Revolution splashes multi-hued beams:
wavy green carpeting barren brown;
milky white washing away anaemic pale;
bloody spring dismantling steely tyranny.
From the dusty memory lane glints velvet
that erased long past emblazoned red.
Now (...)
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A Wider Perspective for Electoral Alliances is Necessary
18 November 2018COMMUNICATION
In many parts of the world the need for electoral alliances has acquired a new urgency in the wider context of protecting justice, peace and democracy. The reason is that due to a complex of reasons, political forces with a narrow (...) -
Political Churning of Castes in Kerala
18 November 2018by V. Bijukumar
The Supreme Court verdict on opening of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala for women of all ages created political gutter in a State which is known for its progressive and everyday political activism. Though initially most (...) -
BJP’s Bypoll Reverses, Ram Temple Issue
12 November 2018, by SCEDITORIAL
The results of the by-elections in Karnataka have definitely given a boost to the JDS-Congress ruling alliance in the State while the Opposition BJP has been routed. The JDS-Congress alliance has won four seats while the BJP could (...) -
In Praise of Ajit Doval, Super Sleuth and Political Strategist
12 November 2018, by Badri RainaAjit Doval must indeed be a talented man. Until the other day what we knew was that he was the National Security Adviser to the Narendra Modi Government. What we also knew was how his no-nonsense “Doval Doctrine” has so conclusively put down (...) -
Yogi Adityanath as Commissar
12 November 2018by Ram Puniyani
Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of UP, seems to be in the name-changing spree. In his latest move he has changed the name of the famous city of UP, Allahabad, to Prayagraj. Prayag is the meeting-point of rivers and since this (...) -
Narmada Appeals to You, Sardar!
12 November 2018, by Medha PatkarThis letter was written and published on October 30, 2018.
Respected Sardar Patelji,
Namaskar!
Whereever you may be, as our leader of the Freedom Movement, your soul, I know, rests here on the motherland whose beloved son you have always been. (...) -
Remembering Our Nation-building and its Legacy
12 November 2018by Arup Kumar Sen
A scholar of nationalism, Gabriella Elgenius, reminded us that “national symbols, of various kinds, are essential as expressions of nationhood and as such are able to ignite passions and conflicts of a larger, as well as a (...) -
#Metoo Urban Naxal
12 November 2018, by Devaki JainA convention was held in Bangalore on September 5, 2018 as a tribute to Gauri Lankesh who, as per the ongoing investigation, was targeted and shot dead by members of the Right-wing Sanathan Sanstha on that evening a year ago.
Girish Karnad, one (...) -
Rafale Four
12 November 2018, by Badri RainaNow we are to tell this Court
How the deal was made,
How the price was computed,
How Anil Ji made the grade.
If the Court will thus enquire
Into Executive considerations,
How may this Bharat outsmart
Wily enemy nations?
Once for all we must (...)
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