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Trouble over China getting land in Sri Lanka
2 April 2017, by Harish ChandolaTrouble has broken out in Sri Lanka over its allocation of land to China for a supermarket and naval facilities. The government in Colombo had moved some shops and business houses from Hambantola to build an industrial zone for Chinese (...) -
European Union at 60: Integration and its Aftermath
2 April 2017by Purusottam Bhattacharya
On March 25, 2017, 27 leaders of the European Union (EU) gathered at the Italian capital, Rome, to celebrate 60 years of the European project which was literally born from the ashes of the Second World War. It was on (...) -
Russian Revolution and Soviet Power
2 April 2017, by Anil RajimwaleOne read with great interest the articles of Rosa Luxemburg (Mainstream, November 5, 2016) and Dr Paresh Chattopadhyaya. (Mainstream, Annual Number, 2016) Both bring to light the contra-dictory nature of Soviet revolution and its complexities, (...) -
Did Someone Say Liberalism?
2 April 2017by Murzban Jal
The following paper emerged from a seminar on “Pluralism and the Crisis of Identity” organised by Zaheen Ali and Surendra Jondhale at the Mumbai University on March 12 and 13, 2017. The author writes: “I am thankful to them for (...) -
Now consider this Yogi-ji:
2 April 2017, by Badri RainaUnburdened by subtlety,
He spews his favourite hate,
Upfront and straight—
Not a tree but a cactus he.
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Uniform Civil Code: A much-needed reform or a political tool?
2 April 2017, by Shamsul IslamThe Shiv Sena (the vanguard of moral policing and culture as seen recently in Kerala) says: “The Muslim Law Board should support the UCC as it will help the community, especially the women to come out of misery.”
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) or (...) -
Can Madarassas be compared with RSS-run Schools?
2 April 2017by Ram Puniyani
Digvijay Singh’s tweet ‘Madrassas and Sarswati Shishu mandirs (SSM), both spread hate’ (February 23, 2017) has evoked a lot of response from diverse sections. On the one hand, Muslim groups have taken him to task for demonisation (...) -
Time to Meet the Grim Challenge
25 March 2017, by SCEDITORIAL
As one writes these lines, twelve days have passed since March 11, when the results of the five State Assembly elections came out. Till date one has not come across any detailed analysis of what went wrong in UP, the most populous (...) -
Mahant Yogi Adityanath as CM of Uttar Pradesh: Why the Hindutva Juggernaut Rolls On
25 March 2017, by Shamsul IslamA few well-meaning friends with genuine concern about the future of our democratic-secular polity are shocked by the decision of the 325 MLAs of the BJP and its allies unanimously choosing Adityanath (original name, Ajay Singh Bisht, Mahant of (...) -
The Rhetoric and the Reality
25 March 2017, by Badri RainaIn making the choice of Yogi Adityanath as the chief executive of Uttar Pradesh in preference to more run-of-the-mill pracharaks, Narendra Modi has made a telling declaration of intent both for the general elections of 2019 and for concerning (...)
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