On Brics Summit
The Eighth Summit meeting of BRICS will be held in Goa on October 15 and 16. The heads of state and government of the five member-countries will participate in the meeting. India has also invited the...
View ArticleRe-reading Bengal Renaissance
This year is the birth centenary year of Benoy Ghosh, who is a pioneer in writing and documenting the social and cultural history of Bengal. He got attracted to Marxism in his student days. After his...
View ArticleGwadar and Chabahar: Rushing to the oil-and-trade precipice
Prime Minister Modi's bringing up “Balochistan” during his August 15 address was criticised, especially since he omitted to mention the ongoing, acute crisis in Kashmir. While the validity of the...
View ArticleCongress must set its House in Order
Can the Congress Party be retrieved? This was the question posed to me. Another one is: whether or not the party is relevant. Answering the last question first, I said that a 150-year-old organisation,...
View ArticleParadise Lost
Is this now a paradise lostTo an ancient contention?A clanging of frozen willsWhere all is lost and nothing won?Relentless crones in safe enclavesSend nubile angels to warAgainst an uncaring distant...
View ArticlePressure Counter Pressure / The Twilight Hour
From N.C.'s WritingsPressure Counter PressureBehind the angry protests and almost interminable complaints of Cease Fire violations, there is a feeling in New Delhi about the overall situation with...
View ArticleWhy NAM is Needed
by Vivek Kumar SrivastavaThe 17th Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) summit in Venezuela's Margarita Island proved to be a lacklustre affair which it had never witnessed in its so impactful history. About 12...
View ArticleIndia's Clarion Call at the Margarita NAM Summit!
by Sudhanshu TripathiThe Non-Aligned Movement, while holding fast the true spirit of the doctrine of non-alignment, must act as the vanguard of all principal international debates on political,...
View ArticleA Bill sans Will and Wit
by Joydeep BiswasThe Citizenship (Amendment Bill), 2016, now before the Joint Committee of the two Houses for a thorough examination, contrary to popular perception, does not guarantee citizenship to...
View ArticleResurrecting Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya who Died a Mysterious Death
by Shamsul IslamPM Modi, a senior seasoned swayamsevak of the RSS who describes himself as a ‘Hindu nationalist', misses no opportunity to denigrate the minorities of India, specially the Muslims. The...
View ArticleCorruption in the Contractor Raj
by K. NarayanaEver since the NDA Government of the RSS Parivar or the RSS family rule came to power with absolute numbers in 2014, tricks have been played to show that they are above corruption. The...
View ArticleModi Remodelling the Politics of Ultranationalism
by Arun SrivastavaIndia's surgical operation in Pakistan occupied Kashmir has boosted the personal image of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, as a strong ruler; but it has nonetheless provided the...
View ArticleIndia's ‘Surgical Strikes' Remain an Enigma
The Indian journalists must be compulsorily made to read the parting speech by Helen Boaden, Director of the BBC Radio, as she resigned from her position last weekend, on how the scramble for ‘breaking...
View ArticleRestart the Dialogue Process: No Alternative to Normalising the Situation -...
The Pakistan-India Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) notes with concern the escalation of jingoism both in the use of language as well as actions by India and Pakistan in recent times. The...
View Article‘Surgical Strikes', Indo-Pak, Kashmir
EDITORIALIn both Pakistan and India there have been certain noteworthy developments following the ‘surgical strikes' carried out by the Indian armed forces across the LoC on September 29.In Pakistan...
View ArticleWhy we should Celebrate October 5 as the ‘Indian English Day'
by Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdAll lovers of equality should celebrate October 5 as the Indian English Day. We declare that ‘English is Indian'. We study in English and preserve our buffalo cultural...
View ArticleArticles on Singur from 2008
At the start of Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's indefinite dharna at Singur on August 24, 2008 on the issue of returning 400 acres of land outside the Tatas' Nano car project (which land is...
View ArticleSingur Judgement
by samit karThe recent historic judgement passed by the Supreme Court on the Singur issue has made the Left suffer a terrible blow yet again. After a 34-year stint in West Bengal, nothing seems to be...
View ArticleSingur Lesson for Marxist Ideologues and Indian Communists
by arun srivastavaBelieving in Marxist ideology and imple-menting it are two different issues. An individual may be an ardent subscriber to the Marxist ideology but he would find it tough to practise...
View ArticleAllround Decadence and Ray of Hope
From N.C.'s WritingsWhile there is no doubt a lot on which to attack those in authority for their dereliction in running an orderly system of governance, one has to ask at the same time why there has...
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