Commentary
The second visit of Barack Hussein Obama to this country during his presidency—this time as the first US head of state to attend the Republic Day celebrations at the invitation of PM Narendra Damodardas Modi—has predictably generated a (...)
Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2015
2015
-
Obama’s Visit
31 January 2015 -
Break the Siege
31 January 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Once again the nation celebrates the birthday of our Republic, now crossing the fortyfirst milestone of its eventful career, Beyond the rituals of the occcasion, this time has come in the mind of many of the citizens of the (...) -
Netaji on India after Independence
31 January 2015On the occasion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 118th birth annivarsary on January 23 this year, we offer our homage to the memory of that indomitable freedom fighter by reproducing excerpts from one of his writings.
A question which many people (...) -
Glorious Dust
31 January 2015January 30 this year marks the sixtyseventh anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. To mark the occasion we are reproducing the following editorial that appeared in Pakistan Times (January 31, 1948). This was perhaps the best tribute to (...) -
Legacy of Anti-Communal Struggle: Gandhiji and Nehru
31 January 2015by Mridula Mukherjee
As we again approach two historic dates of our history, January 26 and January 30, our thoughts go back to those tumultuous years of the birth of the new nation. Independence in August 1947 was accompanied by widespread (...) -
Resolutions adopted by the 75th Session of Indian History Congress
31 January 2015DOCUMENT
The following two resolutions were adopted by the 75th Session of the Indian History Congress held at the Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi last month. These were first passed by the Congress’ Executive (...) -
Tweaking the Republic for a Make-Over
31 January 2015, by Badri RainaRarely has an Indian Prime Minister had so tough a job to accomplish at the behest of such breakneck anticipations. Two impatiently imperious mandates —seemingly contradictory but headed toward a familiar convergence—press upon the beleaguered (...) -
Rewriting History for Political Gains
31 January 2015, by Suranjita RayHistory writing has always been a subject of debate and revision. It is an ongoing process and there can be no final writing of history. However, rewriting history for political gains is what one needs to be concerned. The attempts of political (...) -
Caste Pride
31 January 2015, by A K BiswasOn May 20, 2014 Jitanram Manjhi was sworn in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar. On the previous evening, I received a phone call at Calcutta from Minapur Banglatola, a hamlet in Muzaffarpur district, North Bihar. The caller, one Binda Devi, a (...) -
‘Rajapaksa’s Defeat is a Progressive Change from the Democratic Standpoint’
31 January 2015In the following interview Varadaraja Perumal, the former Chief Minister of the north and east in Sri Lanka, speaks to the Mainstream editor on the significance of the outcome of the recently held Sri Lankan presidential election.
How do you (...)
0 | ... | 660 | 670 | 680 | 690 | 700 | 710 | 720 | 730 | 740 | 750