Neo-converts to Moditva and Flabbergasted Left-Liberals
The following is a sequel to the author's article on the Left-liberals' approach to Moditva in the post-election scenario.by Biswajit RoyIn a month after Narendra Modi's advent to the South Block with...
View ArticleThe Burden of Inequity
It is a marvel of nature that worthwhile people may be found in the most unlikely places.Take Mr Jaitley; civilised in demeanour, a sophisticated listener, quick on the uptake and sharp in repartee,...
View ArticleModi's 50 Days in Office
If the first 50-odd day of rule by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is any guide, it is a Rightist Government which has taken over India. The Nehruvian ideology which tilts towards the Left has been...
View ArticleA Book-keeper's Exercise
From N.C.'s WritingsIt's like a political rope trick, Chidambaram's maiden Budget as the Finance Minister of the United Front Government. Everyone from V.P. Singh and Somnath Chatterjee to the captains...
View ArticleA Budget for Hindu Rashtra or Secular India?
by Arun SrivastavaImpassioned election speeches of Narendra Modi to create a Congress-Mukt Bharat (an India Free of the Congress) was not aimed only at changing the political system and power structure...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Game 2014 - 15
Do the slew of Budget proposals tell a coherent story with its main characters and their roles defining their relativities vis-à-vis each other and in the process unravel the overall plot and the moral...
View ArticleFDI in Defence: Some Questions
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech has said that his government was raising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in Defence from 26 per cent to 49 per cent. (He is also the...
View ArticleAccolades Abroad, Darkness at Home
EDITORIALIn his first major global outing at Fortaleza, Brazil to attend the BRICS Summit, the country's new PM Narendra Modi has been able to successfully project India's international image while...
View ArticleVidya Munsi Is No More
Vidya Munsi breathed her last at the age of 95 in the morning of July 7 at Kolkata. She was not only a leading figure in the Indian women's movement but also one of the country's veteran journalists....
View ArticleAftermath of Parliamentary Elections 2014: Fears and Uncertainties may Revive...
The outcome of the 16th parliamentary elections (2014) has thrown up intractable surprises, if not enigma, defying understanding and inter-pretation. Two prominent players—Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and...
View ArticleOn the Current Contradictions of Global Capitalism
BOOK REVIEWCapital in the Twentyfirst Century by Thomas Piketty; Harvard University Press, London; 2014.This important book is in the tradition of the classical political economy of Adam Smith, David...
View ArticleChicken-heart
From N.C.'s WritingsThe unprovoked shooting down of an Iranian civilian airbus by the US warships in the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf on July 3 killing nearly 300 innocent lives,...
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16th Parliament Elections: A Clear Mandate
by P. SakthivelUnlike in the previous Parliament elections, this time the people's verdict was very clear and they voted the BJP to come to power. By securing 282 seats the BJP has formed the...
View ArticleDemocracy the Corporate World Dislikes
The West is known for its rich tradition of being a constant champion of the values of democracy such as equality, freedom, rights, and justice. It has legitimised its positive intervention in all wars...
View ArticleParting Of “Friend Of The Court” Gopal Subramanium: IB and CBI kowtowing to...
by Mustafa KhanThe Intelligence Bureau and Central Bureau of Investigation became obsequious to Narendra Modi even before he assumed the office of the PM. This is well illustrated in the personal...
View ArticleBlacklisting NGOs: Fixing Party Agenda as the National Agenda
Last month (June) the Intelligence Bureau (IB) submitted a report marked SECRET to the Union Home Ministry about some NGOs which, the IB alleged, were “making concerted efforts to ‘take down' Indian...
View ArticleBapu Wrong Yet Again
With the change of regime at the Indian Centre, things that never happened before are beginning to happen.A venerated Shankaracharya, who has to his credit sound, secular-humanist wisdom,...
View ArticleDefeat Talibanisation
I find it strange that New Delhi is not seriously considering the pros and cons of what happens once the American and NATO forces reduce their presence in Afghanistan only in the shape of a few...
View ArticleTragedy in Donbas Sky and Ukraine Crisis
The Malaysian aircraft crash on July 17 over the Donbas sky in Ukraine that caused death to all the 298 passengers and crew members of the flight is no doubt a serious tragedy of huge magnitude....
View ArticleModi Government deviates from Historical Stand on Palestine
by Vivek Kumar SrivastavaNot so much enthusiasm has been exhibited by the Modi Government in criticising the lethal aggression on Gaza, where hundreds have been killed by Israel. This explicitly shows...
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