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Remembering Rabindranath Tagore on his 155th Birth Anniversary
7 May 2016, by Gargi ChakravarttyToday we are facing a frenzied furore on issues such as nationalism and patriotism artificially manufactured by the ruling dispensation which has created a vicious ambience whipping up divisiveness within our society. This recent trend to incite (...) -
Water, water everywhere, but . . .
7 May 2016, by Kuldip NayarOur real problem is population, I told this to an American Nobel Prize winner. He contradicted me and said: “Your problem is going to be water.” We were discussing the ordeals that India would face in the years to come. Our views did not tally (...) -
Water and Spirituality
7 May 2016by Ishrat Jahan
Introduction
The planet earth is endowed with a number of marvellous natural forces and natural resources as well. Each of these forces has a specific role. Of these forces water, wind, fire, ether, sunshine, moonlight, earth (...) -
Free Speech’s Relation to Objective Contribution to Public Sphere or Social Discourse
7 May 2016BOOK REVIEW
by Aejaz Ahmad
Offend, Shock, or Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution by Gautam Bhatia; Oxford University Press; 2016; pages: 347 (Hardcover); Price: 750.
Gautam Bhatia’s magnum opus Offend, Shock or Disturb is the most (...) -
Are Not Flyovers a Menace to the People? - The Case of Kolkata Flyover Collapse
7 May 2016by Debarati Sarkar
Development is incomplete without expansion of the physical infrastructure of any country. India has re-emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. In India, the infrastructure sector currently accounts for (...) -
Karl Marx’s Discovery of Fictitious Capital
7 May 2016, by Anil RajimwaleMay 5 this year marks Karl Marx’s 198th birth anniversary. On that occasion we are carrying the following article.
Karl Marx made great discoveries regarding fictitious capital and the money form of capital. They are of seminal importance to (...) -
Libya’s Four Governments
7 May 2016, by Harish ChandolaThe Western governments and NATO members are now regretting the war they had launched on oil-rich Libya, where the situation is becoming uncontrollable, because its warring governments are not willing to come together and Islamic State elements (...) -
Need For Legal Justice
7 May 2016by Bhat Rasif Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf Dar
Legal justice looks utopian, rather invisible, in societies with big chunks of poor and illiterate population unless the government and its flawless delivery system steps in with probable remedies. (...) -
DUTA demands Revocation of Suspension of Dr G.N. Saibaba
7 May 2016The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) Executive, in its meeting held on April 27, 2016, discussed the matter of Dr G.N. Saibaba, Associate Professor, RLA College. The DUTA Executive condemns the attacks on Dr G.N. Saibaba and other (...) -
A Savage Civilisation
7 May 2016May 9, 2016 marks the seventy-first anniversary of Victory over Fascism; and on May 8 falls the one hundred and fifty-fifth birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. As our homage to Gurudev on this occasion we are reproducing this letter (...)
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