Mainstream Weekly

Mayhem in Catalonia

Subrata Banerjee — 2008-05-14T00:20:40Z

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Spain was one of the most backward countries of Europe. The fabulous wealth plundered by the conquisitadores from America by utmost brutality was wasted in the conspicuous consumption of a decadent feudal aristocracy or senseless wars.
A predominantly agricultural country, Spain remained neutral during the First World War (as also during the Second). The country, or rather its rulers, prospered by exporting agricultural produce to belligerent (…)

- May 10, 2008

Wages of Gulagism

Subrata Banerjee — 2007-12-11T15:28:05Z

On the occasion of the birth centenary of Prof H.N. Mukerjee
Scholar, writer, orator, politician and parliamen-tarian, Prof H.N. Mukerjee (Hirendranath Mukhopadhyay) is a venerated figure in the fields of both politics and literature. The published books, written by him, exceed fifty in number. Commencing 1952, he was elected to the Lok Sabha for five consecutive terms by a Calcutta constituency. His speeches in Parliament received rapt attention. He has been praised as a 'creative (…)

- December 8, 2007

To Defend Secularism

Subrata Banerjee — 2007-11-28T09:54:55Z

Badri Raina's essay on on the cowardly attack on Dr Taslima Nasreen at the Press Club in Hyderabad recently (Mainstream, September 15, 2007) needs to be supplemented on several points.
First, what really happened on the fateful day? A book release programme was organised at the Press Club, Hyderabad on August 9, 2007 at 11 am. Two books, translated into Telugu from English and Bengali by Mrs Venigalla Komala, were released. One of the books, Wild Swan, has exposed the atrocities on women (…)

- November 24, 2007

Two Messages

P.B. Sawant, Subrata Banerjee — 2007-11-03T17:07:29Z

These were sent after N.C.'s demise and published in the Mainstream issues dated August 29, 1998 and August 1, 1998 respectively. —Editor
The condolence resolution passed by the Press Council of India on the 4th of this month (August) must have reached you by this time. In addition, the individual members expressed their own feelings and narrated their reminiscences of Dada who was also associated with the Press Council as its member for three years from 1995.
I had the fortune of (…)

- November 3, 2007