Thirtieth Anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre
Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, which took place in China on June 4, 1989, we are reproducing the following article by N.C. (comprising two of his despatches from Hong...
View ArticleCan Indian Democracy Survive another Five Years of Modi Rule?
by Ram PuniyaniThe results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are out and the ruling BJP-led NDA has come back to power, with the BJP increasing its percentage of votes and the number of seats. This came as...
View ArticleModi 2.0 — Pluralism is Out, Majoritarianism is In
by Mahendra VedGiven majority in both Houses of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party's second term in office may see a renewed push in the majoritarian agenda.This must begin with an apology for...
View ArticlePopulism Plus
by Partha ChatterjeeThe Narendra Modi triumph has been built on two projects: one, the representation of Modi as the unquestioned populist leader who could be trusted to defend the nation's security,...
View ArticleAmit Shah, India's invisible Prime Minister, gets more Powerful — and Dangerous
by Rana AyyubOn May 17, just before the end of the election season, Indian journalists were abuzz with news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would give his first-ever press conference. Modi has been...
View ArticleIndia's Hardest Fall
by I.A. RehmanThe following piece appeared in the Pakistani publication, Dawn, on May 30, 2019.By giving Modi's BJP a landslide victory, the Indian electorate has dealt its country a blow that might...
View ArticlePhantom of the Vedic Opera Returns in India
by Satya SagarIn an era where national elections have become a strange cross between an episode of Big Boss and twenty-twenty cricket, it has become quite difficult to take the end results very...
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Scale of NDA Victory: Doubts turn to Disbelief
EDITORIALTwo weeks have passed since the results of the 17th Lok Sabha polls were announced on May 23, 2019. However, even now the scale of the NDA's, and in effect the Modi-Shah-led BJP's, victory is...
View ArticleLest We Forget
In the last few days we have lost from our midst two outstanding creative personalities—Ruma Guha Thakurta, 84, who has been aptly described as a “cultural icon who straddled multiple disciplines with...
View ArticleA New Left for a New World Order
by Somdeb LahiriHistorically, Leftist politics has been identified with socialist ideology—whether democratic or reformist or revolutionary. The socialist ideology emphasises the extension of democracy...
View ArticleGandhi or Godse — Kindly Choose One
by Mahendra VedThe BJP leadership has to make a clear choice between Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse because the two are mutually incompatibleNow that dust has settled on the most contentious...
View ArticleOfficial Language versus Social Justice
by Prem Singh[The language-question is again under discussion spotlight after the publication of the draft of National Education Policy (NEP) 2018. In the context, l recollect the day when of one of my...
View ArticleHow are the Muslims in New India?
In the last five years of BJP rule, a new India has come into being. The Muslims are being characterised as enemies of the people in the dominant discourse of Hindu nationalism. Instilling fear in the...
View ArticleAgrarian Unrest, Insurrection and CPI (Maoist) Party Programme in India: A...
by Nayakara VeereshaIntroduction and ContextIndia witnessed massive farmers' protests and rallies all over the country since the last two years. On November 29-30, 2018 tens of thousands of farmers had...
View ArticleModi 2.0 and the Demise of Communist Forces in Bengal
by Shiraz SheikhIn the recently concluded Indian elections the Right-wing forces led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have recaptured power with a massive electoral mandate. The BJP won 303 seats out of...
View ArticleWe are Doing Fine
We just proved that in the endIt is not the economy, stupid.Hindutva armed with war-like purposeIs a more potent Cupid.What if investment is zero now,And manufacture slightlessly lesser;So long as...
View ArticleResounding Success of the BJP in Haryana
by Kushal PalThis is for the first time since Haryana was formed in 1966 that the saffron party made a clean sweep by winning all ten seats in the State. The party secured 57.93 per cent votes, almost...
View ArticleContours of China Crisis
FROM N.C.'S WRITINGSThirty years ago, N.C. had left for China when the Tiananmen bloodbath took place on June 4, 1989. Apart from his despatches which appeared in The Times of India and Mainstream on...
View ArticleLetter from a Pakistani to an Indian Friend: Can we Please have a South Asian...
by Beena SarwarThe following is the text of a letter from Boston-based Pakistani academic and senior journalist Beena Sarwar to M.J. Vijayan, General Secretary of the India Chapter of Pakistan-India...
View ArticleIt's Time for a Non-Gandhi, but . . .
IMPRESSIONSIn the Congress party's most inglorious hour, Rahul Gandhi struck a note that was gutsy and resolute. It was brave of him to expose the selfishness of some of his seniormost colleagues. His...
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