Respected Chief Minister,
I would put your by-election losses behind you and think ahead of the future. Elections reflect voter sovereignty It would be vain to expect the voter to line up all the time behind you even if your total (...)
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October 2009
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Open Letter to the CM of Bihar
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Remembering Lohia: A Legacy for the Left
11 October 2009, by C.N. Chitta Ranjan(October 12 this year marks the fortysecond death anniversary of Dr Rammanohar Lohia, the stormy petrel of the Indian socialist movement who, besides being one of the most versatile personalities in our freedom struggle, was a profound, (...) -
Gandhi and Dr Lohia—Eternal Optimists
11 October 2009, by S.R. Nene(The following is a chapter from the author’s forthcoming book, Lohia Remembered.)
The twentieth century politics belonged to the endeavours of just one man: Mahatma Gandhi. Dr Lohia was one of the thousands of Indians who were inspired by Gandhi (...) -
Great Loss to the Media World
11 October 2009, by A K DasguptaCOMMUNICATION
I am sorry to learn that the veteran journalist and media critic, G.S. Bhargava, passed away on September 22. It is a great loss to the Indian media world. I had been an avid reader of his writings in Mainstream and his Sunday (...) -
Subjective Obsessions diminish Quality of Historical Analysis
11 October 2009, by K.P. FabianBOOK REVIEW
Jinnah: India-Partition Independence by Jaswant Singh; Rupa and Company, New Delhi; pages 669; Rs 695.
As I completed the enjoyable navigation through the ponderous, pompous, and pontificatory prose of Jaswant Singh, I was (...) -
Reply: Private versus Public Purpose
11 October 2009, by D. BandyopadhyayI am grateful to Ms Vasudha Dhagamwar for raising a debate about the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 2009 [‘On Opposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill’ by Vasudha Dhagamwar, Mainstream (September 19, 2009)—a rejoinder to my ‘Why We (...) -
Crisis from the Balkans to Caucasus: Munich Speech to Reset Button
11 October 2009, by Younes BhatThis article was written before the latest declaration of US President Barack Obama reversing the missile defence system that has been welcomed by Russian PM Vladimir Putin.
The declaration of independence by the Kosovo Assembly in the Muslim (...) -
Gandhi should have Led a Nationwide Movement to Save Bhagat Singh
11 October 2009, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
In the important debate in Mainstream on Gandhiji’s efforts to save the life of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru (the latest contribution to which has appeared in the September 12, 2009 issue), various points of view have been well (...) -
At Pittsburgh and New York
5 October 2009, by SCThe G-20 summit at Pittsburgh has no doubt succeeded in taking on the role and mantle of the G-8 as per its declaration but what has it achieved in concrete terms? By announcing that there will be no premature withdrawal of the stimulus package (...) -
Need for a New Economic System
5 October 2009, by P.B. SawantAmidst the whirlwind of globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation, the main casualty is man. Not that he was ever at the centre-stage after the industrial revolution with capitalism in the saddle. But he had still the power to resist its (...)