8, passed away in Berlin Sunil K. Dasgupta, 86. He is survived by his wife Barbara and two sons.
His wife, Barbara Dasgupta, sent the following life-sketch of Sunil Dasgupta for publication in Mainstream.
“Fondly known as ‘Ramuda’ or (...) -
Appeal to Voters of Delhi
16 February 2015DOCUMENT
The following appeal to the voters of Delhi was issued in the form of a press release from the Forum for Democracy and Communal Amity on February 5, 2015 just before the Delhi Assembly elections which took place on February 7. Even (...) -
Tribute to R.K. Laxman by Jayaraj Vellur
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Regional Parties: New Challenges
16 February 2015by Moitree Bhattacharya
The politics of regional parties in India is passing through a critical phase in recent times. In this phase, the regional parties are not only losing political influence, they are also facing a threat of electoral (...) -
Editorial
31 January 2015, by SCThe country has observed its sixtysixth Republic Day across our vast landmass today with the prospect of uncertainty looming large over the national scene.
Elements which were hitherto in the fringes of our polity, unabashedly espousing (...)
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