2021

by Amit Bhaduri and Chaman Lal*
The script of collaboration is in two parts. The first part was written long ago when the once revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was released after long years from prison in the Andamans. He collaborated with the British as he had promised in several petitions for mercy he had written to the British authorities from jail. In what psychologists describe as ‘transferred anxiety’ he seemed to have transferred his hatred of the colonial British power to a (…)

GANDHI PEACE FOUNDATION
30.01.2021
Farmers agitation has been going on since several months. All along, they have shown exemplary transparency, restraint and peacefulness. The chaos that took place on 26 January, in the name of farmers movement, has deeply pained the democratic and peace loving citizens of the nation like us. It is not a question of supporting or opposing any movement, it is a question of respecting and following the Gandhian heritage and democratic values of the (…)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
February 3, 2021
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Withdraw this Inhuman Blockade of Kisan Protests by Delhi Police
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the measures taken by the Delhi police to prevent the supply of water, food and other essential commodities sent by people of nearby states to reach the farmers who are in the midst of a heroic unprecedented protest demanding (…)

The farmers have been protesting against the corporate-friendly farm bills for over two months. Modi government talked many times with the leaders of the protest and all the talks failed only because the government participated in the talks without an open mind. The government was/is not ready to revoke even one of the farm laws. No government which is committed to the wellfare of the ordinary people can callously watch thousands of farmers continue their protest against what they perceive (…)

by Arun Srivastava
Once again the Prime Minister Narendra Modi lied to the nation by accusing the protesters of dishonouring the national flag on Republic Day. Yes, of course, the fact remains that the country was very much pained seeing the dishonour to the Tricolour by the leaders and cadres of the BJP, the party which rules the country and has come to power by exploiting the nationalist emotions and sentiment of the people of the country.
There is no need to get surprised at Modi (…)

by Vijay Kumar
When the impeachment process of Warren Hastings, the Governor-General of India, started and a couple of months later when storming of Bastille took place, which marked the beginning of French Revolution, Edmund Burke, Thinker, Orator and one of the greatest Parliamentarians said on the Floor of House of Common that “an event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent”. The ongoing farmer’s agitation and brutal repression by putting iron (…)

by Mridula Mukherjee *
On 23rd January 2021, we began the 125th year of the birth of Subhas Bose or Netaji as he was affectionately called by his countrymen. Subhas stood tall among the galaxy of leaders of our freedom struggle, his popularity matched only by Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru. His tragic death in 1945 robbed India of his presence at a time when his counsels were most needed, and deprived the newly born nation of his firm steering hand in the course being charted. His loss was (…)

by Sukla Sen
Introduction Four constituent states, apart from a Union Territory, of the Union of India are due for assembly polls in about three months or so[1]. All the four state assembly polls are, beyond doubt, pretty important — in their own ways. However, the West Bengal one is attracting special attention with the leadership of the Hindu nationalist BJP — the incumbent ruling party of India, quite visibly, according extraordinary priority to wresting the state from one of its, (…)

by Nupur Pattanaik *
The Covid-19 catastrophe has disrupted the entire global economy. Uncertainty, Inhumane conditions, Unprecedented Forced Reverse Migration, Lockdown of the country, migrants both national and international are encountering a crisis of wage theft and joblessness, inability to send remittances home have resulted in crime, poverty and acute disorganization and violence. As the solitary isolation and lockdown has escalated their susceptibility to desperation for (…)

by Dr. Atanu Sengupta and Dr Asish Kumar Pal
“Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God, who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven.” Swami Vivekananda
Abstract:
Covid -19 pandemic has created a lot of problems in every sectors of the economy across the world. It has caused the closure situation of religious places all over India. As a result a lot of people who earns daily wage on the basis of these places are in dire condition. These workers are daily labourers (…)