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A revolutionary mother and the feudal Left | Sukumaran C.V.
3 December 2021, by Sukumaran C.V."Indignantly have I heard women argue in the same track as men, and adopt the sentiments that brutalize them, with all the pertinacity of ignorance," says Mary Wollstonecraft in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, which was published in 1792 (...) -
The Reach of Intolerant Minds | TJS George
3 December 2021, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Where are we headed? Seventy-four years after independence, fifty-seven years after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, three years after Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death, where are we headed? Seven years after Narendra Modi changed the (...) -
Tripura Violence: Hate and Communal Polarisation | Ram Puniyani
3 December 2021by Ram Puniyani
The story of contemporary Indian society is mired by the regular outburst of violence against its religious minorities. As the Prime Minister is hugging Pope, back home the anti-Christian violence is on the constant rise, though (...) -
COVID-19 Diruptions An opportunity to Reorient our Idea of Education | Pandey, Muniz, Verma
3 December 2021By Sandeep Pandey, Seema Muniz and Gopal Krishna Verma
Some people are disheartened with the disruption in children’s education due to the menace of Covid and the successive lockdowns. While a number of children are getting used to attending (...) -
The ’Dharitri Youth Conclave 2021’: In search of ecological citizenship | Bhabani Shankar Nayak
3 December 2021by Bhabani Shankar Nayak *
The progressive Odia daily newspaper ’Dharitri’ has organised ‘Odisha Youth Conclave on Climate Change’ while celebrating its 48th birthday on 24th of November 2021. In a profit-driven mass media industry with its (...) -
Congress and Left Parties Should Consider an Alliance in Some States | Bharat Dogra
3 December 2021, by Bharat DograThe political situation in various states or provinces of India can differ. The analysis presented here is mainly in the context of the following states—Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana,Uttarakhand, Himachal (...) -
Indira Gandhi: A nation builder with some flaws | P S Jayaramu
3 December 2021by P S Jayaramu *
20th November 2021
Indira Gandhi’s 104th birth anniversary passed off quite unnoticed. While it is understandable that the BJP led Government would not attach any significance to it, the Congress Party too was subdued in (...) -
Nehruvian Secularism: A Critical Appraisal | Shubham Sharma
3 December 2021by Shubham Sharma *
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of independent India. A romantic at heart he was a puissant anti-colonial nationalist who saw British colonialism as the chief contradiction plaguing India. It was deliverance (...) -
On Suspension 12 MPs from 255th Session of Parliament | Statement by Binoy Viswam (MP), Nov 29, 2021
3 December 2021, by Binoy ViswamBinoy Viswam Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) 116, North Avenue New Delhi - 110 001 Mob: 96057667022 E-mail: binoyviswam55[at]gmail.com
Statement issued by Binoy Viswam, Leader of CPI Parliamentary Group & Secretary, National Council on (...) -
Primitive Accumulation in Neoliberal Times | Arup Kumar Sen
3 December 2021, by Arup Kumar Sen‘Primitive Accumulation’ is a seminal theoretical concept used by Karl Marx to trace the genesis of capitalism. He characterized it as “an accumulation which is not the result of the capitalist mode of production but its point of departure”. The (...)