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Karnataka Polls, Kathua Case, Putin Returns
EDITORIALThe campaign for the Karnataka Assembly elections—the polling for which is scheduled to take place on May 12—is drawing to a close and there is as yet no clear winner in sight despite BJP...
View ArticleAlcohol and Substance Abuse have an Important Role in Sexual Violence
COMMUNICATIONAt a time of growing concern about the fast rising sexual crimes in India, it is important to draw attention to a neglected factor, that is, increasing alcohol and substance abuse in...
View ArticleSocial Capital and Empowerment of Bahujan Bharat — Role of Agency
by Mahi PalIntroductionThe author is neither a historian nor a scholar of Bahujan which encompasses all forces except the Brahaminical Social Order (BSO). However, as a keen student of social...
View ArticleRSS Unmasked: Insider's Account of Sangh's Activities
BOOK REVIEWby T. NavinCellars of the Inferno: Confessions of an RSS Pracharak by Sudheesh Minni; Publisher: Chintha Publications; pages: 122.The RSS has been critiqued for long for its divisive and...
View ArticleKashmir: Old Political Chimera is Social Again
by Navneet Sharma and Showkat Ahmad MirDon't see J&K as a conflict state and a political issue, it is a society which has social issues right now. — Haseeb Drabu(the) deep sense of victimhood...
View ArticleWuhan Meeting: Tryst of Compulsion under the veil of Amicable Summit
by Gouri Sankar NagBackdropExactly after 242 days since the Doklam imbroglio petered away unexpectedly on and from August 28, 2017, Modi and Xi Jinping met at central China's Wuhan, the capital of...
View ArticleTowards an Understanding of Martyrdom in Kashmir
On January 14, 2011, the Supreme Court sought answers from the Union and Andhra Pradesh governments regarding the “encounter” killings of the Maoist leader, Azad, and a journalist, Hemchandra Pandey,...
View ArticleIndian Tradition — as Tagore Realised
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's 157th birth anniversary fell last week, on May 9, 2018. The following article is being published as a tribute to his memory now that India is under attack from the...
View ArticleJinnah's Importance
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is not just a place of learning. It was in the forefront of a movement for the demand of Pakistan and still leans towards what is considered beneficial to the...
View ArticleRelevance of Marxism in Contemporary World
Karl Marx was an eminent philosopher, renowned economist, historian, journalist, political ideologue, revolutionary socialist, great intellectual and multilingual expert. Karl Marx obtained a law...
View ArticleMarx and Marxism / Journey beyond Marx
From N.C.'s WritingsIn the light of the ongoing debate on Marx and Marxism that the bicentenary of Karl Marx's birth (May 5, 1818) has generated, we are reproducing two articles by N.C. on Marx,...
View ArticleWidespread Violence in Panchayat Polls in West Bengal
Panchayat elections were held in West Bengal on May 14. The polls saw widespread violence and hooliganism which has took a toll of over two dozen lives. The victims belonged to all the political...
View ArticleAnalysis of True Public Preference — Why Vote-share Should Get More Attention
Everyone knows that election results are decided by the number of seats won and so it is understandable that most public attention is focused on this. However, in terms of under-standing actual public...
View ArticleKarnataka Elections: A Split Verdict has Opened Up a World of Opportunities
by Sandeep ShastriMay 15 will go down as an important day in the politics of Karnataka. In a day of dramatic political developments, the people of Karnataka watched the many twists and turns with the...
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Karnataka Exposes BJP's Cynical Pursuit of Power
POLITICAL NOTEBOOKWhat was witnessed in Karnataka after the Assembly poll results were out, exposes the BJP's cynical pursuit of power—absolute power. It also exposes the BJP's cynical contempt for...
View ArticleSocialism and Nehru
by K.N. RajThe following is the text of the paper read by the distinguished economist and Director of the Delhi School of Economics at the symposium held in New Delhi to mark the first death...
View ArticleIndia without Nehru
From N.C.'s WritingsThe following piece, which appeared under the ‘New Delhi Skyline' in Mainstream, was written two days after Jawaharlal Nehru's demise on May 27, 1964. It was published on May 30,...
View ArticleHamid Ansari, Jinnah's Portrait and Turmoil in AMU
by Ram PuniyaniRecently (May 2018) Hamid Ansari, the ex-Vice President of India, was invited to the Aligarh Muslim University to honour him with life membership of the AMU Students Union (AMUSU). He...
View ArticleSilence and Din Define Indian Journalism
by L.K. SharmaIn India today, one cannot talk of science, history or politics without a reference to mythology. Godmen and astrologers make their daily pronouncements on the TV channels. So, how does...
View ArticleKarnataka: The BJP ended up Winning 104 Seats, while the Congress ended up...
by Sanjay KumarIn Karnataka, what looked like a close election between the Congress and BJP for most part of the election campaign, finally resulted in a hung Assembly, with the BJP emerging as the...
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