Hindutva and Cow Terror: Politics of Hatred
by Jayanta Kumar DabIt was in the late 19th century that the cow emerged as an important rallying point for mass political mobilisation in India. Hindu nationalists sought to unite Hindus against the...
View ArticleThe Cruelty of Metaphors
Metaphors are cruel things, never easy to deploy. It will have to be said that the genius of deploying metaphors after all distinguishes a Shakespeare from an Amit Shah.When Macbeth intones the sad,...
View ArticleOn the Condition of Nehru Memorial at Teen Murti Bhavan
COMMUNICATIONWe are concerned about the condition of the memorial of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru which is located in New Delhi's Teen Murti Bhavan. We feel sad to note that the Teen Murti Bhavan is...
View ArticleThe Davos Disaster: The Heyday of the Halwaii
The annual event of the World Economic Forum now underway in Switzerland is with us again. Indeed, it is the scent of the air. This annual jamboree of the world's top politicians, businessmen and...
View ArticleJam Saqi — A Communist of Rare Strain
TRIBUTEby Sankar RayThe death of Jam Saqi, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan, on March 5, 2018 in Hyderabad, Sindh province, revived pensive as well as nostalgic memories...
View ArticleAadhaar and Welfare: A Sceptical Note
In the Supreme Court hearing on Aadhaar, before a two-judge Bench, in May 2017, the then Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, while countering the petitioners' objections to the government's move, said...
View ArticleExploring the Ideas of J.C. Kumarappa: The ‘Unsung Hero' of Green Economy and...
by K. Gireesan, D. Jeevan Kumar, M. Lingaraju and Jos ChathukulamThis is a brief report on a national seminar held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru on December 29-30,...
View ArticleCBSE Paper Leak and its Prevention: The Role of Education Reform
by Kunal GhoshOn March 28, 2018 the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared that question papers of Class-10 Mathematics and Class-12 Economics had been leaked a few days...
View ArticleRam Bhakti, Like News, Goes Fake
IMPRESSIONSWe haven't had a more turbulent Ram Navami in recent memory. In the name of the Lord who exiled his own wife for what he considered dharma, several adharmic activities were carried out by...
View ArticleBihar: Communal Violence Smears the Progressive Image of Nitish
by Arun SrivastavaThe politics of communal chasm and hatred has been the gift of the Hindu hardliners. Whether it has been the partition of India or marginalisation of the Muslims in independent India,...
View ArticleIs a Federal Party possible?
When former Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that they would not allow the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to return to power, she hinted at a joint action on the part of the Opposition. It also means...
View ArticleHuman Rights Movement must rise to the occasion to defeat Hindutva Fascist...
COMMUNICATIONI am delighted to read Mainstream's founder-editor, N.C.'s article “Human Rights: Basic Issues” (published on pp. 11-12 in the Mainstream issue of December 9, 2017). Though the lucid but...
View ArticleSociology of Budgeting Education
by Sujit Kumar ChoudharyBudgeting education for the Indian society is more related with the sociological aspect as the Indian society is based on the notion of unity in diversity where everybody has...
View ArticleCivil Unrest in North India, Snedden's Advice on J & K
MUSINGSIf the killings and civil unrest in North India are not halted, anarchy would be spreading out. Going by the recent trends, dissatisfaction of the masses is peaking. Besides the rising numbers...
View ArticleDr Ambedkar: A Titan Secularist, Educationist and Social Reformer of Modern...
by Ravindra SharmaTentatively, India's anti-colonial journey (1858-1947) produced five mentors: M.K. Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, Tagore and Bhagat Singh. While Gandhi is still the mentor of Modern India,...
View ArticleBirth Anniversary of Dr Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar: Wild India at her Worst...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's impassioned statement on Sunday, August 7, 2016 could have done a sea of good in placing India's tens of thousands of Dalit and tribal people in a zone marked by high...
View ArticleWhat is in a name? Highlighting ‘Ramji' in Ambedkar's name!
by Ram PuniyaniCurrently many Dalit leaders are up in arms and criticising the move of the UP Government of adding ‘Ramji' in the official records of Bhimrao Ambedkar. It is true that Babasaheb signed...
View ArticleHonouring Ambedkar
From N.C.'s WritingsToday, April 14, 2018 marks the 127th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. On this occasion we are reproducing the following piece by N.C. to offer our sincere...
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Rape Victims face the Music, BJP Style
EDITORIALIn the midst of several major developments across the nation, two horrendous incidents of crime against women—in one case sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl child—in UP and Jammu...
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The Snake and the Piper: Story of the Oil Prices in India
by Atanu Sengupta and Sanjoy DeOil is the basic lubricant of the economy. The price of this black liquid gold matters a lot in the lives of the common people in an economy. The tremendous growth of...
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