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Prof Randhir Singh, a well-known Marxist activist-intellectual who used to be a teacher at the Department of Political Science in Delhi University, passed away at the age of 94 on January 31, 2016. I had met him for the first time in (...)
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Randhir Singh: A Life Dedicated to Keeping Alive the Idea of Socialism
10 April 2016, by Gilbert Sebastian -
Shame on You!
10 April 2016by K. Narayana
“I feel ashamed of you now, after all these years of admiration. What is your status and what is Kanhaiya’s level? Why did you go to the airport to receive him?”—complains a well- wisher of mine.
“A person who had praised deshadrohi (...) -
Are Universities Under Ideological Attack?
10 April 2016, by Ambrose PintoIs there a concerted effort by the Sangh Parivar to infiltrate into the realm of higher education in the name of nationalism, culture and indigenous knowledge? In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, higher education was used by the powerful (...) -
RSS Experimenting with the Philosophy of Creation of Hindu Rashtra
10 April 2016by Arun Srivastava
A saffron conspiracy has been hatched to divide the country into two segments: the nationals and the anti-nationals. The RSS has been forcibly thrusting its design in the garb of nationalism primarily aimed at silencing the (...) -
Myanmar on Move....: Love-hate Relationship and a Marriage of Convenience!
10 April 2016by Sonu Trivedi
Having undergone transition from authoritarianism to democracy in 2010, Myanmar’s ‘disciplined’ democracy is on move since the first free and fair democratic elections in 2015 held after a gap of six decades. However, in its (...) -
Political Economy of Farmers’ Suicide A Case of Western Odisha
10 April 2016by Pradip Kumar Nath and Hemprabha Chauhan
“Kadaleepali farmer’s suicide still shrouded in mystery”—drew attention of many and revealed the nexus of agrarian crisis, poor governance, assurance of job and, above all, the media’s apathy kowtowing to (...) -
Goodbye, Sushil Koirala
10 April 2016, by Dipak MalikTRIBUTE
The is a tribute to the late Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushil Koirala (August 12, 1939-February 9, 2016), by someone who was a close friend and knew him intimately since his days of exile in Varanasi.
Sushil Koirala’s was an extraordinary (...) -
Honouring Ambedkar
10 April 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
April 14 this year marks the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. On this occasion we are reproducing the following piece by N.C. to offer our sincere homage to that towering personality.
The award (...) -
f Donald Trump is America’s Most Dangerous Man, History is poised for some Dangerous Turns
10 April 2016, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Imagine Praveen Togadia becoming the Prime Minister of India. Or Vijay Mallya. That is the kind of scenario that is developing in the US with Donald Trump’s apparently unstoppable race to the White House. He is full of ideological (...) -
Sri Lanka: Does Rajapakse smell an Opportunity?
10 April 2016, by Mohan K. Tikku‘Yahapalana’ is a term that has been much in use in Sri Lanka’s political discourse ever since the present government came to power early last year. ‘Yahapalana’ is a Sinhala word, and means ‘good governance’. The Sirisena Government was voted into (...)
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