Mainstream Weekly

Quest for Alternative Politics: First 100 days of Swaraj Abhiyan

Anand Kumar — 2015-08-15T07:41:04Z

Independence Day is the annual occasion of remembering the ideals and events of our freedom struggle. It gives the opportunity of assessing the successes and failures in realising the vision of Swaraj which evolved during the national movement since the days of Tilak, Sri Aurobindo, Gandhi, Nehru, Subhas and Ambedkar. From this point of view, 2015 has been an interesting year in the democratic journey of India around the goals of Swaraj. There were interesting developments about political (…)

- 2015

Aam Adami Party Today — Crisis of Success

Anand Kumar — 2015-05-09T19:11:00Z

Indian democracy is known to spring surprises at most unexpected moments since its inception. From institutionalisation of the multi-party system and parliamentary elections within a largely poor, illiterate and agrarian social setting in the 1960s to the abandoning of an authoritarian regime in mid-1970s, there are a number of striking achievements to the credit of the Indian electorate.
The twentyfirst century India is credited with one more astonishing milestone in the form of emergence (…)

- 2015

Lohia Line on Destruction of the Caste System

Anand Kumar — 2014-03-23T16:39:56Z

Dr Rammanohar Lohia was the theorist of seven revolutions in the context of creating a new world order on the basis of socialism. The programme of seven revolutions included confrontation with discrimination and deprivations based upon caste, class, race, gender and nationality. He wanted to give a new direction to the movement for socialism by giving equal emphasis to the struggles against sexism, class and caste-based exploitations.
It was a departure from the Marxist line of a (…)

- 2014

G.P. Koirala: A Life Dedicated to Making History

Anand Kumar — 2010-04-10T05:06:00Z

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The passing away of Girija Prasad Koirala, popularly known as ‘Girija Babu', at one of the most critical junctures of democratic nation-building in Nepal and democratisation of South Asia is a great tragedy. His leaving us has left us without any ‘statesman' in South Asia. But we can feel consoled by the fact that he has not departed without advance alert and enough pre-parations for his followers, friends and admirers.
Girija Babu was a multifaceted leader for my (…)

- 2010

Lohia Line on Destruction of the Caste System

Anand Kumar — 2009-03-21T21:50:51Z

- March 2009