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May 25, 2007
Mainstream, VOL XLV No 23 New Delhi, May 25-31, 2007
Three Years of UPA Government
On Nehru’s Fortythird Death Anniversary
• The First War of Independence :
Text of Jawaharlal Nehru’s Speech on Centenary of 1857 Revolt, Ramlila Grounds, Delhi, May 10, 1957
• Renu Chakravartty: Some Memories of Nehru
• Hiren Mukerjee: This was a Man
• Rafiq Zakaria: Secular Outlook
• Mahasweta Devi: Nehru’s Dream of Socialism
• Mulk Raj Anand: The Ethos of Jawaharlal
• Madanjeet Singh: Cultures and Vultures - Wake-up Call from Vadodara
• From N.C.’s Writings:
Validity of Nehru
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Nehru’s Dream of Socialism
31 May 2007, by Mahasweta Devi
Jawaharlal Nehru was, in the truest sense, the builder of modern India. He saw the naked poverty and hunger of the Indian people and registered his protest through his lectures in meetings throughout the country, and through his writings against
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The Ethos of Jawaharlal
31 May 2007, by Mulk Raj Anand
Destination Man was the ideal of advance for our people, which Jawaharlal Nehru put forward in one of his earliest speeches in Parliament after our freedom.
Growing from within the two worlds of Asia and the West, aware of the heritage of
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Cultures and Vultures : Wake-up Call from Vadodara
31 May 2007, by Madanjeet Singh
Secular artists, writers, painters, dramatists, and film directors have increasingly become the main targets of both Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists (who are nicknamed ‘fundoos’ by the writer Githa Hariharan). Arrest warrants were issued against
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Validity of Nehru
31 May 2007, by Nikhil Chakravartty
This week free India mourns afresh the passing of its chief architect. The events of last the three years, and particularly the new situation thrown up by the Fourth General Election, have only helped to underline the continuing validity of
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