Family of Bhagat Singh
by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan SinghWhile Bhagat Singh's many-sided accomplish-ments at a very young age evoke admiration and awe, the family influences which made this possible have not been adequately...
View ArticleBhagat Singh as I knew Him
On the occasion of the eightyseventh anniversary of Bhagat Singh's martyrdom on March 23 this year, we are reproducing the following article (published earlier in Mainstream) in homage to the legendary...
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Sign of Strength, Comprehension, Vision
EDITORIALThat the ruling NDA coalition at the Centre, led by the BJP under the supervision of Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo, is on the defensive is clearly manifest in not just the last bypoll results in...
View ArticleRival Neighbouring States and Indo-Pak Relations: Geopolitics and Diplomacy
by Binay Kumar Malik and Ashok Kumar Sahay1. Introduction The South Asian sub-system in the field of international politics has assumed greater importance because of the hostile relationship before the...
View ArticleAn Avoidable Operation
The British Government has rejected a petition by the Sikh community in London to make public all papers relating to ‘Operation Bluestar'. Mrs Margaret Thatcher, the then British Prime Minister, was...
View ArticleCongress Struggles to Articulate on Foreign Policy
The foreign policy resolution adopted at the 84th plenary session of the Congress Party on March 18 at New Delhi makes a revealing document. The Congress has a long tradition dating back to the...
View ArticleBreaking Idols, Fearing Ideals: An Analysis of the Rationalist Movement in India
by Divyanshu PatelAny opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies”Periyar E.V. RamaswamyThis article makes...
View ArticleElections Are Now Miracles
IMPRESSIONSIt's miracle time in India. A tree with no roots and no leaves, nevertheless bears fruit in Tripura; the BJP, with a previous record of zero, wins 35 of 59 seats. The bigger miracle is that...
View ArticleRemembering Lohia: A Legacy for the Left
Dr Rammanohar Lohia's 108th birth anniversary falls on March 23 this year. Since his birthday coincided with the day of martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, Lohiaji never wanted his...
View ArticleNepal-India Relations: Need for Urgent Paradigm Shift
by Vijay PratapOn March 18, when Rahul Gandhi spoke about the failure of India's foreign policy, especially in the case of SAARC countries, he was not making a rhetorical allegation as an Opposition...
View ArticleBJP's Forays in North-Eastern States and Anti-Minority Agenda
by Ram PuniyaniFrom the last couple of decades one is coming across pamphlets, leaflets and other material containing the propaganda that Christian missionaries are converting the people at rapid pace;...
View ArticleXi Jinping Warns Taiwan against Move for Independence
by Rajaram PandaAfter his re-election for a second term in office, the Chinese President has struck a strongly nationalistic tone in his closing address to the annual session of the National People's...
View ArticleJNU on the Roads: Protesting Injustice, Suppression and Repression
by Rushda SiddiquiOn March 23, 2018, thousands of students of the JNU, supported by students and teachers from a range of other universities, marched across the city seeking justice in a democratic...
View ArticleUnderstanding Section 497 of IPC: Is it Gender-neutral?
by Shiladitya ChakrabortyThe concept of adultery is as old as the institution of marriage. Adultery as a form of social deviance has been universally condemned since time immemorial. It has been...
View ArticleThreat to Constitutional Structure
From N.C.'s WritingsA situation of unprecedented confusion synchronising with the onset of serious crisis for the entire constitutional structure of the Indian state presents before the nation today.On...
View ArticleTime for Revisionist Communism
IMPRESSIONSGovernmental non-performance in Kerala and electoral devastation in Tripura gave the CPM its unfinest hour in history. Just then the imaginative leadership of the All India Kisan Sabha...
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Tribute to Dr Ajit Mozoomdar
TRIBUTEDr Ajit Mozoomdar, 94, who breathed his last in New Delhi's Apollo Hospital on February 12, 2018, was a brilliant academic. A distinguished economist, he joined the IAAS in 1946 and was an...
View ArticlePDP at Crossroads
by Javid Ahmad Ahanger and Mudasir Ahmad QaziThomas Jefferson, the founding father of the United States of America, once said: “The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the...
View ArticleIndia-Vietnam Ties in Changed Regional Setting
Only 18 months separated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Vietnam (September 2-3, 2016) and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang's visitto India (March 2-4, 2018). But the regional setting of the...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Riots in Sri Lanka
by Irfan EngineerThe recent anti-Muslim riots in Kandy, Sri Lanka, once again demonstrate that religion is becoming more salient in the public domain, including politics, in South Asia. My recent visit...
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