Black Economy in India, its Global Dimensions and Impact on Policies: Some...
by Arun Kumar, Saumen Chattopadhyay, A. Sunil Dharan and Pawan KumarOn assuming office, the NDA Government has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) as per the directive of the Supreme Court to...
View ArticleFailed Economics and Logjam of Secularism
by Arun SrivastavaWhether the Congress failed secularism or secularism failed the Congress, the issue is yet to be resolved. But like the blame-game that erupted in the Congress just after its rout in...
View ArticleAmerican Oligarchs
REVIEW ARTICLESons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman; Grand Central Publishing, New York; 2014; pages: 424.“He who has no shame...
View ArticleCan Our Country have “Achhe Din” under Modi's Government?
COMMUNICATIONAfter the victory of the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014—in which fairness was the main casualty—and the formation of Modi's government, the BJP had loudly proclaimed that now the...
View ArticleThe Unconquerable Spirit of 1942
From N.C.'s WritingsAugust 9 this year marks the 72nd anniversary of the ‘Quit India‘ movement also known as the August Revolution. On this occasion we reproduce the piece that N.C. wrote in Mainstream...
View ArticleSocialism — What, Why, How?
I - Introduction“I am convinced that there is only one way to eliminate these great evils (of capitalism), namely, through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system...
View ArticleTribal Identity and Callous Bureaucracy: Violation of Centre's Notification...
In the third decade of the 20th century, the much popular iron-smelter community of Agaria was brought by the Britons from their ancestral land (name unknown) to Senduria village, a dusky hamlet in...
View ArticleOn Goan Migration
Sometime ago, I visited several villages and towns in the neighbouring districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka to meet people of Goan origin settled there. During the 16th and 17th centuries thousands...
View ArticleIndia-France Cooperation: Towards Enhanced Bilateral Partnership
The recent visit of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to India may not have resulted in clinching of the Rafale jet deal which is being negotiated since January 2012 but it surely is an important...
View ArticleA Look at Choice of Words in our Media
by Anil ChamadiaMEDIAThe Indian Express, the leading English language daily, published a news report on the front page of its June 30, 2014 issue with the following heading, “Delhi's RTI ‘terrorist'...
View ArticleImportance of being an Extremist
Amit Shah is a new word in the Sangh Parivar jargon. It means loyalty. Shah is, without any doubt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Man Friday. But what differentiates him from others is the blind faith...
View ArticleModi, Nehru and the Palestine Issue
India's forthright, unambiguous statement in the UN forums identifying itself with the anguish and anger of the world community over Israel's war crimes in Gaza has evoked a range of strange responses...
View ArticleLight and Dark
EDITORIALOn August 1, US Secretary of State John Kerry called on PM Narendra Modi in the Capital and pointed out that the failure to clinch the trade facilitation deal at WTO “undermines” the NDA...
View ArticleOn SC Judge's Views
COMMUNICATIONSupreme Court judge A.R. Dave opines that children imbibing Ramayana and Mahabharata and reverting to the guru-shishya parampara will make society less violent. This is disputable, besides...
View ArticleModi's Visit to Nepal: An Assessment
by Sangeeta ThapliyalIndia's relations with Nepal got a new fillip with Prime Minister Modi's visit on August 3, this month. Modi's popularity had cut across party lines in Nepal. He reached out to the...
View ArticleThe Idea of Partition Recedes in Shadows
India's independence or the migration of Hindus and Muslims on the basis of religion is as old as fiftyseven years. I remember leaving my home in Sialkot city on August 14 itself because the new state...
View ArticleAssam's Cultural Guru Jyoti Prasad Agarwala: A Symbol of Patriotism and...
by Pranjit AgarwalaJyoti Prasad Agarwala (1903-1951) is revered as the cultural guru of Assam. He brought about a renaissance in Assamese literature and culture which helped establish its own identity...
View ArticleElites as the Economic Problem
BOOK REVIEWby G. OmkarnathIndian Economy since Independence: Persisting Colonial Disruption by Arun Kumar; Vision Books, New Delhi; pp. xxiv + 792 (hardbound); price: Rs 1450.At the turn of the new...
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Relevance of Article 370 in the Indian Constitution
The BJP has been brought to power at the Centre by the Indian corporates in place of the Congress-led UPA-2, which is a decaying force, to extend the capitalist rule of the Indian neo-liberal...
View ArticleIn India—and in No Other Country—Rape is Justified by Home Ministers, MPs,...
IMPRESSIONSIn this season of rape...ugh, what a miserable way to start a column! If only we could say instead: "In this land of milk and honey where the sun shines equally on all and the birds..." But...
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