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People’s ‘Warrior’: Words and Worlds of P.C. Joshi by Gargi Chakravartty (ed.); Tulika Books, New Delhi; 2014; 474 + xxii pages; Rs 995.
It is an irony of history that P.C. Joshi, the architect of united front politics in (...)
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Revisiting P.C. Joshi in Today’s Context
30 May 2015, by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta -
Unmasking Modi Government’s Real Intentions
22 May 2015, by SCEDITORIAL
PM Narendra Modi has returned from his sojourn to China, Mongolia and South Korea, and is now busy preparing himself to celebrate the first anniversary of his advent to power at the Centre. Laudatory articles are being published in (...) -
An Indefensible Decision
22 May 2015by Kaleeswaram Raj
Chief Justice H.L Dattu has refused to participate in the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) which practically “stalled any immediate chances of constituting the new judicial appointments body”. (Krishnadas (...) -
Modi’s Trips to China, Mongolia, South Korea: Treading Carefully
22 May 2015, by Uttam SenThe Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s China visit must be intriguing experts and amateurs alike. There was a huge line-up list to be addressed. But the impression, that it was being negotiated withal through the symbolic representation of culture, (...) -
India Tries to Forge a New Relationship With China
22 May 2015, by M K BhadrakumarThe visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China last week (May 14-16) was never going to be easy. Modi was hard-pressed to juggle his agenda of economic reinvigoration at home (“development agenda”) with his firmer assertion of India’s (...) -
Do Our Leaders Follow Kings’ Six Qualities? Do they Avoid 14 Vices? Are Priests Pure?
22 May 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
These are frustrating times. True, there are big things that put India on centre-stage, such as the Prime Minister’s visit to China. But there are also petty things that shame us. We have farmers whose sense of honour makes them (...) -
The Indian National Congress: It Is Back
22 May 2015, by Badri RainaOne of the least prepossessing features of some recent Indian journalism—especially of the electronic channels—has been an unpleasantly motivated obsession with Rahul Gandhi. Barring a few “senior” journalists, who have sensitively sought to context (...) -
A People’s Historian Passes Away
22 May 2015, by Barun Das GuptaTRIBUTE
Death snatched away Dr Amalendu Guha, a historian, an economist, a prolific writer and a Marxist whose ideological conviction remained unshaken till the last day of his life. He breathed his last at Guwahati on May 7 at the ripe old age (...) -
BJP’s Pep Talks fail to Enthuse the Electorate in Bengal
22 May 2015by Arun Srivastava
The BJP lost the fight for strategic political relevance in Bengal to the CPI-M. Well before the elections to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation was announced, the BJP’s Chanakya, Amit Shah, had pepped up the saffron cadres and (...) -
Nayar’s Views have Disturbed . . .
22 May 2015COMMUNICATION
Kindly refer to the article of senior journalist Kuldip Nayar, “Disturbing Trend at AMU”, published in your prestigious publication on May 16, 2015.
Mr Nayar, while expressing his dismay and concern after returning from Aligarh, has (...)
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