Why Is Left Unity So Vital Today?
COMMUNICATIONAt a time when the Left forces are in obvious decline, why is it so important to emphasise the need for unity of the Left forces and strengthening of the Left forces? The reason for this...
View ArticleOminous Signals
EDITORIALStriking a note of departure from what PM Narendra Modi had promised the electorate during his whirlwind Lok Sabha election campaign earlier this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said...
View ArticleRevisiting and Contextualising Nehruvian Economic Philosophy
by Ranjit Singh GhumanPrior to its independence on August 15, 1947 India had a bigger industrial sector than any other country which became a European colony. It was unique in being an industrial...
View ArticleNehru's Striking Relevance for Our Times
REVIEW ARTICLEby Nirupam SenNehruvian Economic Philosophy and its Contemporary Relevance edited by Ranjit Singh Ghuman and Indervir Singh; publisher: Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial...
View ArticleNehru and his Views on Secularism
by Vivek Kumar SrivastavaWhen the country celebrates the 125th birth anniversary of Pandit Nehru, an occasion arrives to explore his most important contribution to all of us. That is to be found in his...
View ArticleOnset of an Anniversary
The 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru would roll on from November 14, 2014. Had there been a Congress Government, the occasion would have been marked by pomp and show though it would not...
View ArticleNehru's Vision Must Guide us in these Troubled Times
by Mushirul HasanMy vision is the same as that of Nehru, even though the old certitudes of Indian politics have crumbled. Fifty years later, Nehru's idea of India and his conception of tolerant,...
View ArticleLetter to Nehru, Fifty Years After
I don't quite know how to address you, so I shall simply say hello, Chacha, happy birthday. Do always be well. I imagine there is no dearth of roses where you are, or of laughing children in the park,...
View ArticleNehru and Planning in India
In 1937, the Congress formed Ministries in seven provinces under the Government of India Act of 1935. The massive vote received by the Indian National Congress even under a restricted franchise system...
View ArticleReclaiming Nehru's Legacy
by Sucheta MahajanOn the eve of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, it is time to pause and recall some aspects of his contribution to the freedom struggle and the transition to a modern,...
View ArticleMeaning of Agni
From N.C.'s WritingsThe week, that marked the twentyfifth anni-versary of the passing away of Jawaharlal Nehru —on May 22, 1989, India projected a political image of its strength and determination...
View ArticleNehru for Today
On the occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru's 125th birth anniversary on Novermber 14, we are remembering our first PM by reproducing his following words that are highly relevant in the present situation....
View ArticleG-20: Reviving the Call for a Global Financial Transaction Tax
The G-20 Leaders' Summit will take place on November 15 and 16 in Brisbane, Australia. The Summit is expected to discuss a wide range of global policy issues and challenges from corruption to taxation...
View ArticleBJP Brooms and Communal Riots
MUSINGSIs there a broom that can brush aide the suffocating-polluting air around! The atmosphere in this Capital city is so poisonous that most of us are either coughing or sneezing or wheezing or...
View ArticleCommunal Harmony And Deep Concern For The Poor: Basic Heritage of the Freedom...
One of the most inspiring aspects of India's freedom movement was that it emphasised many-sided constructive activities for creating a better society. While many significant concerns were emphasised,...
View ArticleIcons of the National Movement
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh- bhai Patel are the two icons of the freedom movement. One was Left-of-the-Centre and the other Right-of-the-Centre but they sank their ideological...
View ArticleA Wide Gap yawns between the BJP and Congress
IMPRESSIONSIn the midst of all the churnings that are transforming India's political space, no one is talking about the Communist Parties. Obviously no one cares. The decline and fall of this once...
View ArticleMore than a Streak of Authoritarianism
EDITORIALLast Sunday (November 9) PM Narendra Modi carried out the first expansion of his Cabinet after being sworn in six months ago.By making Goa CM Manohar Parrikar a full-time Defence Minister he...
View ArticleLetter from Kolkata: Is Mamata fit to be the Chief Minister?
Siddhartha Nath Singh, the BJP leader in charge of West Bengal, has made a highly controversial comment, which may kick up a hullabaloo at the national level. Right at this moment there is no need to...
View ArticleFeminist-Socialist Transformation facing Neo-Liberal Capitalism
WOMEN'S WORLDWe have to distinguish between the Socialist Movement which tries to carry out transformation in the mode of production and Feminist Movements with a limited agenda of “equality”, though...
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