Lok Sabha Elections in UP: A Sisyphean Task for Congress
by D.K. GiriIn Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who was punished for his craftiness and was forced to roll a huge stone up a hill. The Indian National Congress seems to be in a similar position in...
View ArticleWhere You Walk in Company..
Rabindranath Tagore's 158th birth anniversary falls on Thursday (May 9, 2019).Where You Walk in Company...where you walk in company with the world of men, I am united with you. Not in the forest...
View ArticleLegacy of Chhotu Ram and the 2019 Parliamentary Elections in Haryana
by Ranbir SinghDeen Bandhu Sir Chaudhry Chhotu Ram was hailed as a Rehbareazam (the Great Leader) by the peasantry of colonial Punjab. He has been legitimately recognised by the specialists of Punjab...
View ArticleAs History Whispers through Amazing Letters...
BOOK REVIEWFriendships of ‘Largeness and Freedom': Andrews, Tagore, and Gandhi: An Epistolary Account, 1912-1940 by Uma Das Gupta (ed); Oxford University Press, New Delhi; 2018; pp. xc+502; Price: Rs...
View ArticleKarl Marx represented Essence of Human Thought
Bicentenary of Karl MarxCelebrations of anniversaries usually become a routine exercise. But if we really analyse the achievements of Karl Heinrich Marx, and apply his method to the contemporary...
View ArticleMarx and India
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 and passed away in 1883. His 200th birth anniversary is now coming to a close. On this occasion we are carrying the following two articles for the benefit of our...
View ArticleLok Sabha Elections 2019: Battleground of ‘Modi-ism' versus ‘Mamata-ism'
by Pratip ChattopadhyayElections to form the 17th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament have been under way with the declaration of the seven phases of election across the country by the Election...
View ArticleKanhaiya values Prajita's love
by Chandrasekhar BhattacharjeeIt was August 23, 2017. The All India Students' Federation and All India Youth Federation were organising a long march, much before the Farmers' March in Maharashtra, from...
View ArticleBlasphemy perhaps, but Azhar's Designation (or Not) Does Not Add Up to Much
Designation did not make Hafiz Saeed less lethal. As patriotic Indians, we savour this moment as we hear the good news that the United Nations is blacklisting Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. The...
View ArticleThe Anti-Congress Narrative: Identifying Truth and Falsehood
by Prem Singh1Narendra Modi, during the campaigning for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, had specifically emphasised two things: First, nothing has happened in the country during the Congress rule of the...
View ArticleI don't know anymore, what to make of what
by Farzana Behram ContractorAll I know is, without exception, everyone seems to be afraid. Afraid of the outcome of the ongoing elections. Fear and uncertainty seem to be the general emotion...
View ArticleJudicial Activism, Right or Wrong
From N.C.'s WritingsWhen politicians as a community are in a state of siege in the eyes of the public, it is extremely short-sighted on the part of any government to make any move that may appear to...
View ArticleBalancing Economics and Politics in Elections
by Joseph AbrahamFor the vast majority of the Indian electorate, the current elections appear to be a complex decision-making process between the economic gains of the pro-poor welfare schemes of...
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Murkier Poll Campaign, Frightening Prospects
EDITORIALAs the parliamentary elections for the 17th Lok Sabha are drawing to a close within a few days, the election campaign is becoming increasingly murkier.One has just returned from a fleeting...
View ArticleDr Meher Engineer
TRIBUTEWhen West Bengal was in the throes of the 2019 parliamentary election campaign, noted scientist, social worker and leading associate of popular movements, Dr Meher Engineer, 80, breathed his...
View ArticleThinking beyond War: An Analysis of India-Pakistan Relationship Post-Pulwama
by Debtanu MajeeIndia and Pakistan shared a malevolent relationship from the very inception of both the countries. Pakistan was the product of the divide and rule policy followed by the British between...
View ArticleSri Lankan Crisis: Return of Religious Violence
by Sudhir HindwanCondemnation should ring out loud and clear against the consecutive serial suicide bombings ripping apart churches and hotels, and killing more than 250 people while leaving over 500...
View ArticleAre Facts also Partial Truths?
If a fact is a fact is a fact is a fact,And truths are multiple,Then every fact may have a truthThat justifies a quibble.Would there be words were it not so—Words on words on words—Would we distrust...
View ArticleSocial Justice in India: An Adivasi Perspective
by Nayakara VeereshaFebruary 20 is observed every year since 2009 by the United Nations as the “World Day of Social Justice (WDSJ)”. The purpose is to take stock of the plight of injustice across the...
View ArticleFrom ‘fiction to reality' : Zelenskiy Emerges Victorious in Ukraine's...
by R.G. GidadhubliThe Ukrainian presidential election, held on April 21, 2019, has created history by electing 41-year-old comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the head of state with a landslide victory; he...
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