Hindutva-Capitalism takes power / Attacks on Activists speak of Pathological...
Reproduction of Praful Bidwai's Recently Published ArticlesA Nightmare Materialises in India: Hindutva-Capitalism takes powerThe Lok Sabha election has produced what was easily the worst conceivable...
View ArticlePraful Bidwai is No More: Rest in Peace, Comrade
TributePraful Bidwai is no more. He died in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening (June 23, 2015) due to a cardiac arrest,With his death we have lost the ‘best Left-wing journalist' in this part of South Asia...
View ArticleParty with a Difference
All along we have been under the impression that what makes the Bharatiya Janata Party a party with a difference is its ideological commitment to Hindu nationalism. Turns out this is only one part of...
View ArticleLalitgate and Vyapam: Whither BJP?
EDITORIALWhether it was a broad hint or an unambiguous message, BJP patriarch L.K.Advani's recollection of what he himself had done when his name cropped up in the Jain-hawala scam was sufficient...
View ArticleIndo-Pak CBMs: A Crying Need of the Hour
by Duryodhan NahakIn modern times, the term confidence building measures (CBMs), assumes significance in the study of international politics. In a conflict-ridden world with growing discontent against...
View ArticleRSS Brand of Yoga on Display on June 21
MUSINGSYoga is a great form of exercise. So is walking, swimming, jogging and even classical dancing. Can the government make all these compulsory in our daily lives ...in schools, colleges or offices?...
View ArticleReturn of Pandits to Homeland: Need for a Humanistic and not Political Approach
by Aijaz Ashraf Wani and Mehrag Ud Din BhatOver the last few months a lot of political noise has been made over the issue of return of Kashmiri Pandits to their native land. However, instead of dealing...
View ArticleCelebration in the Era of Modi
by Imtiaz Ahmad AnsariLast year it was “achche din aane wale hain” (good days are about to come). It was in reference to two predictions. First, that a Modi-led government will be formed at the Centre...
View ArticleSo Many said So Much about Emergency Excesses. But why is there No Inquiry...
IMPRESSIONSWhat a surfeit of Emergency narratives we've had this past week! Not surprising, given the way those two years, 1975-77, changed the very character of Indian democracy. A generation has...
View ArticleOn India, Israel and Palestine
Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced recently that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Israel. Shri Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to do so. Indo-Israeli relations have witnessed...
View ArticleAftermath of 1965 War
The war between India and Pakistan in 1965 is 50 years old. Even today, hostilities are attributed to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the then Foreign Minister of Pakistan. This is correct. General Mohammad Ayub...
View ArticlePrasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: A True Bharat Ratna
From N.C.'s WritingsJune 29, 2015 marked the 122nd birth anniversary of Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. On this occasion we reproduce the following piece by N.C. that appeared at the time of...
View ArticleThe Greeks Have Spoken: What Happens Next?
by Kavaljit SinghThe Greek citizens have delivered a resounding ‘No' to bailout conditions demanded by creditors in a referendum held on Sunday, July 5. The referendum was announced by Greece's Prime...
View ArticleFar More Ominous
EDITORIALThe Times of India has twice in the past few days editorially brought into focus the seriousness of the Vyapam scam that has rocked not just the Madhya Pradesh Government headed by Shivraj...
View ArticlePradyot Lal Is No More
Pradyot Lal, a highly talented journalist who joined the profession in the 1980s, passed away at night on July 12, 2015. A product of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Pradyot started his...
View ArticleControversy on the National Anthem
COMMUNICATIONThe controversy over the national anthem, raked up by the Rajasthan Governor, once again highlights the bigotry and narrow-mindedness of a section of this country's opinion-makers who,...
View ArticleInculcating Ethical Values to Improve Current State of Governance
book reviewAarti KhoslaEthics for Governance—Reinventing Public Services by B.P. Mathur; Routledge India (Taylor and Francis India), New Delhi; August 2014; pages 408; Rs 495.The need for good...
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Food and Nutrition Aspects in India: A Growing Paradox
by Abhijit ChakrabortyThe recent discussion on Food and Nutrition aspects in India is related to the growing paradox in relation to the declining calorie consumption known as the calorie consumption...
View ArticleThe Real Face of Modi's Governance
by Arun SrivastavaIn the seventies when the message from Naxalbari was spreading fast to other parts of India and the police, especially the Calcutta Police, was brutally killing youths and students,...
View ArticleAre MPs the Trustees of People?
Over the years, I have found the Supreme Court in Pakistan, a country under constant influence of the military, is far more progressive than ours although India has been functioning in a free,...
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