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It was a remarkable march in many respects, as openly acknowledged in several newspapers. The Hindu described the farmers’ action, originally aimed at gheraoing the Maharashtra Assembly to sensitise the State Government to their (...)
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Red Long March of Maharashtra Farmers
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India is Paying for Partition
18 March 2018, by Kuldip NayarThere is a grain of truth in Kashmir leader Farooq Abdullah’s statement that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was not responsible for partition. But Farooq is wrong to blame Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel for it. I am witness to that era and this is how I (...) -
Who is Terrorising Whom? Who is a Terrorist?
18 March 2018, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
As encounters and encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh are ongoing—as many as 1142 encounters were recorded between March 2017 and January 2018, and 38 alleged criminals were killed—I have been wondering how many of the killed or wounded or (...) -
Left Must Team with Congress (and others) to Save Democracy
18 March 2018The drubbing that the Communist Party of India-Marxist just received in Tripura deepens the crisis the Indian Left has been facing. Is the Left’s demise in the country inevitable? Will the Tripura Assembly election results dampen the morale of (...) -
The Power of Periyar and the Unravelling of the NDA
18 March 2018, by Badri RainaWhen the old man, Akhlaque, was done to death inside his house, allegedly for storing beef in his refrigerator by a murderous, vandalising, vigilante mob, the Supremos said nothing. Sundry satraps said a lot nobody who swears by the Constitution (...) -
Reflecting on Sir Syed
18 March 2018, by Anil NauriyaThe following is the text of the author’s Sir Syed Memorial Lecture delivered on October 17, 2007. It was organised under the auspices of the Sir Syed Foundatin, New Delhi at the Jamia Millia Islamia. It is being published now as its relevance (...) -
What is Fundamentalism?
18 March 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Fundamentalism has become a much-used term today—in politics and in the academia. And there are in vogue various types of the so-called fundamentalists—political, religious and cultural.
But before cataloguing these various (...) -
India’s Entry into NSG: What it Means for India and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
18 March 2018by Muzaffar Ahmad Ganaie and Sajad Hussain Wani
Introduction
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), formerly known as the London Club, is a group of 48 countries formed in 1975 in response to India’s nuclear test of 1974 to control the export of (...) -
An Ode to Jigisha
18 March 2018I did have a dream,
not the dream to walk on the ramp or on the red carpet,
or to be bracketed with Freida.
Never dreamt of becoming
princes of the fairyland,
and marrying the prince
or to have the world as my oyster.
I did have a dream,
a (...) -
Statues are Not Safe in India
18 March 2018by L.K. Sharma
Violent political activists in India, used to attacking fellow humans, have now turned their attention to statues. Within a week they demolished or damaged the statues of Lenin, Ambedkar, the Dalit icon, and Periyar, the social (...)
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