Acts of ‘sharing' on this Independence Day
by Sriti GangulyIndia just celebrated the 70th anniversary of its independence and like every year, apart from the grand celebration at Red Fort, schools and colleges across the country and even...
View ArticleHow Unsafe are Muslims?
In a farewell message the outgoing Vice-President, Hamid Ansari, has said that the Muslims do not feel safe in the country. Instead of introspecting on what he said, the RSS and BJP have denounced him....
View ArticleCan we be Proud of such Independence?
When millions are evicted in the name of nation's developmentCan we be proud of such independence?When the forests, the life and culture,Nurtured for centuries are destroyed forciblyCan we be proud of...
View ArticleEnd of the Doklam Stand-off: No Winners or Losers
by Purusottam BhattacharyaThe 70-day-old Doklam stand-off on the disputed Himalayan plateau between India and China at the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan has finally ended with a declaration...
View ArticleWar Clouds Over Doklam Recede
Tens of millions of people in India and China heaved a sigh of relief last Monday (August 28) when the war clouds that had gathered menacingly over Doklam receded, even if they have not totally...
View ArticleRemove Khattar, hold Fresh Elections in Haryana
The following is a press release issued by Dr Prem Singh, President, Socialist Party (India), on August 27, 2017.The Socialist Party considers the Haryana and Central governments responsible for the...
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Haryana Mayhem, Patna Rally, ‘Long March'
EDITORIALThe long arm of the law has finally caught up with him. After being convicted on August 25, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the self-styled godman and chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda, was sentenced to...
View ArticleLethal Game
The world seems to be riding a Time Machine. Almost every day, people come across surprises and horrors never heard of before. The world has always led to a series of path-breaking events and epochs...
View ArticleTripura: Left Citadel Under Siege
by Basubrata RoyThe small hilly State of Tripura, unlike other North-Eastern States, is a Left citadel since 1977; except for a brief period in the 1990s.That's why the BJP has made it a prestige issue...
View ArticleDenying Children Admission on Technical Grounds goes against the RTE Act's...
The following article is being published on the occasion of Teacher's Day which fell on September 5.The founder-manager of the City Montessori School in Lucknow, Jagdish Gandhi, has recently published...
View ArticleWhy are People being Denied the Right to Read a Well-Researched Book on Baba...
Baba Ramdev is one of the most well-known and colourful personalities of contemporary India—a celebrity of a different kind—and so when word spread that a well-researched book about him had just been...
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Kaladan Multimodal Corridor: A Catalyst for India's North-East
by Jajati K. PattnaikThe Kaladan multimodal corridor, as an important component of the Act East policy,1 is poised to link India's North-East with the ASEAN2 through a multimodal transit system based...
View ArticleAppointment of the CAG - Memorandum by Indian Audit and Accounts Service...
An appointment to the post of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is to be made very shortly as the present incumbent, Shri Sharma, is retiring in the last week of September. In the past...
View ArticleKerala: Democracy, Society, People
It is sixty years since the State of Kerala was formed and one year since the present Left Democratic Front Government came to power. People were fed up by the never-ending stories of corruption and...
View ArticleGodmen, Grief-ridden Scenario, Dissent
MUSINGSDon't tell me there is no nexus between the self- proclaimed godmen and the politicians! How can abusive fraud babas flourish for long years without the rulers and the administration not being...
View ArticlePentagon's Loss
From N.C.'s WritingsLast month was observed the twentyninth 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 ArticleDid RSS Participate in Freedom Movement?
by Ram PuniyaniFreedom movement was an all-inclusive movement with the participation of people of all religions and regions. Its underlying premise was pluralism and the concept of a Secular Democratic...
View ArticleSupreme Court Verdict on Instant Triple Talaaq — What does it mean for the BJP?
by Vahidha NizamThe Supreme Court on August 22, 2017 gave a verdict banning instant triple talaaq. It indeed is a historic judgement in the context that it upholds equality to all irrespective of...
View ArticleTalaaq Talaaq Talaaq
The Supreme Court's judgment is harsh and unequivocal. There could be no compromise on the basics of the Indian Constitution, freedom to women and men to lead their lives as they wanted. I wish the...
View ArticleTrump, May and Fate of EU
by Anshuman Gupta, Vipul SharmaEurope is, in a great measure, saved as a result of Donald Trump and his unviable and contradictory initiatives. The ultra-Right wave was on the rise with many far-Right...
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