by Malavika Nagarkar
The following is the address by Malavika Nagarkar, the President of the Brahmo Conference, at the inaugural session of the 126th All India Brahmo Conference (New Delhi, November 12, 2016).
I feel truly humbled as I stand (...)
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Universalism and Social Equality: Relevance of the Brahmo Samaj Today
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State of Affairs of Higher Education in India
26 December 2016, by Sandeep PandeyIn a country which neglects its school education can we expect a good quality higher education programme? All the governments, since the Kothari Commission’s recommendation of the Common School System was made in 1968, have successfully evaded (...) -
Indian Communists and the International Left on Global Canvas
26 December 2016by Arun Srivastava
While the fascist ultra-nationalist forces have been striving hard to occupy the centre- stage of the global polity and evolve their own variant ideology, it is heartening to note that the Communists and Left forces especially (...) -
Secret History of Gujarat Happenings by Stingers and Whistle-blowers
26 December 2016, by John DayalBOOK REVIEW
Gujarat Files—Anatomy of a Cover Up by Rana Ayyub, With an Introduction by Justice B.N. Srikrishna; Self-published; 2016; pages: 204; Price: Rs 295.
Gujarat—Behind the Curtain by R.B. Sreekumar, Indian Police Service [Retired]; Manas (...) -
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission: Emerging Challenges
26 December 2016by Mahi Pal
Since independence, in spite of implementing various programmes for rural development and improving the quality of life of the people, issues of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, sanitation and hygiene, lack of skill development, (...) -
Pitcher and Stone
26 December 2016by Amiya Dev
‘Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher’ is a proverb we come across in DonQuixote, its source being Sancho Panza, that mine of popular wisdom. He justifies it to his master by simply (...) -
On Rosa Luxemburg and Russian Revolution
26 December 2016by Paresh Chattopadhyay
We read with considerable interest the short piece ‘Rosa Luxemburg: Future belongs to Bolshevism’. (Mainstream, vol. LIV, No. 46) We may be permitted to make a couple of comments on this piece. (In the following we use the (...) -
Jayalalithaa Is No More
11 December 2016, by SCEDITORIAL
As we go to press, Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa Jayaram, 68, is no more. She passed away at Chennai’s Appolo Hospitals on Monday night (December 5). She was admitted there on September 22 with fever and dehydration, and breathed her last (...) -
How Fidel Shaped Cuba and Influenced Latin America
11 December 2016TRIBUTE
by Nina Dey-Gupta
Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 and passed away on November 25, 2016 after a prolonged illness of diverticulitis.
Gandhi and Castro were both political leaders. While Gandhi’s political experience and (...) -
What to Expect from the New Pakistani Army Chief
11 December 2016, by M K BhadrakumarThe appointment of the new Army Chief in Pakistan invariably becomes an edifying spectacle for Indian observers. The ‘new normal’—namely, that a superannuating General calmly and with head held high walks into the sunset—underscores that Pakistan (...)