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Indian Workers Association, Great Britain Condemns Conviction of Professor Saibaba and others
19 March 2017The life sentence given on March 7, 2017 to Delhi University Professor G.N. Saibaba by the Gadchiroli District and Sessions Court in the Maharashtra State of India is shockingly unjust. The court has convicted him and five others under the (...) -
Appeal to Democrats and Citizens
19 March 2017In a bizarre, highly deplorable judgment delivered on Tuesday, March 7, Suryakant Shinde, Sessions Judge at the Gadchiroli District Court in Maharashtra, convicted Prof G.N. Saibaba (Delhi University), Prashant Rahi (journalist from (...) -
Is the Judiciary in Peril?
19 March 2017, by Kuldip NayarDelhi University teacher G.N. Saibaba has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his links with Maoists. With due respect to the Court, I beg to differ with the punishment. Maoists are ultra-Left and most people in India do not like their (...) -
Developing Linkage between the Muslim Mind and National Polity
19 March 2017TRIBUTE
Syed Shahabuddin (1935-2017), who breathed his last on March 4, 2017 at 6.22 am, was a former member of the Indian Foreign Service and one of the most articulate Muslim politicians of independent India. He bore a lot of responsibility (...) -
Modi Government’s assault on AIR, Print Media
19 March 2017MEDIA
by Krishna Jha
In a calculated move to not only muffle the freedom of expression, but to make the entire media subservient to finance capital, the government has come out with its plans to gag the print media as well as All India Radio. (...) -
Today’s Imperative | Sept 1980
19 March 2017, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The time has come when we can no longer afford to indulge in mutual recrimination. The time has come for us to hang our heads in shame.
What has happened at Moradabad is a blot on our patriotism. No amount of quibbling, (...) -
As The Days Go ByThese are days of great...
19 March 2017, by Badri RainaThese are days of great unease For the world’s residual democracies. A breed of no-nonsense ones Man the slogans and the guns. They suffer no uncertainties. They have outlived Socrates.
Prickly bramble from the hedge Invade the centre from the (...) -
Young Indian Engineer Shot in Kansas City
19 March 2017by S. Sudhakar Reddy
Trumpism is at its height spewing racist venom! Already a newly married young Indian engineer had fallen victim while his colleague, also a personal friend, was hospitalised after having been gravely injured. The entire (...) -
The Russian Revolution was not a Coup d’etat
19 March 2017, by Barun Das GuptaThe Annual Number of Mainstream (December 24, 2016) carried a piece titled ‘On Rosa Luxemburg and Russian Revolution’by Paresh Chattopadhyay (hereafter referred to as PC), a member of the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Quebec, Montreal (...) -
China-India Strategic Dialogue: Is there a Future?
19 March 2017by Bhartendu Kumar Singh
Every time China and India hold any dialogue, the outcome is often marginal compared to the expectations. After all, the two countries have been involved in a series of protracted dialogues for more than 30 years without (...)
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