by Ram Puniyani
On August 17 (2018), during the funeral procession of the former Prime Minster of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Swami Agnivesh was assaulted outside the BJP head office, when the Swami was trying to participate in the procession. (...)
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Hate Ideology And Rising Intolerance - Swami Agnivesh: Social Reformer Under Attack
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Forward Bloc’s Homage to Somnath Chatterjee
2 September 2018The following is a statement by Debabrata Biswas, General Secretary of the All India Forward Bloc, on the demise of Somnath Chatterjee.
The All India Forward Bloc place on record its deep sorrow and heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of (...) -
National Register of Citizens (NRC): A Dissenting Note
2 September 2018, by Arup Kumar SenOver 40 lakh people in Assam, mostly belonging to the Muslim community, found their names excluded from the “complete draft” of the NRC, released in Guwahati on July 30, 2018. The BJP Government has already passed the burden of this document on to (...) -
The Truth of ‘Capitalist Truth’
2 September 2018by Binoy Viswam
While presiding over the founding conference of the AITUC in 1920, the legendary freedom fighter, Lala Lajpat Rai, classified truth into two—one, the workers’ truth and the other, the capitalist truth. That classification remains (...) -
Parliamentarianism in India: Remembering A.B. Vajpayee and Somnath Chatterjee
2 September 2018by Pratip Chatterjee
Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee passed away on August 13, 2018 and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee passed away on August 16, 2018. This article attempts to highlight the parliamentary ethics (...) -
August 15, 1947: When Indians were Celebrating Independence, RSS was Mourning
2 September 2018, by Shamsul IslamAugust 15, 1947 was a historic day in the eventful history of India. India won independence after a long and heroic struggle against the British colonial masters. India’s independence was also a milestone in the ongoing anti-imperialist (...) -
RSS’ ‘Celebration’ of Independence Day Rejects Basic Principles of Constitution
2 September 2018, by Anil RajimwaleWhat strikes one’s notice is the editorial of the RSS mouthpiece, Organiser, in its ‘Independence Day Special’ dated August 19, 2018. It states: “The ideals of democracy, secularism and socialism... were non-Bharatiya”(!) This at a time when the (...) -
In the Midst of Kerala’s Flood Fury
2 September 2018, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Shots of the flood fury raging in Kerala are enough to jolt if not leave a lasting impact on the very psyche. Of course, Kerala floods are a national calamity. These floods have destroyed lives and livelihoods of thousands and a great (...) -
Indo-Bangla Relations and Sheikh Mujib’s Assassination
2 September 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiThe father of the Bangladesh nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was assassinated with his entire family (except his two daughters who were not in the Bangladesh capital at that time) in Dacca on August 15, 1975. The following article is (...) -
In Memory Of Late Shujaat Bukhari
2 September 2018BOOK REVIEW
by K.S. Subramanian
Kashmir Intifada: A Memoir by A.M. Watali; Gulshan Books, Srinagar; 2017; pp. 543; Price: Rs 1495.
The author of this book, Ali Mohammad Watali, was the Deputy Inspector General of Police, J&K at the start of (...)
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