90th Anniversary of the CPI - Communist Party in a Colonial Country:...
The Communist Party of India was born in the conditions of colonial rule of British imperialism. This imparted certain distinctive features to the party, in addition to its usual nature of a Communist...
View ArticleRabindranath Tagore and the Freedom of India from British Rule
by Purusottam BhattacharyaThere is a prevailing misconception that Rabindranath Tagore was not robust enough in his opposition to British rule in India. It is even thought in some circles, that Tagore...
View ArticleIn Dhaka Language Movement: Lessons in Student Politics
Kanti Biswas took up teaching in Quaid-i-Azam Memorial College, Gopalganj in his native place and earned unreserved goodwill and approbation from all sections—students, guardians and the public alike....
View ArticleA Communist Speaks: Memoirs of a Namasudra
REVIEW ARTICLEAmar Jeevan: Kichu Katha (Bengali) by Kanti Biswas; Ekush Shatak, Kolkata; October 2014; pages 144, Price: Rs 150.The privileged can rarely assess and analyse the damage and hurt caste...
View ArticlePandit Nehru's Vision of a Tolerant Society
Religious tolerance and liberal acceptance of diverse faiths within an accommodative fold have always been the central concern of India's social character since ancient days. It can be said that Pandit...
View ArticleAttempts to Obliterate the Nehru Legacy ignoring Tributes paid to It
“To endeavour to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else.”—Jean de La Buruyers, French SatiristWe are indeed passing through a saddening scenario when the birth anniversary of a...
View ArticleIndo-Naga Framework Agreement: Apprehensions and Expectations
The Indo-Naga Framework Agreement is a catalytic moment promising a more flexible template of peace-making. The agreement, signed on August 3, 2015, has established the broad principles that would...
View ArticleOn Reservations
The following is a note by the author on a discussion on Affirmative Action in the private sector during a two-day international seminar on ”Dalits and African-Americans in 21st Century: Learning from...
View ArticleCandidly Baring out the Stark Realities of Kashmir
BOOK REVIEWThe Many Faces of Kashmiri Nationalism—From the Cold War to the Present Day by Nandita Haksar; Speaking Tiger, New Delhi; 2015; pages: 335; Price: Rs 350.The Many Faces Of Kashmiri...
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Democratic Decentralisation in J&K: Gender and Political Change
by Gull Wani and Effat YasminIntroductionThe democratic renewal globally has created opportunities for more decentralisation of economic and political power. Panchayati Raj Institutions or democratic...
View ArticleHunger and Distress Peak towards Alarming Levels in Bundelkhand
While hunger, deprivation, mass distress and migration have been widely reported from Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh in recent years, this year has seen the peaking of these distress conditions....
View ArticleLand and People: 1894 To 2015
Control over LandLand is a non-renewable resource. Along with water, it is essential for survival of human and non-human species. It is not merely a source of food and livelihood for the...
View ArticleBullet Trains: A Costly Toy India Can Ill Afford
As part of his overall policy to counter China in the Indian Ocean region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widening and deepening Indo-Japanese cooperation. It spans a wide area, from defence to...
View ArticleGlobal Warming: After Paris, What?
by Binoy ViswamFinally the world has come to an agreement in Paris. It was the outcome of intense negotiations for two weeks, with representatives of 190 countries attempting to find ways and means to...
View ArticleIn Paris Summit Rich West evaded responsibility for Global Warming
The 21st Conference of Parties (or CoP 21) has just ended. Signed by negotiators from nearly 200 countries a legal agreement has set ambitious goals to limit temperature rises and hold govern-ments to...
View ArticleA Mountain of Darkness surrounds Disappearance of the Koh-i-Noor from India
COMMUNICATIONThis is a mystery of history. Veteran columnist and author Kuldip Nayar want us to believe that the Koh-i-Noor ”belongs to them (British) and that Lord Dalhousie fraudulently took it away...
View ArticlePartition Museum sans Britain
I liked the idea of a Museum on Partition. There was a lot of enthusiasm for it. But I find to my horror that the Partition Museum would be a branch of the British Museum, which would also supervise...
View ArticleA Christmas Story in the Modi Era
Last year, the then brand new government of India declared 25th December to be Good Governance Day in honour of Atal Behari Vajpayee, a bachelor activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a founder...
View ArticleFear of War rising in Europe
The author was recently in Italy and Greece, the two European countries most affected by the refugee-migrant influx. Here he shares his experiences and impressions of the visit with our...
View ArticleYemen Fighting Causing Disaster
A bigger tragedy than that of Syria is taking place in the small, poor Middle-East country of Yemen, which is being constantly bombed by a coalition of nine countries led by Saudi Arabia, fighting on...
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