Chinese Classes Stopped
The Indian Army suddenly stopped teaching its men the Chinese language at its Joshimath Brigade headquarters last year. It, however, continues to teach the language at some other centres.Joshimath is...
View ArticleTwentyfive Years of Independence of Central Asian States: Painful Transition...
by R.G. Gidadhubli and Sanjay D. DeshpandeAll the five Central Asian States (CAS), namely, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have celebrated the 25th anniversary of their...
View ArticleShared Dreams, Distant Reality: An analysis of aspirations in movie Dangal
by Swati Sehgal and Divyanshu PatelDangal: the Sport and the MetaphorThe title, Dangal, literally meaning a wrestling competition, holds on to multiple meanings in the movie. As the narrative evolves,...
View ArticleRevision of Indus Water Treaty?
Islamabad has asked the World Bank to honour the Indus Water Treaty executed between India and Pakistan in 1960. This is in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that India is free to use...
View ArticleImbibing Nationalism or Neo-Colonialism?
by K. NarayanaAs per news reports, the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, has invited university teachers from all over the country in order to hold a seminar on “Parting with Colonial Ways—Imbibing...
View ArticleIndia's Sovereignty — Have We Lost It?
This article was written before the results of the five State Assembly elections came out and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was elected the Chief Minister of Goa thus resigning from the Union...
View ArticleAnother arrested revolution in the East
by L.K. SharmaThis article was written much before the results of the recently held State Assembly elections came out.Fidel Castro is dead but a leader determined to unleash a cultural revolution has...
View ArticleThe 2017 Namasudra History Congress, Kolkata
The first ever Namasudra History Congress, held on February 18-19, 2017 at Calcutta, was a novel event for the academic and cultural calendar of the Bengalis. Attended by Nama-sudra scholars,...
View ArticleDanger Signal from Bombay
From N.C.'s WritingsThe time has come when we have to seriously ask ourselves if we are really serious about preserving in one piece this Republic of India. Many in our country think that to talk about...
View ArticleWhat Need to be Banned are Private Schools and Hospitals
Among the first decisions of the Yogi Aditya-nath Government in Uttar Pradesh were the ones to ban abattoirs and form anti-Romeo squads. First it was said that all slaughterhouses will be closed but...
View ArticleSupreme Court Should Decide Ayodhya Case — No Scope for Mutual Settlement
The suggestion of the Chief Justice of India to even act as a mediator in the pending Babri Masjid demolition case, showed his concern but it was a little odd considering that it came at the instance...
View ArticleMost Ominous
EDITORIALOn April 3, that is, last Monday, chiefs of missions of 43 African countries based in India sharply reacted to the brutal assaults on four Nigerian students at a Greater Noida mall sometime...
View ArticleA Mix of Gandhian Economics and Socialism
BOOK REVIEWby Arti KhoslaAn Alternative Philosophy of Development: From Economism to Human Well-Being by B.P. Mathur; published by Routledge Taylor & Francis; 2017.This is the latest book from B.P....
View ArticleThe Bug of Espionage
One bug which has bitten both India and Pakistan and now Bangladesh is the espionage. issue. Anyone who visits from the neighbouring country is considered a spy until proved otherwise. It really...
View ArticleThe ‘Truth is in Custody for 115 Days'!
The following piece, written by Professor Kaseem, a well-known poet and critic (who is also an Assistant Professor, Nizam College, Hyderabad), has been rendered into English by Anishetty Shankar, a...
View ArticleCampus Battles: Ideological Conflicts over Non-issues
by Navneet Sharma and Khem Raj Sharma‘Catch them young' is the political and philosophical perspective which guides almost all political parties (except the BSP) when they form their students' wing...
View ArticleThe Idea of a ‘University': What it should or should not be!
by Pradeep Nair and Sandeep Sharma“A University is a place ... where students come from every quarter for every kind of knowledge; ... a place for the communication and circulation of thought ... It is...
View ArticleUGC Regulations: Doom for Higher Education
by Krishna JhaThe blood-soaked walls of segregation, that could be brought down after long-drawn struggles and sacrifices, are here again. The gates of higher education are getting shuttered for larger...
View ArticleWhy Possibilities of Cooperation and Alliance between Congress and Left...
In the emerging situation it appears that possibilities of cooperation between the Congress and Left parties are increasing. There are five main reasons for this.Firstly, it should be increasingly...
View ArticleKashmir Needs a Healing Touch Today
What is the meaning of victory of Farooq Abdullah from the Srinagar constituency where not even seven per cent votes were polled? In many of the booths merely two per cent votes were polled. I know...
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