Power is Only a Corollary
by Bishwajit SenThis, in my view, is the most revealing self-criticism in recent times to have come from a Communist Party (CPI) which is a part of the Left Front that ruled West Bengal just two years...
View ArticleIndia's Open Secrets—Effects on Sovereignty and Democracy
Junior Strategic PartnerAmerican spying challenges comprise three categories, namely, friends, enemies and problems. The top two challenges are Brazil and Egypt. That India is No. 3 challenge to U.S...
View ArticleIndia-Russia bhai bhai was working well. Is our US-leaning PM risking it?
IMPRESSIONSManmohan Singh, considered ineffective and unassertive, was noticeably effective and assertive on one issue: India moving closer to the United States. He succeeded so well that today India...
View Article‘Freedom and People's Emancipation': It's a Political and an Ethical Project
COMMUNICATIONHere is a response to Kobad Ghandy's “Questions of Freedom and People's Emancipation” (a six-part essay that appeared in this weekly, the first part on August 18, 2012, the sixth on...
View ArticleSri Lankan War Crimes: Need for an International Inquiry
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of England, is not the first one to call for an international inquiry into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka. Perhaps, he will be the first one among the heads...
View ArticleSerial Rape within Marriage: Why India's Feminists Skirt the Issues
WOMEN'S WORLDby ShrutiThe first anniversary of the “Nirbhaya” tragedy will soon be upon us. Doubtless there will be much self-congratulatory backward glancing to cherry-pick the “achievements” of the...
View ArticleRevisiting Jawaharlal Nehru's Idea of History
by Sukhdev Singh SohalIndia's high growth story revolves around the economic liberalisation policies of the 1990s. The economic reforms thrive on the foundations of the Indian economy laid down by the...
View ArticleJawaharlal Nehru — Builder of Modern Science and Promoter of Scientific Temper
Jawaharlal Nehru's farsighted vision and admirable leadership is responsible for develo-ping modern science in our country. He played a major role in establishing a modern scientific and technological...
View ArticleRajiv's Heirloom
From N.C.'s WritingsOne need not have to be an idol-worshipper to remember what Jawaharlal Nehru stood for, particularly today when one discerns clear neglect of the edifice that he along with his...
View ArticleNehru for Today
On the occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru's 124th birth anniversary on November 14 we are once again remembering our first PM who played such a crucial role in shaping post-independence India. We are...
View ArticleLoC Violation in Kashmir: Onus on Pakistan
I do not know why Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif goes over the same exercise on Kashmir every two-three months. He raised the question at the UN General Assembly and again men-tioned it during his meeting...
View ArticleThe Sino-Indian Story: Towards a Unity of Opposites
The Chinese news agency Xinhua had described Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to China as historic. The fact stems from a past that could facilitate solutions to the problems of the future, at least in our...
View ArticleBeyond Trivialities: One Right Step
EDITORIALAs the Sachin fever grips the whole country (not just Mumbai) in the ongoing second India-West Indies Test, the last—that is, the 200th—one being played by the master-blaster, the national...
View ArticleEditors Guild on Tejpal Episode
The following is the statement of the Editors Guild of India on the allegations of sexual assault involving the editor-in-chief of Tehelka and a journalist. The statement has been issued by the EGI...
View ArticleHeart-wrenching Account of a Household
BOOK REVIEWGhar by Vibhuti Narain Rai (Hindi novel to be published in Urdu in Pakistan).I was twenty, I won't let anyone say those are the best years of your life.—Paul Nizan in Eden Arabie Reading...
View ArticleOn the Question of Bharat Ratna
by Bishwajit SenWho should be considered the gem of India? A cricketeer, a leader or a littérateur? This is the latest controversy that has been blowing since Sachin Tendulkar got this coveted award on...
View ArticleMy Own Interactions with Nikhilda
MUSINGSIt was around the spring of 1987 I had first met Nikhil Chakravartty for an interview. He was then the Chairman of NAMEDIA, editor of the weekly Mainstream, and his column in the Sunday Observer...
View ArticleFactors of Maoist Movement among the Tribes of Central India
The ambush of a convoy killing 28 people returning from a rally with great impunity by the Maoists in the heart of Bastar in the month of May 2013 goes to prove their control over and the support of...
View ArticleSailen Ghosh's Contribution to Evolving an Alternative Paradigm is Invaluable
COMMUNICATIONSailendranath Ghosh, who left us for his heavenly abode in October, will be remembered forever for his deep understanding and writings about an alternative development paradigm. His highly...
View Article‘Freedom and People's Emancipation': It's a Political and an Ethical Project
COMMUNICATIONThe following is the reply of Kobad Ghandy, the Marxist-Maoist thinker lodged in the Capital's Tihar Jail, to the response of Bernard D'Mello, Deputy Editor, Economic and Political Weekly,...
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