2022

by P. S. Jayaramu
July 29, 2022
The Government of Kerala appointed a Commission in 2021 headed by Shyam Menon, former Vice Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedekar University, Delhi, some of the former Vice Chancellors of the universities Kerala, Prof. R. Rama Kumar of the Tata Institute of Sicial Sciences, who is also a member of the Kerala State Planning Borard, and Prof. T. Pradeep of the III, Madras, as Convenor of the Commission. The Commission recently submitted its report to the (…)

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An announcement
I requested to be relieved of my posts and responsibilities in CPIML since I needed to pursue certain troubling political questions: questions it was not possible to explore and express in my responsibilities as a CPIML leader. The party Central Committee has agreed to my request.
These questions include:
1. The need to recognise the importance of defending liberal democracies with all (…)

India has now completed 75 years of its democratic journey, and we are busy in celebrations. This time perhaps, Indian people across communities and castes have celebrated Independence Day with deep commitments and enthusiasm. In this respect, the Har Ghar Tiranga Yatra campaign has been launched by the government (from 13th August to 15), as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav . This time Independence Day is being celebrated across the world by the Indian diaspora. To mark the said (…)

August 30, 2022
Mr. Subodh Kumar Jaiswal The Director Central Bureau of Investigation Plot No. 5-B, CGO Complex Lodhi Road New Delhi – 110003 information[at]cbi.gov.in
Dear Mr. Jaiswal,
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of India, and I am writing about the release of 11 men on remission by the government of Gujarat on August 15, 2022. These men were convicted and jailed in the ghastly case of gang rape of the young and pregnant Bilkis Bano and two others and the murder of her (…)

Nilofar Suhrawardy
This is a mad, mad world with even most celebrated leaders and of course extremely condemned ones too engaged in a maddening race. Rather than take measures to check it, strategies seem to be extensively and intensively devoted to prolong not one but numerous races at different levels provoking participants to exert as much energy as they can. It is not just the question of speakers going hoarse, protestors tiring out, victimized losing hope, soldiers having no choice (…)

On the same day that the PM was waxing eloquent on the importance of Stree Shakti from the ramparts of the Red Fort, 11 prisoners convicted for life for the brutal gang rape of Bilkis Bano and many of her family members and the murder of 14, were given remission by the Gujrat Government and released. The action has shocked not only the nation but also the entire world, given the gruesomeness of that gang rape and murder.
A member of the Committee that ordered the release was the BJP MLA (…)

Myanmar, is a country of 54 million people and acts as a link between South and Southeast Asia. At the time of independence from Britain in 1948 a democratic government was in place. In 1962 a military coup brought rule of a military junta that lasted for decades. The military-junta rule faced opposition from pro-democracy activists which included Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD). The 8888 Uprising and 2007 Saffron Revolution forced the military junta (…)

31 August 2022
Sit up. Read these latest officially released figures related to rape and crime against women in the country After one has gone through these startling shocking facts and figures, can one stop oneself from raising question after question on the release of the rapists of Bilkis Bano!
To quote from news reports: India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021. That is an average of 86 daily, while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according (…)

Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
August 31, 2022
Press Release
CPI Condoles Demise of Mikhail Gorbachev
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (on August 31, 2022) the following message expressing party’s condolences at the demise of Mikhail Gorbachev:
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India expresses its deep sorrow and heartfelt condolences at the demise of former general secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union (CPSU) and (…)

Gorbachev was overtaken by events and characters within Moscow that created the basis for the collapse of the Soviet Union
by Anuradha Chenoy
Mikhail Gorbachev, reviled by some, celebrated by others, stepped into the pages of a history which is cited, written and rewritten but cannot be forgotten.
Remembered primarily as the leader of the now-disintegrated Soviet State that desperately tried to modernise and catch up with the West, Gorbachev was overtaken by events and characters (…)