Bhupendranath Datta: Imagining a New India
COMMUNICATIONBhupendranath Datta is not a well-known thinker in Indian political thought. He was the younger brother of Swami Vivekananda, whose name is often invoked by the proponents of Hindu...
View ArticleLynching is the Game-changer in New India
by Mustafa KhanThe lynching of Tabrez Ansari was by means of threat and violence perpetrated with utter impunity for hours on end, nay, for days together. This is the darkest hour in the history of...
View ArticleThe Economic Growth - Climate Change Conundrum
In the years immediately preceding World War II, Winston Churchill is quoted as having said: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing expedients, of delays, is coming to its close ......
View ArticleEconomic Survey 2018 -19: Prescriptions do not follow the Analysis
An Economic Survey is a document that surveys the economy in the financial year just past. So, it lists the issues confronting the economy and gives prescriptions for how to tackle these problems....
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Essence of Rahul's Ideological Assertion
EDITORIALIn the wake of several developments at the national level, doubtless the most significant event of late has been the decision of Congress President Rahul Gandhi to step down from his post as...
View ArticleCom Shameem Faizee as I knew Him
TRIBUTEby B.K. KangoCom Shameem Faizee was from Nagpur. During those days under the leadership of Com A.B. Bardhan and others Nagpur had a strong working class movement and party. Sensitive and...
View ArticleShameem Faizee is No More
by Krishna JhaTRIBUTEI refuse to shed tears for him. And refuse to accept him as a memory. He will be there, always, judging, advising, patiently listening to us for a stretch of time, then with a...
View ArticleLet not Truths be Tongueless — II
Tossed summarily from a train,Gandhi reset his glasses;A vision dawned, and the EmpireBegan to count its losses.However thwarted, Chaplin, BrechtSaid what they had to say;Chaplin and Brecht are still...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Election Commission of India
Shri Sunil Arora, Chief Election CommissionerShri Ashok Lavasa, Election CommissionerShri Sushil Chandra, Election CommissionerElection Commission of IndiaNirvachan SadanNew DelhiIndiaSirs,Serious...
View ArticleJuly 1993 Tribute to Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
From N.C.'s WritingsJune 29, 2019 marked the 126th birth anniversary of Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. On this occasion we reproduce the following piece by N.C. that appeared at the time of...
View ArticleDo Not Endorse Lynchings, Please
IMPRESSIONSIn a democracy, a working majority is better than a brute majority. This is especially so in a country like India where the structure of democracy is honoured while the spirit is not. The...
View ArticleReturn of }Hindutva: A Challenge for Secularism
BOOK REVIEWHindutva's Second Coming by Subhas Gatade; published by Media House, Delhi; 2019; pages: 272; Rs 395 (US $ 18).The return of Modi to power with a huge margin in this 2019 election is a clear...
View ArticleReturn of Hindutva: A Challenge for Secularism
BOOK REVIEWHindutva's Second Coming by Subhas Gatade; published by Media House, Delhi; 2019; pages: 272; Rs 395 (US $ 18).The return of Modi to power with a huge margin in this 2019 election is a clear...
View ArticleLynching in Post-Election West Bengal
Barely a month after the publication of results of the parliamentary elections, a draconian act of lynching took place in the Maldah district of West Bengal. A Muslim youth, who was beaten up by “few...
View ArticleAssam NRC — a Humanitarian Crisis Looming Large - CSSS Fact-Finding Team's...
DOCUMENT“Citizenship is man's basic right for it is nothing less than the right to have rights. Remove this priceless possession and there remains a stateless person, disgraced and degraded in the eyes...
View ArticleSpectre of New India
by Zulafqar AhmedIndia has been an epitome of pluralism, tolerance, and diversity since the ages. The religious, cultural, and ethnic diversity of India has left inerasable imprints all over the world....
View ArticleKhushwant Singh's Foresight on Hindutva Fascism
MUSINGSThere was something or everything so very extraordinarily different to Khushwant Singh that even after five years of his passing away he holds sway. At the recently concluded Khushwant Singh...
View ArticleDo We Need a Bill Criminalising Instant Triple Talaaq?
by Ram PuniyaniA debate is raging about a Bill on triple talaaq introduced by the Modi 2.0 government in Parliament in June 2019. Probably this first major effort by this government is based on the...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2019-20: The Numbers Do Not Add Up
by A. Sunil DharanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented her maiden Budget under conditions that are extremely trying for the economy. Economic growth has slumped from 8.2 per cent in...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2019-20: Belying Expectations of Boosting Growth
The government was expected to present a big-bang Budget since it has a massive majority in Parliament. It was hoped that the Budget would help take the economy out of its current troubles. Soon after...
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