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• I don’t know anymore, what to make of what

  14 May
  by Farzana Behram Contractor
  All I know is, without exception, everyone seems to be afraid. Afraid of the outcome of the ongoing elections. Fear and uncertainty seem to be the general emotion everywhere. What will happen to our lives if the BJP  (...)

• The Anti-Congress Narrative: Identifying Truth and Falsehood

  14 May
  by Prem Singh
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  Narendra Modi, during the campaigning for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, had specifically emphasised two things: First, nothing has happened in the country during the Congress rule of the last 65 years. He, accusing the Congress  (...)

• Blasphemy perhaps, but Azhar’s Designation (or Not) Does Not Add Up to Much

  14 May, by M K Bhadrakumar
  Designation did not make Hafiz Saeed less lethal. As patriotic Indians, we savour this moment as we hear the good news that the United Nations is blacklisting Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. The country applauds India’s diplomats who have  (...)

• Kanhaiya values Prajita’s love

  14 May
  by Chandrasekhar Bhattacharjee
  It was August 23, 2017. The All India Students’ Federation and All India Youth Federation were organising a long march, much before the Farmers’ March in Maharashtra, from Kanya-kumari to Amritsar via Kolkata and  (...)

• Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Battleground of ‘Modi-ism’ versus ‘Mamata-ism’

  14 May
  by Pratip Chattopadhyay
  Elections to form the 17th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament have been under way with the declaration of the seven phases of election across the country by the Election Commission of India spanning from April 11 to May  (...)

• Marx and India

  14 May
  Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 and passed away in 1883. His 200th birth anniversary is now coming to a close. On this occasion we are carrying the following two articles for the benefit of our readers.
  by Rup Narayan Das
  At a time when the  (...)

• Karl Marx represented Essence of Human Thought

  14 May, by Anil Rajimwale
  Bicentenary of Karl Marx
  Celebrations of anniversaries usually become a routine exercise. But if we really analyse the achievements of Karl Heinrich Marx, and apply his method to the contemporary transition, the celebration of the 200th  (...)

• As History Whispers through Amazing Letters...

  14 May, by Avijit Pathak
  BOOK REVIEW
  Friendships of ‘Largeness and Freedom’: Andrews, Tagore, and Gandhi: An Epistolary Account, 1912-1940 by Uma Das Gupta (ed); Oxford University Press, New Delhi; 2018; pp. xc+502; Price: Rs 1495.
  I know that I am reviewing this book at  (...)

• Legacy of Chhotu Ram and the 2019 Parliamentary Elections in Haryana

  14 May
  by Ranbir Singh
  Deen Bandhu Sir Chaudhry Chhotu Ram was hailed as a Rehbareazam (the Great Leader) by the peasantry of colonial Punjab. He has been legitimately recognised by the specialists of Punjab politics and history as the tallest  (...)

• Where You Walk in Company..

  14 May
  Rabindranath Tagore’s 158th birth anniversary falls on Thursday (May 9, 2019).
  Where You Walk in Company...
  where you walk in company 
  with the world of men, 
  I am united with you. 
  Not in the forest retreat, 
  nor in isolation, 
  not even in the  (...)

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