by Madhusudan Bandi
Introduction
India has a repertoire of ‘environmental laws’, all of which are important. One among them is ‘The Forest (Conservation) Act (FCA) of 1980’. The original legislation was enacted in the colonial era in 1927 with an (...)
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Forest Conservation, Tribals and a Decade of the Forest Rights Act in India
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Reading Capital Politically
14 May 2017, by Arup Kumar SenThe year 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Karl Marx’s celebrated text, Capital, Volume I. In his preface to the first German edition of the text (1867), Marx stated: “England is used as the chief illustration in the (...) -
Rabindranath Tagore: An Extraordinary Zamindar
14 May 2017, by A K BiswasTo mark the 156th birth anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore, the author has submited this article, as his tribute, underlining the poet’s role as a an enlightened zamindar in East Bengal, now Bangladesh. His role there was marked by uncommon (...) -
Convention against Communalism
14 May 2017, by Barun Das GuptaA State-level Convention against Communa-lism, organised by the Sampradayikata Virodi Manch, was held at the University Institute, Kolkata, on May 3, 2017. The Convention adopted a resolution that resolved to fight the commu-nalism of both the (...) -
Vanishing Trick
14 May 2017Where are the inebriated rats
who nine lac litres of liquor drank
Outsmarting the Inquisitor’s guarded cellar in rollicking Epicurean prank?
Has anyone seen these pagan legions?
Are they in stupor sound
in shaded bunkers of Patliputra, (...) -
How to Meet the Worsening Scenario in J & K
8 May 2017, by SCEDITORIAL
While those in power at the Centre are supremely nonchalant, the situation in J&K has been progressively turning from bad to worse. It was quite natural therefore that Pakistan would take advantage of such conditions in the Valley. (...) -
Madhu limaye’s Ninetyfifth birth anniversary: Call for Unity of Progressive Forces
8 May 2017Socialist leader, parliamentarian and ideologue Madhu Limaye’s 95th birth anniversary was aptly observed in New Delhi on May 1 through a public meeting attended by leaders of three streams of the Opposition—Socialist, Communist and Congress—with (...) -
Ugly Side of War
8 May 2017, by Kuldip NayarWar is ugly. It becomes uglier when it is between two inveterate neighbours. They go to any extent to harm and humiliate each other. Pakistan has mutilated and killed two Indian soldiers when they are said to have crossed the Line of Control (...) -
May Day, 2017
8 May 2017, by Badri RainaSo crushing is the oppression,
look where you will,
that every hand is bloodied
That robs the honest till.
Sylllables of hope seem limp
against the squeeze of perfidy;
those that still sing of love
are like corals in the sea.
May be the waters (...) -
Global Significance of Champaran Satyagraha | S N Sahu
8 May 2017, by S N SahuThe launching of the Champaran Satyagraha by Mahatma Gandhi hundred years back in 1917 marked a revolutionary landmark as much in the history of India as in the history of humanity for reconstruction of society and polity based on non-violence. (...)
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