Money Makes the Mare Go
That the Indians have stashed money abroad was known even when I began my journalism career almost 60 years ago. The West German Government once provided us with the list of depositors. But nothing...
View ArticleReal Face of Hindutva Leadership
POLITICAL NOTEBOOKAs the pre-election tension grips several States going to polls to elect Assemblies where electoral campaign is on in full swing, the latest incident in Srinagar's National Institute...
View ArticleBJP's Duplicity and Artful Demagogy
COMMUNICATIONThe BJP, the ruling party at the Centre, has earned notoriety for duplicity, artful demagogy for non-implementation of promises and tall talk. It has been implementing the RSS agenda of...
View ArticleIndia's Cost of Evading ‘Western Enlightenment'
by Arup MaharatnaIn this essay we seek to posit that many of the major ills that presently afflict Indian politics, society, and culture are attributable, in a large measure, to its resolute escape...
View ArticleDefence of Constitution and Democracy: Need for Democratic Unity
History often teaches through events the lessons not learnt through theory. To forget the serious history of Germany, Italy and Europe of the 1930s and other events is a serious lapse on the part of...
View ArticleWhat were the Main Incentives for Creation of ASEAN?
by Shubhra BhargavaThe Association of South-East Asian Nations is an economic and political organisation with ten member-nations. The ASEAN was formed on August 8, 1967. The member-states are:...
View ArticleI Am An Indian Too
by Fayezah IqbalI am a Muslim and an Indian too to supplement my identity description. Despite knowing the fact that the raging times of minority hatred will add to more alienation of Muslims at every...
View ArticleAmbedkar, the Architect of Damodar Valley Corporation
April 14, 2015 marks Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary. The following article is being published on that occasion.Sometime in April 2003 a Bengali engineer of the Damodar...
View ArticleChina Adapts to Change in Myanmar as South Block is in Hibernation
India should warm up to Aung San Suu Kyi. The democratically elected government in Myanmar, that took over power on March 30, has received its first foreign dignitary on official visit—Chinese Foreign...
View ArticleMyanmar: New Parliament, Sui Kyi and the Rohingyas
by Aparupa BhattacherjeeDespite the opposition from those parliamen-tarains closer to the Establishment, the new parliament in Myanmar has passed a bill providing a new position for Suu Kyi. With the...
View ArticleChennai Floods and Floods of Politics
by Velayutham SaravananLast three months, Tamil Nadu politics was sailing on floods that occurred in the Chennai city. Interestingly enough, the main reason for the Chennai floods was opening-up the...
View ArticleReading the Triumph of the Left in Kerala and Apprehensions for the Future /...
The following two articles reached us quite sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. There are now being published before the Kerala Assembly elections.Reading the...
View ArticleFall of a State that was once a World Model; Kerala VIPs face the Fury of a...
IMPRESSIONSFor the first time in history a woman of colourful reputation, backed by a jail term, has become the fulcrum of power in the State, holding the Chief Minister, several Ministers, MLAs and...
View ArticleEvolution of Political Corruption
From N.C.'s WritingsIn just about a year's time, we shall be celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the country's independence when power was transferred from the unwilling hands of the British rulers...
View ArticleShould there be Provision for a Plebiscite?
One key debate in the Indian Constituent Assembly was on the appointment of Governors. Many argued that a State's High Court Chief Justice could fulfil the ornamental role when required. Equally fierce...
View ArticleMen, Women and the Nation: Semiotics of Hindu Nationalism
by Navneet Sharma and Pradeep NairTrident (Trishul)is a symbol of Hindu religion and not a weapon.... its distribution is a movement to realise our goal of [the] Hindu Rashtra. —A Hindu fanatic...
View ArticleAssam Polls, Kollam Tragedy, India-US
POLITICAL NOTEBOOKThe polling and campaign for the State Assembly elections are in full swing. Even though the States where elections are being held do not have any strong presence of the ruling party...
View ArticleComprehending Indian Politics from Indira Gandhi's Last Term as PM
BOOK REVIEWby Amna MirzaAutumn Of The Matriarch: Indira Gandhi's Final Term In Office by Diego Maiorano; Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers India; 2015; 261 pages; Price: Rs 599.History has narratives...
View ArticleBeyond JNU : Rising Above Scandalous Chauvinism and Fake Secularism
by Diptendra RaychaudhuriMany years ago, I went to Punjab to cover an election held in the backdrop of terrorism tearing apart peace and prosperity of the State. That was in 1992. I was young, still...
View ArticleAmbedkar and his Vision of Socialism
by Vivek Kumar SrivastavaBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891-December 6, 1956) was not a socialist in the typical term though he had an inclination towards evolutionary socialism; he developed his...
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