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Was there tampering with EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) in UP Elections?
25 March 2017, by Ambrose PintoKumari Mayawati, the chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party, has alleged that the prime reason for the landslide victory of the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh elections is due to tampering with the EVMs. “How come the BJP managed to win in Muslim bastions (...) -
Democracy under Attack, Rihai Manch’s Ten Points
25 March 2017, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
What’s left of our democracy! Gone are the traditional notions of Governors being non- partisan. In fact, right from the summer of 2014, when the BJP came centre-stage, it has been appointing Governors with RSS-BJP background. And much (...) -
Discrimination laces Democracy
25 March 2017by Kuldip Nayar
However democratic we may be, discrimi-nation on the basis of the caste system has not diminished. Every day, in some part or the other, there are instances of Dalits being burnt alive. Only the other day Dadri, near Delhi, was (...) -
Remembering that Dalit Scholar........
25 March 2017by Binoy Viswam
When I met Muthukrishnan’s father, he was sitting on a concrete bench in front of the mortuary at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). His eyes were manifesting the mental agony which he was going through. That is (...) -
RSS is the Biggest Threat to Democracy
25 March 2017, by Sandeep PandeyOnce again the forces using terror and violence have prevailed over the culture and tradition of reason, debate and discussion. It is a dark day in the history of the Indian higher educational institutions. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi (...) -
People in Politics: The Dynamics of Polarisation and Power
25 March 2017by Pradeep Nair and Sandeep Sharma
In 1998, while being the head of an alliance of 26 political parties, the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpaee, once frustratingly said that India should look for the possibility of adopting the (...) -
Modi’s vision has a target year, exactly same as Xi’s; but Modi’s foot soldiers pursue other targets
25 March 2017IMPRESSIONS
by T.J.S. George
Miracles never cease. On March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering of BJP workers: “I have a milestone of 2022 when India completes 75 years of independence.” He wanted everyone to take up a project for (...) -
Politics of Flags: India‘s Largest National Flag on the India-Pakistan Border
25 March 2017by Gautam Sen
India has recently hoisted the largest and tallest national Tricolour at the Wagah-Attari crossover point, on the Indian side. The flag is of 120 feet by 80 feet dimension, flies at a height of 360 feet and has involved a public (...) -
Two-Year Battle Fought From Prison: How Handcuffed Prisoners Defeated Biggest Imperial Power
25 March 2017by Bharat Dogra and Jagmohan Singh
The following article is being published to mark the eightysixth anniversary of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. They were executed in Lahore on March 23, 1931.
Despite many adversities after (...) -
Moscow’s Step disturbs Kabul, New Delhi
25 March 2017, by Apratim MukarjiThe six-nation conference on Afghanistan’s security future held in Moscow on February 15 has brought about considerable disquiet in the two participating capitals, Kabul and New Delhi. Since the conference wason Afghanistan, Kabul would have (...)
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