Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das as a Protagonist of Gender Equality and Skill...
by S.N. SahuLate Madhusudan Das was an outstanding personality and influential leader of his time. Born in Odisha on April 28, 1848, he led an eventful life marked by manifold accomplishments in...
View ArticleRSS Pracharak Sunil Joshi was “100%” Involved in Samjhauta Blasts: Former SIT...
by Seema Mustafa“We had confirmed the involvement of the Sunil Joshi group in the Samjhauta explosion and the fact that no one from SIMI was involved,” was the categorical response of then Special...
View ArticleTruth Is The Casualty
In the present atmosphere prevailing in the country, everything is being politicised, whether the dubious land deals or the racist attacks against African students. Unfortunately, truth is the...
View ArticleAssam Assembly Elections 2016: BJP Triumphs and Congress Dwindles
by V. BijukumarThe election verdict of the Assam Assembly brought some dramatic developments in the politics of the State. It not only brought down the three consecutive Congress governments led by...
View ArticleWest Bengal: The Sun Rises in the East
by Saumitra MohanThe just concluded elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were unprecedented in more ways than one. While the popular mood of the electorate was more or less known to...
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PM Modi in the US
EDITORIALWhile there is no dearth of national issues hitting the headlines, the focus now has shifted to international affairs not only because PM Narendra Modi is currently in Washington D.C. holding...
View ArticleManifesto of a United Anti-Fascist Democratic Front
The following Manifesto of a United Anti-Fascist Democratic Front is drafted by Aurobindo Ghose, an economist formerly at the Delhi School of Economics. He is currently a practising lawyer and human...
View ArticleNormalisation of Marks in Competitive Examinations, Eligibility Tests of the...
by Santhoshkumar R.IntroductionOur Public Service Commissions were established by the Constitution of India to select applicants for civil service jobs in the country, based on the merits of the...
View ArticleAppropriating Ambedkar and his Legacy for a Rightist Cause
by Arun SrivastavaStrange, it took not less than 70 years for the RSS to identify the real Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Mohan Bhagwat, finally laid his claim that...
View ArticleA Sad Day for the Judiciary
Scandalous, irresponsible and impervious to public interest—one would like to cry out at the situation where, as reported in the press, there are 458 vacancies out of 1074, the full strength of the...
View ArticlePeople-centric Critique of US State, Democracy and Hegemony
BOOK REVIEWby Aejaz Ahmad WaniMasters of Mankind by Noam Chomsky; Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, (Penguin), UK; 2015; pages 167 (paperback); Price: £ 8.99.IntroductionIf you wish to take your time off...
View ArticleFrom Planning Commission to NITI Aayog: End of Nehruvian Legacy Challenges Ahead
by JAYANTA KUMAR DABIntroductionHowever expensive and expansive a building may be, it gets old and dilapidated with the passage of time, with the plaster peeling off and the roof on the verge of...
View ArticleFortunes of Planning Commission
From N.C.'s WritingsA new Planning Commission has been announced with practically a combination of new and old members. Prof Madhu Dandavate is the new Deputy Chairman, as the Prime Minister continues...
View ArticleCPI General Secretary's Letters to Union Home Minister and Chhattisgarh CM
The following is the text of the two letters sent by CPI General Secretary S. Sudhakar Reddy to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh on the police treatment meted out to a...
View ArticleReport of a Fact-finding Team on Chhattisgarh
DOCUMENTThe following is the Report of a Fact-finding Team on Chhattisgarh for which the Chhattisgarh Government is trying to harass the team members.A delegation comprising Sanjay Parate, Secretary,...
View ArticleAssam Election Results: Major Implications for the Crucial North-Eastern State
by Amitava MukherjeeMore than the party-wise tally and the installation of the BJP-led government in Dispur, the actual implications of the recently concluded Assam election results lie in the stark...
View ArticleMathura Carnage: Murder Most Foul!
by Sudhanshu TripathiThe unfortunate event at Jawahar Bagh in Mathura killing a very fine, gentle and promising city SP Mukul Dwivedi sounds a very dark chapter in independent India's decaying politics...
View ArticleIf the Congress is to live, the Gandhis must go. It has clean, capable...
IMPRESSIONSThe fall of the Congress is the principal reason for the rise of the BJP. This was clear in 2014 when the reticent, text-reading Sonia Gandhi was no match to the eloquent, conqui-stadorial...
View ArticleThe Moksha Factory Unrevealed
by Garima Mani TripathiUntil a few years ago, Baba Ramdev and his Patanjali Yogpeeth were primarily into propa-gating and popularising yoga as a household practice. In the process, he gave a new lease...
View ArticleTwo Years of Modi Government
If I were to award marks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his two-year governance, I would give him four out of 10. I wouldn't fail him because he did not officially pursue the Hindutva programme...
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