by Arun Srivastava
Upsurge of the kisan mahapanchayats on massive scale in Haryana, Rjasthan and Punjab and broadening the base of the farmers’ movement has not only unnerved the RSS leadership but has also sharpened the contradiction between (...)
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RSS and BJP are engaged in the fight for their survival | Arun Srivastava
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Shaibal Gupta: A Life Devoted to the Service of Bihar | Muchkund Dubey
20 February, by Muchkund DubeyDr. Shaibal Gupta, recognized both nationally and internationally as an authority on understanding the roots of Bihar’s backwardness and its social and economic dynamics, passed away in Patna on 28 January 2021. He held many important positions (...) -
Romance and reality of farming over the years | B S Chauhan
20 Februaryby B S Chauhan
The ongoing farmers’ agitation in India is generating more heat than light. Suicides by farmers failed to get public attention. Protesting farmers are keeping the TV anchors, politicians, activists and official agencies on their (...) -
The WEF Agenda Behind Modi Farm Reform | F. William Engdahl
20 FebruaryIn September 2021 the UN will hold a Food Systems Summit. The aim will be to reshape world agriculture and food production in the context of the Malthusian UN Agenda 2030 “sustainable agriculture” goals. The recent radical farm laws from the government of Narenda Modi in India are part of the same global agenda, and it’s all not good.
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Covid-19 Vaccines: Politics, Nationalism and Diplomacy | K N Ninan
20 Februaryby K N Ninan
While commending the approval granted by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to two covid vaccines manufactured in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that this was a great achievement for realising ‘Atmanirbhar (...) -
Modi Cries. India Too Can Only Cry | TJS George
20 February, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Our Prime Minister cried in Parliament the other day. No, his face didn’t go into contortions of grief and the body did not shake with sobbing. His was a dignified crying that could be managed with a quick flashing of the thumb under (...) -
Karnataka Legislative Assembly: More representative, but less effective functionally | P. S. Jayaramu
20 Februaryby P. S. Jayaramu
An attempt is made in this article to analyse two important aspects of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly( KLA), firstly, how representative it has been over the decades and secondly, how effective its functioning has been. (...) -
Jata Shankar Jha (1926-2021): An Obituary of a Historian | Mohd Hussain Ganie
20 Februaryby Mohd Hussain Ganie *
Jata Shankar Jha (1926-2021), one of the eminent historians produced by Bihar, passed away on Thursday, 4 February, 2021. His death is indeed a great loss to the academic world. He was born in a village in Rajnagar, (...) -
Disha Ravi‘s Arrest: Foreboding of Authoritarian Tide | Vijay Kumar
20 FebruaryThe arbitrary arrest of Disha Ravi, young lady and an Environmental activist from her residence in Bengaluru on February 14 on trumped up charge and in utter violation of procedure prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure and the mandate (...) -
Remembering Frontier Gandhi / Disaster in Uttarakhand
20 February, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
February 10, 2021
February 6 was Khan Abdul Ghaffar’s Khan birth anniversary; he was born on 6 February 1890, in Utmanzai, Pakistan. Also, known as the Frontier Gandhi, he played a very, very significant role in the Independence (...)