MUSINGS
With the recent arrests of members of the Right-wing outfit, Sanatan Sanstha, allegedly involved in murders of progressive rationalist liberals, I have been sitting introspecting on the very basic—why have we taken so very long to look (...)
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Listen, Why Don’t We Look Right?
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Good Bye, Gandhi!
19 October 2018by L.K. Sharma
It was the best day for Gandhi, it was the worst day for Gandhi. The President, Prime Minister, Governors and Chief Ministers paid tributes to Gandhi’s memory, some Hindu nationalists took to social media to pay tributes to (...) -
Municipal Polls in Kashmir
19 October 2018, by Arup Kumar SenThe four-phase process of election of representatives in 79 municipal bodies in Jammu and Kashmir has started after a gap of thirteen years, with some alarming signals. The two dominant political parties of the State, the National Conference and (...) -
Midnight Raids by Security Forces: A Wild Threat among Youth in Kashmir
19 October 2018by Aijaz Ahmad Turrey and Tajamul Maqbool
Life in the Kashmir Valley, especially South Kashmir, has become hell for residents on account of increasing and continued nocturnal raids by the Indian security forces, forcing people to remain (...) -
CPI-M not a party of India, but of Kerala only
19 October 2018by Arun Srivastava
The Tripura election was a big setback This has been the confession of the General Secretary of the CPI-M, Sitaram Yechury, just at the time his political line of having understanding with the Congress was being challenged by (...) -
Rafale Three
19 October 2018Internal documents are disloyal things,
They spill the crony beans;
Macron must these documents burn
For more morsels of our means.
When we say government to government,
We mean boss to boss;
And any boss worth his politic salt
Knows well his (...) -
Lohia and Two Segregations of Caste and Sex
19 October 2018by Vivek Kumar Srivastava
The following article has been written and is being published on the fiftyfirst death anniversary of the Dr Rammohar Lohia (March 23, 1910-October 12, 1967)
Gandhi and Ambedkar are usually respected as major thinkers in (...) -
Where is Vivekananda’s India?
19 October 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Here is the noblest summing up of civilisational values by an Indian: “I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept (...) -
JP: Some Reflections
19 October 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
by Analyst
On the occasion of Jayaprakash Narayan’s 116th birth anniversary on October 11, 2017 we are carrying the following piece written by N.C. under the pseudonym ‘Analyst’ after JP passed away on October 8, 1979. (...) -
What Invasion has Shown Up • Need for World Publicity
19 October 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyOctober 20 this year marks the fiftysixth anniversary of the Chinese aggression on India. On this occasion we are carrying N.C.’s ‘New Delhi Skyline’ published in Mainstream seven days after the invasion.
A fresh appraisal of values has overtaken (...)
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