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• Do Not Endorse Lynchings, Please

  13 July, by T J S George
  IMPRESSIONS
  In a democracy, a working majority is better than a brute majority. This is especially so in a country like India where the structure of democracy is honoured while the spirit is not. The effects of the brute majority enjoyed by the  (...)

• July 1993 Tribute to Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

  13 July, by Nikhil Chakravartty

  June 29, 2019 marked the 126th birth anniversary of Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. On this occasion we reproduce the following piece by N.C. that appeared at the time of Mahalanobis’ birth centenary. This is particularly important now that the Narandra Modi dispensation has decided to completely devalue and destroy the Planning Commission which was painstakingly built during the days of the Nehru-Mahaalanobis model of development that charted out the path for the country’s self-reliant regeneration.

• Open Letter to the Election Commission of India

  13 July
  Shri Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner
  Shri Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner
  Shri Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioner
  Election Commission of India
  Nirvachan Sadan
  New Delhi
  India
  Sirs,
  Serious Irregularities in the Conduct of General  (...)

• Let not Truths be Tongueless — II

  13 July, by Badri Raina
  Tossed summarily from a train,
  Gandhi reset his glasses;
  A vision dawned, and the Empire
  Began to count its losses.
  However thwarted, Chaplin, Brecht
  Said what they had to say;
  Chaplin and Brecht are still with us,
  The Fuhrer has gone his way.  (...)

• Shameem Faizee is No More

  13 July
  by Krishna Jha
  TRIBUTE
  I refuse to shed tears for him. And refuse to accept him as a memory. He will be there, always, judging, advising, patiently listening to us for a stretch of time, then with a soft, stern smile, give one of his one-liners  (...)

• Com Shameem Faizee as I knew Him

  13 July
  TRIBUTE
  by B.K. Kango
  Com Shameem Faizee was from Nagpur. During those days under the leadership of Com A.B. Bardhan and others Nagpur had a strong working class movement and party. Sensitive and intelligent, young Shameem was influenced by the  (...)
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  Essence of Rahul’s Ideological Assertion

  7 July, by SC
  EDITORIAL
  In the wake of several developments at the national level, doubtless the most significant event of late has been the decision of Congress President Rahul Gandhi to step down from his post as the head of the grand old party. In a  (...)

• Economic Survey 2018 -19: Prescriptions do not follow the Analysis

  7 July, by Arun Kumar
  An Economic Survey is a document that surveys the economy in the financial year just past. So, it lists the issues confronting the economy and gives prescriptions for how to tackle these problems. Usually the solutions to the problems are  (...)

• The Economic Growth - Climate Change Conundrum

  7 July, by S G Vombatkere
  In the years immediately preceding World War II, Winston Churchill is quoted as having said: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing expedients, of delays, is coming to its close ... ... in its place we are entering a period of  (...)

• Lynching is the Game-changer in New India

  7 July
  by Mustafa Khan
  The lynching of Tabrez Ansari was by means of threat and violence perpetrated with utter impunity for hours on end, nay, for days together. This is the darkest hour in the history of India which marks a departure of Narendra Modi  (...)

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