2017

• Who is Responsible for the Deaths of these Farmers in Maharashtra?
  2 December 2017, by Bharat Dogra
  COMMUNICATION
  The Hindu reported on October 6, quoting official sources, that 11 farmers and farm workers had died at the VNGMC Hospital in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra due to exposure to pesticides during the last five weeks while over 472  (...)
• On a Film and its Screening
  26 November 2017, by SC
  EDITORIAL
  As the protests over the screening of the controversial film Padmavati show no signs of abating, with Congress-ruled Punjab (led by CM Amarinder Singh) joining three BJP-run States of Madhya Pradesh (under CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan), UP  (...)
• Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi
  26 November 2017, by SC
  TRIBUTE
  Among the ‘Young Turks’ who came into prominence during Indira Gandhi’s moves to rejuvenate the Congress after the party’s 1967 electoral debacle across the country, two were most noteworthy—one came from Kerala and the other from West  (...)
• The Press needs no Discipline
  26 November 2017, by Kuldip Nayar
  The press has been able to consolidate its freedom after several struggles. And today it is generally free from the government pressure. There are still other forces which do not allow it to be completely free. Yet among all the democracies in  (...)
• Professor Satish Chandra and the Making of a Nationalist, Secular Historiography
  26 November 2017
  TRIBUTE
  by R. Mahalakshmi
  The passing away of Professor Satish Chandra (November 20, 1922-October 13, 2017) has left a void not only in the world of historical scholarship but also in the academic community as a whole.
  A meticulous scholar,  (...)
• Fundamentalism and Secularism
  26 November 2017, by P N Haksar
  On November 27 this year falls the nineteenth death anniversary of distinguished administrator P.N. Haksar, one of the country’s foremost thinkers. [He passed away on November 27, 1998, precisely five months after N.C., who was close to him in  (...)
• Democracy and Development: Nehruvian Vision
  26 November 2017
  by A.V.V.S.K. Rao
  Democracy demands Discipline, Tolerance and Mutual Regard. — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (First Prime Minsiter of India)
  “Democracy and Socialism are means to End not the End itself.” —Jawaharlal Nehru
  Introduction
  The ideas  (...)
• Many Obstacles before the Indian Trade Union Movement
  26 November 2017
  by N. Sundaramurthy
  Trade unions are perceived as cradles of socialism. By ideology, trade unions fight for the establishment of an egalitarian society. I believe that trade unions have a role in social transformation. A trade union movement is  (...)
• New Research Reveals Much Higher Alcohol-related Damage to Health
  26 November 2017
  COMMUNICATION
  According to the WHO status report on health and alcohol (2014), in 2012 about 3.3 million net deaths or 5.9 per cent of all global deaths were attributable to alcohol consumption — 7.6 per cent for males and four per cent for  (...)
• Relevance of the teachings of October Revolution
  26 November 2017
  by Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
  The toiling and oppressed mankind all over the world are observing the centenary of the epoch making ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’ in October (November) 1917. The event was in many respects unique in the history of  (...)

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