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Mohan Kumaramangalam — Cameos / Has Government a Kashmir Policy? / Reflections on the Constitution / Iraq Crisis and Gujral Government
30 June 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyOn May 31, 1973 Mohan Kumaramangalam passed away in a tragic air accident. On N.C.’s twentieth death anniversary we reproduce the following tribute that the founder of this journal penned under the pseudonym ‘An Old Comrade’. M.K. and N.C. were (...) -
Nikhilda, We Miss You Today
30 June 2018, by Muchkund DubeyAlienation of the Minorities
Since the BJP-led government under the leadership of Narendra Modi came to power at the Centre in 2014, the country has been sinking into multi-pronged degradation. The minority communities, particularly the Muslims, (...) -
Nikhil Chakravartty: Exemplar
30 June 2018, by Badri RainaIn 1986 the Universtiy of Wisconsin Press published my book on Charles Dickens.
My purpose in that book was to demonstrate through an intimate analysis of Dickens oeuvre how Dickens’ deeply felt human concerns were vitiated often by the fact (...) -
A Truly Wonderful Person
30 June 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiNikhilda (Respected Nikhil), as he was widely known and referred to, much as his close compatriot G. Parthasarathi was better known as G.P., was a wonderful many-sided personality like his colleagues and compatriots—of whom G.P. and his “brother” (...) -
Meal at Dalit’s Home
30 June 2018The entire village was agog:
an important person coming to dine
at the house of a poor Dalit.
There was big commotion rising
from slow pitch to high crescendo.
A spurt of activity followed:
the lane in front of the house cleaned,
watered; (...) -
Nikhilda must be Happy he is Not Alive to Hear the Death Rattle of Journalism
30 June 2018, by John DayalOne day in a distant summer, I followed Sumit Chakravartty up the steps of the platform at Nigambodh Ghat where, a day before, the nation’s senior journalists, politicians and activists had cremated Nikhil Chakravartty, editor in chief of (...) -
What A Strong - willed, Honest Man!
30 June 2018, by Humra QuraishiI had first met Nikhil Chakravartty in the Spring of 1987. That was the time I was working as a Features Editor with a magazine and was assigned to do a feature on him. Of course, I had heard him at the various meets but had never had the (...) -
Football is for All — Except India
30 June 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Of the many realities refreshed by the ongoing football frenzy, two are revelatory for India. First: Kicking a ball around is an instinctive urge of all humans which explains both the universality and the irresistibility of football. (...) -
Ideological Transformation
30 June 2018, by D. BandyopadhyayBOOK REVIEW
My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism: Some Memoirs and Reflections on Inclusive Growth by Dr C.H. Hanumantha Rao; Academic Foundation, New Delhi; Price: Rs 1295/-.
A supple mind does not stick to a rigid (...) -
God Votes in India, Abstains in Britain (Part II)
30 June 2018by L.K. Sharma
The following is the second and concluding part of a two-part article. The first part appeared in Mainstream
(June 23, 2018)
Britain has undergone rapid secularisation in the last 50 years. It is no playground for religious (...)
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