Let Article 370 of Indian Constitution (on Jammu and Kashmir) Not be Weakened
The Supreme Court of India, notwithstanding some controversial decisions in the matter of constitutional interpretation, has by far and large contributed to upholding the rights and privileges of the...
View ArticleOn SC's Singur Verdict, LEMOA
EDITORIALAs we go to press, news has just come that the Supreme Court has scrapped the acquisition of nearly 1000 acres of multi-crop land in West Bengal's Singur for the Tata Motors' Nano car project....
View ArticleIrom Sharmila
You had the will to stay Without foodFor sixteen years;So that our conscience awakens!Your act of non-violenceIn a sea of violence—Rapes, arrests, wanton deaths By the army, with impunity,Touches deep...
View ArticleOn “Why Vegetarianism is Anti-national”
COMMUNICATIONThis has reference to an article that has appeared recently titled “Why Vegetarianism is Anti-national”, written by Professor Kancha Ilaiah in Mainstream (August 27, 2016). He has made a...
View ArticleModi's Visit to Vietnam: A New Push to India's Act East Policy
by Rajaram PandaIntroductionOn his way for the G-20 summit meeting in Hangzhou, China, and East Asia Summit and related Summits at Vientiane, Laos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his maiden visit to...
View ArticleThe Mother and her Deification
Many friends ask me why am I quiet on the issue of Mother Teresa and her canonisation. Well, I have been travelling and not really following much of the news. However, I have my position which I...
View ArticleCentenary of Lenin's Imperialism
If Karl Marx was the theoretician of the capitalist era, Lenin was one of the imperialist era. They both occupy the same height in the annals of human thought, because they both cover a whole era of...
View ArticleNarmada Bachao Andolan: Thirty Years of Resistance and Reconstruction
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) marks 30 years of people's resistance to dam-projects in the Narmada valley. An icon of non-violent grassroots protest against destructive development, the NBA's...
View ArticleHistory is not for Revenge
A study of history of various communities and their relationships can be very helpful for building further on their friendship as well as for removing any suspicions that may exist. Unfortunately a...
View ArticleThe Unloved South Asian
by Apratim MukarjiCan India get beyond firefighting as a foreign policy goal in South Asia, asks a scintillating analysis of India's neighbourhood policy.1 Despite occasional prime ministerial...
View ArticleThe Story of J&K's Accession to India
by Praveen DavarSixtynine years after the State of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India questions are still asked as to why India accepted a ceasefire and why its Army was not allowed to evict the...
View ArticleKashmir first, Pakistan later
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has met around 300 people at Srinagar. Pakistan, too, has offered to have talks on Kashmir. Both steps, however laudable, are late by two to three years. The Kashmiris then...
View ArticleKashmir: letter written by late Jayaprakash Narayan to the then Prime...
This is an abridged version of the letter written by late Jayaprakash Narayan to the then Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi, on June 23, 1966. The letter has great relevance for students of...
View ArticleBJP's Simplistic Thinking likely to Complicate the Kashmir Issue
Even after a lot of criticism, the government continues to use pellet guns in J&K against protestors. The recent victims include an eight- year-old Junaid, whose lung has been ruptured, and Adil,...
View ArticleGOI's Insincerity in Solving the Basics of Kashmir Crisis
MUSINGSAfter reading my recent comments in the context of those hitting photographs of the four- year-old Syrian child, Omran Daqneesh, injured during the latest round of bombardments in Syria's...
View ArticlePentagon's Loss
From N.C.'s WritingsLast month was observed the twentyeighth death anniversary of General Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan's third military dictator, who was killed in an air crash in that country in August 1988....
View ArticleKashmir: No Alternative to Dialogue
EDITORIALAn all-party parliamentary delegation has lately visited Kashmir. It held a meeting in the Capital today. Thereafter the following statement was issued on its behalf:“The members of the...
View ArticleConsequence of New Delhi's One-sided International Policy
by Mansoor AliIn the course of a plenary session of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on June 23-24, 2016, India had made a concerted effort to join it; but that bid was rejected primarily due to...
View ArticleMainstream should promote Scholarship and Analysis over Unexamined Judgements
COMMUNICATIONThe headline “Why Vegetarianism is Anti-National” [by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd in Mainstream (August 27, 2016) pp.11-13] is catchy. If the intent of the article was to incite visceral...
View ArticleKarat's Thesis and A Rejoinder
“The BJP is an authoritarian, not fascist, force. The fight against it cannot be conductet in alliance with the other major party of the ruling classes,” writes Prakash Karat, the erstwhile General...
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