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The Republic Strikes Back: Indian Democracy Breathes Again
16 November 2015, by Badri RainaWhat Delhi inaugurated at the beginning of the year, Bihar has sealed at the end, namely, the revolt of reason against supervening gumption. Facts and arguments are once again to the fore, defeating bare-faced assertion and false appropriation. (...) -
A Victory For Secularism
16 November 2015, by Bharat DograTrust the Indian voters to protect the basic constitutional principles whenever these are most threatened. This time it was the turn of the politically alert Bihar voter to intervene on behalf of the cherished heritage of social harmony and (...) -
Bihar Assembly Elections 2015: Did spectra of horror Ranvir Sena’s patrons and protagonists influence votes?
16 November 2015, by A K BiswasThe RJD, JD (U) and Congress coalition has inflicted a crushing defeat on the BJP and its allies in the just concluded Vidhan Sabha election 2015, successfully driving a lesson on political morality with desirable significance. It will help the (...) -
Bihar Speaks
16 November 2015, by Arup Kumar SenThe massive victory of the Laloo-Nitish coalition in the Bihar Assembly elections signifies a verdict against the politics of hate and intolerance preached by the Modi-Amit Shah regime after the BJP came to power. It is also significant that the (...) -
Ved Bhasin — A Tribute
16 November 2015, by Badri RainaYou inaugurated your first flush Of youth by shoring up innocent Blood in the bylanes of your Beloved city. And then never Once looked back from doing what Had to be done to keep kashmiris Of all definition together against The hate-mongering, (...) -
Massacre at Delhi
16 November 2015, by Kuldip NayarI was on my way to Peshawar from Lahore to meet Khan Abdul Wali Khan, son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the Frontier Gandhi. My friend and I stopped at Abottabad, halfway, to have a cup of tea. The radio continuously blared that Prime Minister (...) -
Why I am returning my Award
16 November 2015, by Arundhati RoyThe Sahitya Akademi is India’s premier institution of letters, with a stated commitment to “promoting Indian literature throughout the world”.
Although I do not believe that awards are a measure of the work we do, I would like to add the National (...) -
Why I am Returning the National Awards
16 November 2015, by Tapan BoseFundamental freedoms, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom of movement are under serious threat in our country. Never in the history of independent India, we were told what kind of food we may eat and what we cannot eat, what (...) -
Syria Peace Talks a Small Step, but Leans Forward
16 November 2015, by M K BhadrakumarWhen diplomats from seventeen countries sit down together for the first time in a particular format and after “a frank and constructive discussion” for over seven hours manage to find common ground to issue a joint statement spelling out in nine (...) -
Panchayat Elections in UP Suggest New Trends
16 November 2015by Vivek Kumar Srivastava
The results of the panchayat elections in UP are indicative of the direction towards which the political power is shifting. Although these elections are not contested on party lines and are apolitical by nature, parties (...)
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