https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1366.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1366.html 2009-05-18T10:55:55Z text/html en Raj Kishore <p>Hearty welcome to Prakash Karat. Even if it is a remote possibility that he will get what was once denied to Jyoti Basu, his name is music to my ears. I am no fan of the CPI-M brand of communism. Yet I would love Karat as the next Prime Minister. I sincerely hope that those who feverishly wish to protect the Centre will share this emotion. <br class='autobr' /> The ongoing Lok Sabha election has opened up many bizarre possibilities. It is for the first time that the post of the Prime Minister has occupied (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique100.html" rel="directory">May 2009</a> https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1308.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1308.html 2009-04-18T19:08:06Z text/html en Raj Kishore <p>Voting is not a simple business. It is a false impression that the voter is the king. The king-maker certainly he is. But his choices are always limited. The boundaries are fixed by the contesting parties and individuals. The voter has no role in deciding who would contest from his constituency. Candidates field themselves without consulting even a small number of voters. In a sense, they are imposed from above. Everyone is entitled to contest. Naturally, victory goes to the person who (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique99.html" rel="directory">April 2009</a>