Smart City: A Failed Approach to Urban Regeneration for Indian Cities
by Pradeep Nair and Sandeep SharmaCity is not a new phenomenon. Civilisations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Indus Valley had a rich culture of urban life. However, not more than ten per cent of the...
View ArticleProxy War of Times in Uttar Pradesh
by Pradeep Bhargava and Anant Ram MishraAs the elections for the Legislative Assembly are in progress in Uttar Pradesh, the diversities in people's lives and their contradictions come into play. A...
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Systematically Introduce API (Academic Performance Indicators) Score in...
by Santhoshkumar, R. and Neethu, S. KumarA number discussions and suggestions were made from various parts of our country in relation to modifying, implementing and introducing API (Academic...
View ArticlePeace on Indo-Pak Border
The good news from the India-Pakistan boundary is that it is calm. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said in an interview that “the temperature has come down on the border”. This could mean that...
View ArticleTrump's Foreign Policy of Confusion
by Sanjal ShastriWhen Donald Trump was elected as the US President in November 2016, foreign policy observers predicted an era of uncertainty. If the first few weeks of President Trump are anything to...
View ArticleOn Release of Innocents after Long Imprisonment
MUSINGSAfter twelve years, two innocents and one ‘half-innocent' walked out free from the confines of the Tihar Jail, yet not a word of apology and nor a rupee in terms of compensation from the state...
View ArticleWhy the SP-Congress Alliance is Attractive for the Non-Committed Voter
With the newly-formed SP-Congress alliance making waves in the Uttar Pradesh elections, it is natural for most members and supporters of these two political parties to feel upbeat about the prospects...
View ArticleIn the Name of Ram
From N.C.'s WritingsTo build a temple to mark the brithplace of Ram, a mosque was destroyed by deceit.Those who swiftly and competently did the demolition job on Sunday (December 6, 1992), did so...
View ArticlePM Modi's Muslim Bashing in UP Elections
As the multi-phased UP Assembly elections progress, PM Modi as the only mascot of the BJP's campaign is becoming more belligerent in his communally polarising rhetoric. Speaking at an election rally on...
View ArticleFace of BJP's Diabolical Project
EDITORIALWhile the BJP stalwarts, including PM Narendra Modi, continue their communally polarising campaign in the last phases of the UP Assembly elections, the RSS' student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya...
View ArticleBigotry Must be Condemned—in India or America
There have been three recent incidents of attacks on Indians in the United States and it remains to be seen whether they are the manifestation of a “new normal”. A combustible mix is forming in...
View ArticleOne who Won Over even Those Disagreeing with Him
TRIBUTEby Mahtab AlamIn Delhi, the Panj Pira Qabristan adjacent to Delhi's Nizamuddin Basti, 82-year-old Syed Shahabuddin was laid to rest on Saturday (March 4, 2017) afternoon.Vice-President Hamid...
View ArticleTribute to Professor Randhir Singh and his Politics
by Kadayam SubramanianProfessor Randhir Singh, who passed away on January 31, 2016, was a truly eminent Professor of Political Theory in the University of Delhi. The first anniversary of his passing...
View ArticleSecularism on Trial
From N.C.'s WritingsWe as a nation are proud of the fact that we are a secular democracy. The test of our secularism does not consist in our protestations, however loud these may be, but in the manner...
View Article‘Embedded' Journalists and Banking Scams
MEDIAby Amitava R. Sinha RoyWatchdog journalism informs the public about corruption, nepotism, cronyism and institutional chicanery. As the fourth pillar of democracy the media, along with the...
View ArticleStudent Politics
There was politics even during the period when I was in college before partition. But it was not on communal lines as it is today. Then the enemy was the British and all were in the struggle to oust...
View ArticleBudget in the Era of Growing Protectionism
This is another article dissecting the Union Budget, written by the noted Marxist-Maoist thinker, Kobad Ghandy, and sent to Mainstream for publication from the Cherlapalli Central Jail, Cherlapalli,...
View ArticleIn Memory of Baljit Malik
TRIBUTEBaljit Malik, who passed away in Delhi on February 18, will be remembered with mixed feelings by a large number of friends. He will be remembered for his involvement with and contribution to...
View ArticlePanchayats, Women and Sustainable Development Goals
WOMEN'S WORLDby Bidyut MohantyThe following article is being published against the backdrop of the International Women's Day on March 8.AbstractThe current century saw new concerns of the people of the...
View ArticleTribute to Rabi Ray
by S.N. SahuRabi Ray is no more. He breathed his last on March 6, 2017 at Cuttack due to age-related ailments. He was more than an admirable and outstanding figure of India's public life. He was the...
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