2016

It is now belatedly being realised by many people that Bernie Sanders had better chances of defeating Donald Trump if he was the Democratic Party’s chosen candidate in the presidential election in the USA. This is because he was more capable of enthusing supporters and voters. This was evident at the time of his campaign. His followers were much more dedicated and committed to their cause.
Instead of encouraging these dedicated supporters who were willing to work very hard, the Democratic (…)

by Purusottam Bhattacharya
The United States and the world have witnessed a ‘revolution’—the spectacular electoral victory of Donald J. Trump, the Republican nominee, over his Democrat rival, Hillary Clinton, in the race to the White House. Trump pulled off a triumph which almost nobody was able to forecast—the US and the world media, the political pundits and the Washington establishment, not even his own Republican party. Much of the US and the wider world is shell-shocked and wondering (…)

Dark tides roll around leaping forth gleefully
to throw mud and slush
at the towering Architect of India.
The mud-slingers are there everywhere—in the press, media, social sites,
howling foul about Nehruvian mistakes.
Let them proclaim then, that Five Year plans were unpardonable mistakes. Oil refineries, steel plants,
Space programmes were errors. AIR, IDPL, HAL, LIC, Railways, Barouni and Chittaranjan
were blunders of the top order!
Decades of tireless re-building (…)

In the hurly-burly of the November 8 election in the United States, what has been largely overlooked is that in many ways the moral and political responsibility for the crushing defeat of the Democratic Party lies squarely with President Barack Obama.
In America’s political history, seldom has America’s White working class voters abandoned the Democrats so decidedly as has happened today. Of course, there have been times such as when the southern Whites marched out with Alabama Governor (…)

When the country’s mood is the Right, you cannot expect it to vote for Hillary Clinton who represents the Left-of-Centre if not the Left. Donald Trump’s victory is an assertion of the White who constitute nearly 63 per cent and still have the phobia of being a minority. It is an unfortunate thinking but one cannot write it off because that is what America is today.
Once again, the thesis of isolation is coming to the fore. There have been a substantial number of people in America who (…)

by Kunal Ghosh
During the Emergency of 1975 to 1977, called by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Parliament passed laws for preventive detention of individuals and took the extreme step of suspending the Habeas Corpus. Even in 1962, during the days of the Chinese invasion in North-East India, Prime Minister Nehru’s government had promulgated an ordinance called the Defence of India Rules for preventive detention. But there was no legislation suspending Habeas Corpus. The 1975 law was (…)

by M.C. Pindwal
The demonetisation of Indian currency, as announced by PM Modi at 8 pm on November 8, 2016 in his address to the nation, has no solid basis. It is being argued from the government’s side that demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes was necessary due to huge duplication in circulation upto 80 per cent. However, this is not true. No doubt these were in circulation but it is the ever increasing black money, certainly a dangerous portent to the Indian economy, that (…)

by Praveen Davar
‘Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.’ So said Albert Einstein on Mahatma Gandhi soon after his assassination on January 30, 1948. Renowned historian Romain Rolland called Gandhi the ‘greatest Indian after Buddha and the greatest human being after Christ’. If Gandhi was the greatest Indian, Jawaharlal Nehru, according to Dr S. Radhakrishnan, was the greatest Indian after the Mahatma. Dr (…)

by S.N. Sahu and Sandip Mesra
The Government of Karnataka is celebrating Tipu jayanti. Well known and acclaimed as Tipu Sultan in history, he was a renowned warrior who courted controversy and at the same time commanded attention and admiration from scholars and historians for his manifold initiatives, innovations and, above all, accomplishments. His bravery in fighting against the British forces to save his beloved Mysore and his supreme sacrifice in laying down his life for that cause (…)

COMMUNICATION
The unexpected win of Donald Trump in the US Presidential election is a blessing in disguise for a major reason. Trump, a rabid nationalist reposing faith in America for the Americans only, may adversely impact the worldwide outsourcing business of the American companies. This has robbed the Americans to get enough jobs and the youth of the less developed world to access the same. Millions of Indian men and women are now working in the outsourcing business. Their future might (…)