From N.C.’s Writings
A situation of unprecedented confusion synchronising with the onset of serious crisis for the entire constitutional structure of the Indian state presents before the nation today.
On the one side is the outright challenge of (...)
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Threat to Constitutional Structure
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By-elections in Jammu and Kashmir: Where do they Lead to?
24 April 2017by Gautam Sen
Jammu and Kashmir has just gone through a spell of by-elections affected by murder and mayhem, saturated deployment of security forces, huge public resistance to the electoral process and an atmosphere in which no reasonable (...) -
Kashmir Needs a Healing Touch Today
24 April 2017, by Vidya Bhushan RawatWhat is the meaning of victory of Farooq Abdullah from the Srinagar constituency where not even seven per cent votes were polled? In many of the booths merely two per cent votes were polled. I know there are past precedences of such a situation (...) -
Why Possibilities of Cooperation and Alliance between Congress and Left Parties May Increase
24 April 2017, by Bharat DograIn the emerging situation it appears that possibilities of cooperation between the Congress and Left parties are increasing. There are five main reasons for this.
Firstly, it should be increasingly clear to the Congress that in the emerging (...) -
UGC Regulations: Doom for Higher Education
24 April 2017by Krishna Jha
The blood-soaked walls of segregation, that could be brought down after long-drawn struggles and sacrifices, are here again. The gates of higher education are getting shuttered for larger sections of those thirsty for knowledge. (...) -
The Idea of a ‘University’: What it should or should not be!
24 April 2017by Pradeep Nair and Sandeep Sharma
“A University is a place ... where students come from every quarter for every kind of knowledge; ... a place for the communication and circulation of thought ... It is a place where inquiry is pushed forward ... (...) -
Campus Battles: Ideological Conflicts over Non-issues
24 April 2017by Navneet Sharma and Khem Raj Sharma
‘Catch them young’ is the political and philosophical perspective which guides almost all political parties (except the BSP) when they form their students’ wing which functions across the country in (...) -
The ‘Truth is in Custody for 115 Days’!
24 April 2017The following piece, written by Professor Kaseem, a well-known poet and critic (who is also an Assistant Professor, Nizam College, Hyderabad), has been rendered into English by Anishetty Shankar, a writer and freelance journalist, and sent to us (...) -
The Bug of Espionage
24 April 2017, by Kuldip NayarOne bug which has bitten both India and Pakistan and now Bangladesh is the espionage. issue. Anyone who visits from the neighbouring country is considered a spy until proved otherwise. It really depends on the External and Home Ministries (...) -
A Mix of Gandhian Economics and Socialism
24 April 2017BOOK REVIEW
by Arti Khosla
An Alternative Philosophy of Development: From Economism to Human Well-Being by B.P. Mathur; published by Routledge Taylor & Francis; 2017.
This is the latest book from B.P. Mathur’s pen. A former civil servant, (...)
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