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Tribute: Neelabh Mishra, the Activist Journalist
12 March 2018National Herald’s Editor-in-chief Neelabh Mishra, who had been admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai in February 2018, was critically ill with complications resulting from non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis. He breathed his last on February 24, (...) -
Cultivating Loss Reaping Suicides: Perils of being a Farmer in the Republic of India
12 March 2018by Annapurna and Navneet Sharma
People eat mango kernel for hobby. —Agriculture Minister, Odisha
(seeking) Loan waiver has become fashion these days. —Venkaiah Naidu, former Minister, Vice-President, India
Farmers have been uncared for ever since (...) -
The Great Bank Robbery. By All
12 March 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
The funny thing about the banking fraud that is rocking the country is that no one is accountable for it. The Finance Minister remained silent at first and then blamed the supervisory agencies—as though he was but an onlooker. His (...) -
Integrated Child Development Scheme in Haryana: Some Observations
12 March 2018by Manju Panwar
Introduction
It is said that the future of tomorrow is in the hands of children. But this is only possible if they are strong enough physically and mentally. They must be given adequate nutrition and health care facilities for (...) -
{International Women’s Day: Challenge before Indian Women
12 March 2018, by Gargi ChakravarttyMarch Eight, the International Women’s Day, reminds us of the struggle of the working women, particularly of the garment workers on the streets of Chicago on March 8, 1908. It also reminds us of the 1911 strike on the same day in a textile (...) -
Triple Talaaq Bill
12 March 2018by Noor Zaheer
The much hyped Triple Talaaq Bill did not manage to go through the Rajya Sabha and the blame game has done the expected rounds with the Opposition and ruling parties accusing and counter-accusing each other and of course the media (...) -
Where did we go wrong?
12 March 2018, by Kuldip NayarI have always wondered where we went wrong. After adopting a constitution which was secular in letter and spirit, we have strayed into the territory where every pebble is an impediment to the journey towards pluralism. India’s first Prime (...) -
Simultaneous Elections
12 March 2018, by P.B. SawantOur country is a federal state with its constituting units, namely, the States having autonomy of governance in the subjects allotted to them by the Constitution. Federalism is also one of the basic features of our Constitution. The constitution (...) -
Why in the Name of God?
12 March 2018I’m not sure I know much about you.
But they say you exist;
that’s why the earth moves, life breathes.
Some also pronounce
you’re long banished, probably dead,
a bit of has-been now.
A few, however, claim
mandates of heaven, each boasting
of an (...) -
I Dance and Sing
12 March 2018I dance and sing
They think they’ve done no injury to me
I laugh and rejoice
They think they’ve been kind to me
I eat and feast
The think they didn’t snatch away my food
I speak and discuss
They think they didn’t gag me
I write and protest
They (...)
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