by Samit Kar
The defeat of the Manik Sarkar Government in Tripura is a big lesson to the Left in general, and the CPI-M in particular. It is revealing to note, the extent of poverty in Tripura is as low as 11.2 per cent. The record of (...)
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Lessons in Tripura
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An Open Letter to Communists
18 March 2018, by Bharat DograDear Friends and Comrades,
Greetings.
This letter is being written when the communist movement in India is passing through very difficult and depressing times; but this is precisely the reason why the Communists need to show more courage, (...) -
Nirav Modi Heist and Chowkidar Narendra Modi
18 March 2018by Ram Puniyani
Corruption is a big menace in different countries, including ours. We witnessed the spectacle of the movement against corruption demanding Jan Lokpal, at the dharna at Jantar Mantar in 2011. The battle-cry of that surge was (...) -
Unfolding a South Asian Perspective on Constitutionalism
18 March 2018BOOK REVIEW
by Deepak Kumar
Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia edited by Khilnani S., Raghavan V. and Thiruvengadam A.K.; Oxford University Press, New Delhi; 2016; (2nd edition); pages: 401; Price: Rs 595.00.
South Asia is a region (...) -
Message from the North-East
12 March 2018POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
The BJP has embarked on a media blitzkrieg that it has swept the North-East in the recent Assembly elections and is closer to its goal of a Congress-mukt Bharat. Do the election results confirm its claim? In Tripura, it (...) -
Tripura: Time for Left to Reorient
12 March 2018, by Anil RajimwaleLenin said, practice is the criterion of truth. Tripura has forcefully underlined the need for a drastic reorientation of the tactics, even strategy, of the Left and the Communists in particular. Tripura has again emphasised what was already (...) -
Jyoti Basu’s Bombshell
12 March 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
We are reproducing the following piece by N.C. that appeared in this weekly in January 1997 on an interview to a national daily given by Jyoti Basu, the CPM patriuarch and former West Bengal CM, regarding the party Central (...) -
Lessons from the Tripura Election
12 March 2018, by M K BhadrakumarTen years ago, in 2008, I was invited to speak at a colloquium in Rome regarding the war in Afghanistan; this was organised by the think-tank affiliated with the Party of European Socialists, the platform that brings together national level (...) -
No Conflict between Hindi and Regional State Languages
12 March 2018, by Rajindar SacharFor some time past a misguided effort is being made to castigate India for asking the General Assembly of the UN to include Hindi as one of the languages at the UN. They seem to suggest that English should be recognised as the language of India (...) -
When has the Bureaucracy treated People with Respect?
12 March 2018, by Sandeep PandeyThere is pressure from the government officials in Delhi that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should apologise for the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash inside the CM’s residence by Aam Admi Party Members of the Legislative (...)
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