[Revised and Updated on 20 June 2015]
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By the time these lines come out in print Sitaram Yechury would be completing three weeks in office as the General Secretary of the largest communist formation in the country, the CPI-M. In (...)
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Left Perspective Today
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Widen the Circle, Broaden the Left
9 May 2015, by Badri RainaThe Communist Party of India-Marxist has a new helmsman. Sitaram Yechury, a less forbidding man than his predecessor, carries with him the sunny goodwill of many inside and outside the Party. Many among the general middle classes, who view (...) -
Bengal Local Poll Results Don’t Bode Well for the Bjp, Left
9 May 2015, by Praful BidwaiThe Trinamul Congress has pulled off a massive victory in West Bengal’s municipal elections by winning 71 of 92 civic bodies (up from 38 won in 2010). Its Kolkata win was even more crushing: 114 of 144 wards (95 in 2010). The entire Opposition (...) -
Beginning Once Again — The CPI-M has a New Struggle Ahead
9 May 2015, by Gopalkrishna GandhiIn times when political parties are led by supremos for seemingly endless durations, what a welcome contrast the Communist Party of India-Marxist has provided us!
Prakash Karat’s being succeeded by Sitaram Yechury as the General Secretary of the (...) -
Aam Adami Party Today — Crisis of Success
9 May 2015, by Anand KumarIndian democracy is known to spring surprises at most unexpected moments since its inception. From institutionalisation of the multi-party system and parliamentary elections within a largely poor, illiterate and agrarian social setting in the (...) -
Trinamul Sweeps Civic Elections In Bengal: Glory Marred By Violence
9 May 2015, by Barun Das GuptaMunicipal elections were held in West Bengal on April 18 and 25. As expected and as predicted by pre-poll surveys, the ruling Trinamul Congress swept the polls, capturing seventy of the ninetytwo civic bodies. Six were captured by the Left, five (...) -
Modi Government’s Budget sans Destination and Direction
9 May 2015by A.V.V.S.K. Rao
“Striving to better, Oft we mar what’s well.” —William Shakespeare
For a country like India opting for a mid-way path as against the neo-liberal path in the context of globalisation, Budget-making is not an easy task. It requires (...) -
The Rafale Deal: Was there an Alternative?
9 May 2015, by Barun Das GuptaCOMMUNICATION
Two critical comments on the recently-concluded Indo-French deal on Rafale MMRCA have been carried by the Mainstream (April 18, 2015). One critic has said that the Rafale was designed in 1986 and given the fact that the induction (...) -
How Far Can the Air Force’s Biases Go?
9 May 2015, by Ashok ParthasarathiIn the recent past, there have been several developments reflecting the title of this article. The first is the government‘s very close-to-formal decision-taking on a modern single piston engine aircraft for the induction training of the IAF’s (...) -
Death of a Free Thinker
9 May 2015by Nirupam Hazra
Every year, 21st February is observed as the International Mother Tongue Day since 2000. The historic significance of the day is intricately associated with the liberation movement of Bangladesh. In 1952, the peaceful (...)
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