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As the process of State Assembly elections is set in motion, one special feature of these polls has come out in bold relief in the first phase. One of the States where elections are taking place is Chhattisgarh. Out of the 18 (...)
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Positive Features and Ominous Signs
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Dissolution of the Liberal-Democratic State
18 November 2018, by Badri RainaIn a collection of commentaries on contemporary issues, titled Idea of India Hard to Beat; Republic Resilient (2016), this writer had stipulated that whereas it no longer seemed “inevitable” that capitalism would collapse with finality under the (...) -
Burden of being Always Right
18 November 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has the advantage of knowing that he is always right. Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel has taken his own time to learn that. Which is Patel’s problem. He started out as Jaitley’s hand-picked man to (...) -
On Jawaharlal Nehru’s 129th birth anniversary - Remembering his words and some tributes to him
18 November 2018On the occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru’s 129th birth anniversary on Novermber 14, we are remembering our first PM by reproducing his following words that are highly relevant in the present situation. This is followed by tributes to Nehru from (...) -
Jawaharlal Nehru remains a colossus
18 November 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
More than twentyone years after his passing away, Jawaharlal Nehru remains a colossus in the eyes of his countrymen and of the world abroad. Age has not withered his memory nor customs staled it. If Nehru has not become (...) -
#MeToo movement rumbles on in India
18 November 2018by L.K. Sharma
More and more Indian women are coming forward to recall and record their traumatic experience of having been preyed upon by their male bosses. Because of the fresh complaints, the #MeToo movement still grabs a headline, though the (...) -
Recovering from Disaster: Kerala needs Unity of the Two Main Political Forces like Never Before
18 November 2018, by Bharat DograKerala has long been a symbol of hope on India’s development scene, an inspiration to other states to achieve more in crucial areas of education and health. Even though some critical shortcomings in its development model have also been revealed, (...) -
Edward W. Said’s The Question of Palestine
18 November 2018, by Arup Kumar SenEdward W. Said’s The Question of Palestine was written in 1977-78 and published in 1979. He wrote a 27-page preface to the 1992 edition of the book in which he summed up the long and complex history of oppression and resistance of the (...) -
Relevance of the Thoughts of Karl Marx in 21st Century Mainstream Thinking
18 November 2018by Kalyan Guha
Karl Marx, a name to reckon with by every person who is aware of the proceedings of political economy of a state or a group of states, was born at Trier on French-German border on the side of Germany on May 5, 1818 a two-hour (...) -
On the gathering ‘Cuba speaks for Itself!’ at the Riverside Church, Harlem
18 November 2018by Archishman Raju
The magnificent Riverside church is in Harlem, a part of Manhattan that has been a historic part of African American culture and resistance. Entering the church, one is struck by a sense of awe and wonder. Places of worship (...)
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