COMMUNICATION
I am delighted to read Mainstream’s founder-editor, N.C.’s article “Human Rights: Basic Issues” (published on pp. 11-12 in the Mainstream issue of December 9, 2017). Though the lucid but thought-provoking article was written 25 years (...)
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Human Rights Movement must rise to the occasion to defeat Hindutva Fascist Hooligans
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Is a Federal Party possible?
14 April 2018, by Kuldip NayarWhen former Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that they would not allow the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to return to power, she hinted at a joint action on the part of the Opposition. It also means that she does not want Prime Minister (...) -
Bihar: Communal Violence Smears the Progressive Image of Nitish
14 April 2018by Arun Srivastava
The politics of communal chasm and hatred has been the gift of the Hindu hardliners. Whether it has been the partition of India or marginalisation of the Muslims in independent India, these hardliners have simply worked to (...) -
Ram Bhakti, Like News, Goes Fake
14 April 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
We haven’t had a more turbulent Ram Navami in recent memory. In the name of the Lord who exiled his own wife for what he considered dharma, several adharmic activities were carried out by his alleged followers. The government in (...) -
CBSE Paper Leak and its Prevention: The Role of Education Reform
14 April 2018by Kunal Ghosh
On March 28, 2018 the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared that question papers of Class-10 Mathematics and Class-12 Economics had been leaked a few days before the board exams, and therefore these (...) -
Exploring the Ideas of J.C. Kumarappa: The ‘Unsung Hero’ of Green Economy and Alternative Development in India
14 April 2018by K. Gireesan, D. Jeevan Kumar, M. Lingaraju and Jos Chathukulam
This is a brief report on a national seminar held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru on December 29-30, 2017 to explore the ideas of J.C. Kumarappa (...) -
Aadhaar and Welfare: A Sceptical Note
14 April 2018, by Arup Kumar SenIn the Supreme Court hearing on Aadhaar, before a two-judge Bench, in May 2017, the then Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, while countering the petitioners’ objections to the government’s move, said that their “arguments on so-called privacy and (...) -
Jam Saqi — A Communist of Rare Strain
14 April 2018TRIBUTE
by Sankar Ray
The death of Jam Saqi, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan, on March 5, 2018 in Hyderabad, Sindh province, revived pensive as well as nostalgic memories especially among his comrades and admirers (...) -
The Davos Disaster: The Heyday of the Halwaii
14 April 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiThe annual event of the World Economic Forum now underway in Switzerland is with us again. Indeed, it is the scent of the air. This annual jamboree of the world’s top politicians, businessmen and international organisations like the IMF, World (...) -
On the Condition of Nehru Memorial at Teen Murti Bhavan
14 April 2018COMMUNICATION
We are concerned about the condition of the memorial of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru which is located in New Delhi’s Teen Murti Bhavan. We feel sad to note that the Teen Murti Bhavan is in a condition which raises several (...)
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