Remembering Lohia
Dr Rammanohar Lohia's 109th birth anniversary fell on March 23 this year. Since his birthday coincided with the day of martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, Lohiaji never wanted his followers...
View ArticleCNDP Statement on the ASAT Test
The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) takes serious note of the dramatic declaration of the Indian Prime Minister, on March 27, early afternoon, claiming, in a nationally televised...
View ArticleSituating the National War Memorial
by Arup Kumar SenA scholar of Museum Studies, Andrew Whitmarsh, made some seminal observations regarding war memorials: “...museums of war act as memorials to those who were killed or served in...
View ArticleSwami Aseemanand Acquitted! Whither Indian Justice System?
by Ram PuniyaniSeeing the pattern of the justice delivery system of India currently it seems getting justice, punishing the guilty is not easy. The judgments come as an outcome of the evidence produced...
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Ominous Scenario, Essential Task
EDITORIALAs the campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections hots up, the two star campaigners of the ruling BJP—PM Narendra Modi and party President Amit Shah—are spouting venom against the Opposition...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Chowkidar Narendra Modi
by BINOY VISWAMRespected Chowkidar Shri Narendra Modi,When you yourself took up the title of chowkidar, you told the people that you are the watchman of the country. There will be many who believed...
View ArticleFascism
I am not a fascist only whenI pull the trigger and kill;I am a fascist when first I thinkMy work is God's own will. I am not a fascist only whenI break the common law;I am a fascist when first I thinkI...
View ArticleRedefining National Safety: Who is the Enemy?
Were you to ask an ordinary citizen what constitutes a greater threat to her safety, the prospect of a maverick border skirmish by a neighbouring country or the destitute routine of her life...
View ArticleMirabai — A Feminist Par Excellence
by Ashok CellyThe popular image of Mira is that of a saint-poet who composed highly melodious devotional poems known as bhajans. She is seen primarily as a mystic, the dominant note of whose life and...
View ArticleCongress Poll Manifesto Analysed
The Congress' election manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, that was released on April 3, is a document that reaffirms the party's core commitments, core concerns and core convictions. It seeks...
View ArticleCongress takes the High Road
The Congress' manifesto for the upcoming elections has come like the rhapsody of raindrops on a parched land—a reformist mani-festo that promises growth and welfare expansions alike and the pledge of a...
View ArticleFirst Dalit Collector who Changed a Feudal District in the 1970s
by Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdNext to Hyderabad, Warangal is the second biggest city of the Telangana State. Most of the present Telangana State's heritage symbols, Kakatiya Gate, and its tank-based...
View ArticleMother Land
Mother India!We are all your children,adoring you, chanting ‘victory to thee'.But, as in a family, we grow unequally:some privileged, many neglected.Your boundless affection cascadingfrom the perennial...
View ArticleAmbedkar and Constitutionalism
by Vivek Kumar SrivastavaConstitutionalism is structured on the ideals of limited government, rule of law, regulations and democratic values. The idea of constitu-tionalism was a major theme during the...
View ArticleDr B.R. Ambedkar, Dalits and Decentralised Rural Governance in India: Ideas,...
by Mahi PalIntroductionDr B.R. Ambedkar was one the greatest sons of India who was not only a parliamentarian, scholar of repute and constitutionalist expert but also a crusader for the Dalits in...
View ArticleHow Ambedkar makes us Richer
IMPRESSIONS“The Hindus wanted Vedas, and they sent for Vyasa, who was not a caste Hindu. The Hindus wanted an epic, and they sent for Valmiki, an untouchable. The Hindus wanted a Constitution, and they...
View ArticleHonouring Ambedkar
From N.C.'s WritingsApril 14, 2019 marks the 128th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. On this occasion we are reproducing the following piece by N.C. to offer our sincere homage...
View ArticleNarendra Modi, the }‘chowkidar' of the Elite
by Mahi Pal SinghWhen he contested the parliamentary elections in 2014 for the first time, Narendra Modi claimed to be a ‘chaiwala', referring to his humble beginning as a child, so that ordinary...
View ArticleOvert and Covert Racism and Communalism
by Irfan EngineerOn March 15, 2019, 50 Muslims offering their Friday prayers died and 48 were injured when they were shot in the Masjid al Noor mosque in Christchurch and at the Linwood Avenue mosque...
View ArticleFestival of Democracy
by Samit KarIndia, the world's largest democracy, would go to polls shortly. Never in the history of Indian democracy, the party or the coalition that had been able to usurp power at the Centre could...
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