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Mockery of Democracy | Barun Das Gupta
2 April 2021, by Barun Das GuptaThe widespread violence that was witnessed on Thursday, April 1, 2021, the polling day, at the Nandigram constituency, from which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, was anticipated and preventable. Neither the Election Commission nor (...) -
Poll vault: Rambling notes | Sankar Ray
2 April 2021, by Sankar RayA white coloured Mahindra XUV500 jeep (AS 10B 1022), owned by the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Patharkandi in Karimganj district in Assam was caught red-handed by people around for carrying electronic voting machines (EVM). This (...) -
Covid-19 Pandemic and Lockdown - One year on: An Assessment | Arun Kumar
2 April 2021, by Arun KumarMarch 2021 marks one year of the declaration of COVID 19 as a pandemic by the WHO. And, on March 25 India went into a severe lockdown after a one day Janata curfew on March 22. The cases rose alarmingly till the middle of September 2020 and then (...) -
‘India That is Bharat.’ Are We Sure? | TJS George
2 April 2021, by T J S GeorgeWhen religion is linked with patriotism, it can drive people to extremes. Not long ago an Islamist group in Somalia, the Al Shabaad, banned samosas in the country. The reasoning was that the triangular shape of the samosa was a trick to spread (...) -
Mamata Banerjee’s call for Opposition Unity - Raises more questions than it answers | P S Jayaramu
2 April 2021, by P S Jayaramuby P S Jayaramu *
In the midst of the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal. Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has addressed a letter to senior Opposition leaders like Sharad Pawar, Arvind Kejriwal and the interim president of the Congress (...) -
A Note on Politics in West Bengal | Arup Kumar Sen
2 April 2021, by Arup Kumar SenThe term ‘politics’ does not carry any single meaning. The following observations enrich our understanding of politics:
“The people at large exist in an oblique relationship to politics, watching over and asking questions of the political (...) -
Shudras And The Central Universities | Kanch Ilaiah Shepherd
2 April 2021, by Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdA well-known Dalit scholar Gopal Guru, presently editor of the Economic and Political Weekly, once wrote that “Indian Social Science represents a pernicious divide between theoretical Brahmins and empirical Shudras’ (2002). But Shudras did not get (...) -
2021 West Bengal Polls Implications for Bangladesh | Partha S Ghosh
2 April 2021, by Partha S GhoshMarch 27th, 2021
If the BJP seizes power in West Bengal, the political challenge for Sheikh Hasina will multiply manifold
The paradox is puzzling. Bangladesh is celebrating the Golden Jubilee of its liberation and the centenary of its (...) -
Back from the Brink: The Indo-Pak Rapprochement | Padder & Wani
2 April 2021by Dr. Sajad Padder & Prof. Gull Wani *
Introduction:
On February 25, 2021 the Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan announced a joint statement which read: “both sides agreed for strict observance of all agreements, (...) -
Peace Activists Call for Continued Dialogue Between India Pakistan
2 April 2021Press statement, March 28, 2021:
India and Pakistan peace activists across time zones came together for a virtual brainstorming session on March 28, inspired by the work of giants like Dr Mubashir Hasan, Asma Jahangir, Kuldip Nayar and Nikhil (...)
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