Remembering Theatre Critic Ramesh Chander 'Charlie' (1917-2012)
TRIBUTE On September 26, 2012 at the ripe age of 97, veteran theatre critic Ramesh Chander, popu-larly known as ‘Charlie', died in the Capital after a prolonged illness. With his death, India lost...
View ArticleReading Mohit Sen's Autobiography in the Ideological Twilight of Indian...
by PRATIP CHATTOPADHYAY The following is an article written specially on the occasion of Communist stalwart S.A. Dange's 113th birth anniversary on October 10, 2012. I Ideologies are not simply...
View ArticleJP: Some Reflections
On the occasion of Jayaprakash Narayan's 110th birth anniversary we are carrying the following piece written by N.C. under the pseudonym ‘Analyst' ANALYST Jayaprakash Narayan has carried with him...
View ArticleOminous Moves in Kathmandu • Attrition on Border • Reappraisal in Congo |...
FROM N.C.'S WRITINGS Fifty years ago in this month itself the Chinese aggression on India rocked the country. It formally happened on October 20 but the preparations for it were going on for quite...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi resets ties with US
This article was written sometime ago but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. It is now being belatedly published as its contents have not yet lost their vailidity. The confusion in...
View ArticleUS Election and the Wheels of History
CREDIT CARD WARS by A COMMENTATOR Those who witnessed the historic Denver debate between Mitt Romney and US President Barack Obama might have not been allowed to think freely by the media which is busy...
View ArticleProtector of National Sovereignty fighting Multinationals' Misdeeds
COMMUNICATION On September 26 Dr Banwarilal Sharma breathed his last at the PGI hospital in Chandigarh. For the academic world, Dr Sharma was a highly accomplished mathematician of international...
View ArticleHalf a Battle Won, the Wider Task Ahead
The agreement reached on October 11 between the government and Jan Satyagraha, the Gandhian movement for land reforms, has created conducive conditions for the foot-march of over 50,000 people to end...
View ArticleA Cruel Joke
Even as the debate over FDI in multi-brand retail continues in various forms on TV channels and newspaper articles, the alleged favours to the Congress President-cum-UPA chairperson's son-in-law have...
View ArticleManmohan & Co.'s Subservience to US is What Makes FDI a Bad Word
IMPRESSIONS Opposition to the FDI-in-retail idea is genuine and widespread. The main reason is the people's distrust of politicians including, in this case, Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister is seen...
View ArticleIn Search of a People's Alternative
K.N. RAMACHANDRAN This article reached us sometime ago but could not be used earlier for unavoidable reasons. Kuldip Nayar had concluded his article “Where is the Vision?”(Mainstream, June 30) with...
View ArticleVital Contours of Moscow- Delhi Cooperation
Political analysts are of the view that India and Russia today have several concurring interests. Besides the systematic growth of bilateral relations—that have registered a steady development since...
View ArticleNational Emergency arising out of Chinese Aggression
The following is the full text of the resolution adopted at the first mee;ting of the CPI National Council after the Chinese aggression. Thiis meeting took place in New Delhi on November 1, 1962. The...
View ArticleReflections on Nehru and Sino-Indian War
AFTER FIFTY YEARS Even fifty years after the India-China war of 1962, balanced and dispassionate analysis of the event is hard to come across. While the Chinese side of the story is available in plenty...
View ArticleBackground to the Chinese Invasion
DOCUMENT The following is a factual background to the large-scale Chinese invasion that took place in September-October 1962. It was released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)'s External...
View ArticleThe 1962 War
The India-China war in 1962 is 50 years old. Yet the question that remains unanswered is whether it was a military debacle or a political hara-kiri. It is true that our defence forces were vanquished...
View ArticleLooking Back on History: Fifty Years after the Chinese Aggression
On October 20, 1962, the Chinese Army launched a full-fledged aggression—there is no point in trying to dilute that hard fact by saying it was a mere ‘border war'—against India. This year, 2012, marks...
View ArticleWhat Invasion has Shown Up • Need for World Publicity
FROM N.C.'S WRITINGS October 20 this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese aggression on India. On this occasion we are carrying N.C.'s ‘New Delhi Skyline' published in Mainstream seven...
View ArticleRussia Bridges Middle Eastern Divides
A multi-billion dollar arms deal with Iraq, a summit meeting with Turkey, a fence-mending exercise with Saudi Arabia, a debut with Egypt's Sphinx-like Muslim Brothers—all this is slated to happen...
View ArticlePolitical Culture of Engaging with the State
India has a rich history of political culture to engage with the state. The transition from a colonial hegemonic state to a post-colonial, non-hegemonic, democratic and decentralised state that claims...
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