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Mother Teresa
1 March 2015, by Badri RainaI am no Christian, dear departed Mother of millions whose persuasions Mattered as little to you as seasons Of the year, or the political weather Of the day, and who worried little That you had a religion which was Not their own, finding healing (...) -
Modi on the Backfoot
23 February 2015, by SCEDITORIAL
The Delhi Assembly election results last week continue to impact on both the party and the Union Government. Had the BJP leadership not been shamed by the all-pervasive rout of the RSS’ principal political outfit in those elections (...) -
Trying to cage a Tigress: Roused Civil Society defends Teesta Setalvad against Gujarat Attempt to Humiliate Her
23 February 2015, by John DayalAround noon on Thursday, February 19, Supreme Court Justices Dipak Misra and Adarsh Kumar Goel extended the stay on the arrest of human rights activist and editor Teesta Setalvad and her husband, Javed Anand, in a case of alleged embezzlement of (...) -
Govind Pansare succumbs to Cowardly Attack
23 February 2015On February 16, motorcycle-borne assailants pumped four bullets on veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare (82) and his wife, Uma (72), when they were returning home from their morning walk in Kolhapur (Maharashta).
An upright, outspoken and (...) -
In Defence of Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand
23 February 2015We are shocked to learn of the rejection of the Anticipatory bail applications of Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand by the Gujarat High Court. Media stories suggest that the bail applications have been turned down because Setalavad and Anand were (...) -
What a Victory!
23 February 2015, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
The AAP is here. Wah, what a victory! What a win! What a splendid show of strength! The AAP has managed to crush the BJP and with that trampled upon the Right-wing’s politics of spreading hate, of communal divides, of killings and (...) -
Introspecting on the Aam Aadmi Party and its Historic Triumph
23 February 2015by Suresh Jnaneswaran
The triumph of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi elections augers well for a besieged country where minorities are running for cover and the Dalits visibly agitated. There was nothing new in the BJP programme and (...) -
Crony Capitalism and its Implications
23 February 2015, by Girish MishraThe AAP says it is only against ‘crony capitalism’ and not against capitalism as such. The following article attempts to clarify the term ‘crony capitalism’.
In Western Uttar Pradesh, the then SP-led State Government had allotted agricultural (...) -
The Giant is Awake / Allround Decadence and Ray of Hope
23 February 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyThe following pieces, written by N.C. in December 1970 and September 1994, are being reproduced here against the backdrop of the Aam Aadmi Party’s resounding victory in the Delhi Assembly elections.
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AAP Politics: Paradigm Change in Indian Politics
23 February 2015by Saumitra Mohan
With the mainstream national political parties losing to a greenhorn Aam Admi Party (AAP), a political coup d’état has been witnessed in the just-concluded Delhi Assembly elections. The AAP has actually overshot its own (...)
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