by Fayezah Iqbal
It feels disrupted,
It feels stagnated.
To make their point masses have stranded,
The life that was while away taken for granted.
As activism pledges to achieve the demanded,
And exert against evil and unwanted,
Intrepid (...)
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2018
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Many Faces of the Fury
10 June 2018 -
Poll Results: Threats and Promises
10 June 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Never have byelection results made waves of the kind that last week’s did. Only two out of fourteen seats were won by the BJP, the party that is generally projected as the unstoppable force sweeping across the country. Opponents were (...) -
The Future Beckons
10 June 2018, by Badri RainaThere comes a time when Caesarism begins to breed discontent and thoughts of another possible world begin to take hold. Indeed, when what might have been a reassuring visage becomes a daily irritant.
The decline began with the Gujarat polls (...) -
Twentyfive Years of PRIs: A Few Disquiets
10 June 2018by Suranjita Ray
The local governance through the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in rural India came into force on April 24, 1993 with the adoption of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment which was introduced in 1992. The Municipal Corporations (...) -
Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Constitutional Morality and Karnataka Elections
10 June 2018by S.N. Sahu
The Karnataka Assembly election results of 2018 have been seen from many perspectives of power politics and their critical importance have been underlined for shaping the possible electoral arithmetic of the general elections of (...) -
Contours of China Crisis
10 June 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Twentynine years ago, N.C. had left for China when the Tiananmen bloodbath took place on June 4, 1989. Apart from his despatches which appeared in The Times of India on the tragedy that befell that great country at that (...) -
Remembering Tiananmen
10 June 2018No miracle will ever clean
The memory, bestial and obscene,
Of those who, having fouled their trust,
Grew warped with dread and powerlust—
And ordered fire on the square,
On unarmed people everywhere,
Brave people seeking to be free
Of (...) -
They Flee From Me Who Sometime Did Me Seek
10 June 2018, by Badri Raina(With Acknowledgement to Thomas Wyatt)
They flee from me who sometime did me seek,
Finding fault where none was before;
Every proclaimed success now seems to them
A canny cover-up for failure.
Once a man of substance to droves
Across a so (...) -
Drifting Apart: Transatlantic Alliance in Disarray
10 June 2018by Purusottam Bhattacharya
Ever since he came to power sixteen months ago, President Donald Trump has been an enigma—both to his admirers and detractors. In the opinion of many analysts his performance—both on the domestic and foreign policy (...) -
Ireland Marches towards Liberalism:Referendum on Abortion of May 25, 2018
10 June 2018by Gautam Sen
The Irish people have convincingly voted in a historic referendum on May 25 this year, by a 67 per cent to 33 per cent majority, in favour of restoring the right of women to abortion. Only one Irish county, Donegal, close to the (...)
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