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Urgent Need to Halt Onward March of Fascism
28 March 2016, by B N AroraIn my article “Videshi and Swadeshi Fascism” published in Mainstream of August 7, 2004, I had delineated in some detail incidents of a fascist mode occurring in our country. Even after more than eleven-and-a-half years the scourge of fascism (...) -
The Horror, the Horror / Speaking of Which
28 March 2016, by Badri RainaTwo Poems of Badri Raina
The Horror, the Horror
Did he just have another
Unauthorised thought?
To the House of Correction,
Then, where all thought
But the authorised one
Is quickly forgot. After all,
If the nation is to gallop apace,
Ideological (...) -
Lal, Neel and Kanhaiya
20 March 2016by Nagender Rao
Prime Minister Modi’s administration brought pseudo-nationalism as its core agenda after failing to keep its election promises. The current chief of the RSS established its command and control office in the HRD Ministry to (...) -
‘Art of Living’ or ‘Art of Ecocide’?
20 March 2016by M.C. Pindwal
The world cultural event on the Yamuna river-bed took place from March 11 to 13, 2016. This happened at the cost of the poor living and surviving on the riverbed; it is they who have been badly affected by this so-called rich and (...) -
State Elections and Challenge for Democracy
20 March 2016POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Until recently, the BJP was eyeing Assam as the only winnable State among the five States that are going to the polls this summer. But the situation has changed in the last few weeks. Its exercise at striking an alliance with (...) -
Sliding Popularity of Right-wing Politics
20 March 2016, by Sandeep PandeyHardly two months back nobody would have thought that PM Narendra Modi’s authority would be questioned by ordinary university students on campuses. The campaign which brought Modi to power in Delhi was so high profile that in the initial period (...) -
Undermining Democracy: Stifling Academic Institutions
20 March 2016by Ram Puniyani
Following the death of Rohith Vemula in the Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of the most prestigious universities of the country, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been targeted by the ruling Modi Sarkar. The (...) -
Dynamics of Rural Labour Markets in India: Recent Trends and Policy Concerns
20 March 2016, by C.H. Hanumantha RaoThe following is the author’s inaugural address at the National Seminar on ‘Dynamics of Rural Labour Relations/Markets in India: Issues, Dimensions and Processes’, S.R. Sankaran Chair (Rural Labour), National Institute of Rural Development and (...) -
Reflections from Eden Gardens
20 March 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
There is much to learn for ourselves from the stormy experiences of the World Cup cricket that we all have been watching excitedly in the last two weeks, particularly from what happened at Bangalore on March 9 and what (...) -
Why the Historians are under Attack
20 March 2016by Vivek Kumar Srivastava
There is onslaught from the cultural nationalists on the history books which are being taught in post-independent India. A demand for history rewriting will emerge again with more intensity in the post-JNU incident. The (...)
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