Whither Communist Party?
The 22nd Congress of the CPI has begun on March 25 at Puducherry. The following article was intended to be published before the Congress but reached us late. It is thus being published now. More...
View ArticlePutin declassifies the Crimea file
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin's candid remarks for nearly an hour on the national television on Friday (March 13), coinciding with the first anniversary of Crimea becoming part of Russia once...
View ArticleSAARC, South Asia And Imperative Beyond Tired Rhetoric
by Dev PathakThe SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Charter Day on December 8, 2014 occasioned a moment for a critical self-reflection. This was also pertinent with reference to...
View ArticleSubhadra Kumari Chauhan — Poet, Writer, Freedom Fighter and Friend of the Poor
WOMEN'S WORLDindia's freedom movement was a time of high ideals for many writers and poets which inspired them to devote their literary talents and creativity to the larger cause of liberation of their...
View ArticlePublic Hero — Paying for Honesty
There is a joke doing the rounds, on failure of the pillars of the Constitution. Gandhiji in heaven asks Chitragupta as to how the three monkeys (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil) are doing in...
View ArticleMorarji Rubbished early Defence Efforts; New Moves must Make Up for Lost Decades
IMPRESSIONSAt the Aero India show in Bangalore, Narendra Modi made a statement that could well be a national motto. Said he: “I don't want India to be No. 1 in the import of defence equipment... We...
View ArticleWest Bengal at Crossroads: An Insight into the Emerging Political Dynamics
by Ayan GuhaPolitics of West Bengal is going through a transition. The Left seems to be on a road to steady decline while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking poised to take on the role of the...
View ArticleVedic Science: The hue of Saffron Ideology
by Navneet Sharma, Pradeep Nair and Harikrishnan B.“Ancient Sanskrit literature is full of descriptions of flying machines — Vimanas.... [T]he scientist sages Agastya and Bharadwaja had developed the...
View ArticleTedious Neighbours
Our neighbouring countries are getting curiouser and curiouser. Pakistan is determined to free Zia-ur Rahman Lakhvi who had masterminded the Mumbai attack in 2008 when some 165 people were killed at...
View ArticleFly High or Crash Land
The new BJP Government has placed its first complete Budget before Parliament. It shows great hope. The Finance Minister has anticipated a growth rate of 8.5 per cent. The Economist of February 21-27...
View ArticleThe Litmus Test
From N.C.'s WritingsThe menace of communalism looms large in this country today perhaps more than at any time before. With all the dire warnings being sounded repeatedly against the danger of...
View ArticleMiscarriage of Justice in Hashimpura
One of the most famous lines on the official All India Radio news bulletins during communal disturbances used to be ‘Sthiti tanavpurn lekin niyantran me hain (the situation is tense but under control)'...
View ArticleHow do we Live Down the Shame of Hashimpura?
EDITORIALThere are enough flip-flops in the Union Government's approach to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill. While it is determined to push the legislation through even by calling a joint session...
View ArticleChina's High Stakes in Yemen Conflict
The level of interest in Beijing on the developments in Yemen is apparently very high. This is only to be expected, arguably, considering that China depends on the Gulf countries for half of all its...
View ArticleLee deserved all the praise he got. But his idea of prosperity without...
IMPRESSIONSThe way the world reacted to Lee Kuan Yew's passing was a measure of the greatness he had achieved as the Prime Minister of Singapore. His lifelong disappointment was that he did not have a...
View ArticleWhat is Fundamentalism?
From N.C.'s WritingsFundamentalism has become a much-used term today—in politics and in the academia. And there are in vogue various types of the so-called fundamentalists—political, religious and...
View ArticlePeace-loving People of Indore Rebuff Communal Forces
by Vineet TiwariIs it wrong for people of different communities to co-exist peacefully and celebrate each other's festivals? Is it a sin for people to believe that the greatest faith on earth is...
View ArticleSplit In The Communist Movement — A Historic Necessity Or A Blunder?
by Tika Ram SharmaThe Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation last year. While for the CPM the split was a matter of ‘celebration', for others in the...
View ArticleKejriwal, the Aam Admi Party's supremo, silent on Communalism — the Gravest...
COMMUNICATIONIt is really shocking that neither during the election campaign of Delhi Assembly elections nor on the occasion of the swearing ceremony, Mr Kejriwal, the Aam Admi Party chief, has not...
View ArticleBehind Barbaric Lynching in Dimapur
MUSINGSThose of us who'd looked and sounded aghast at those officially conducted beheadings and killings in several countries, need to speak out at the barbaric lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's...
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