Review Article
The following review article has been sent to the Mainstream editor on April 6 with a note from the reviewer that reads:
“I am submitting a review of Gargi Chakravartty’s P.C. Joshi: A Biography for favour of publication in (...)
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April 2009
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Scanning P.C. Joshi’s Biography | Daya Varma
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Venomous Communalism
18 April 2009, by M Hashim Kidwai[(COMMUNICATION)]
With the glorious Gandhi surname Varun Gandhi’s highly inflammatory vitriolic anti-Muslim speech is both obnoxious and unpardonable. It has added fuel to the raging fire of communalism. His venomous communalism is decidedly (...) -
Beyond Election-season Trivialities
12 April 2009, by SCAs the country approaches the 15th general elections next week, trivial issues are dominating the scene making the poll exercise the most bizarre in post-independence India.
Five years ago, in 2004, there was one issue before the secular (...) -
Oust the Tyrants!
12 April 2009, by Mahasweta DeviThe following is a message from Mahasweta Devi, veteran novelist and one of the foremost intellectuals of West Bengal today, to a Press Meet organised by the friends of Kabir Suman, a noted progressive singer, contesting from the Jadavpur (...) -
Karl Marx and Lessons of ‘Capital’ Are Back!
12 April 2009, by Lucien DegoyWhether as a philosopher, economist, and anthropologist, the author of ‘Capital’ and the persistent relevance of his analyses are justified by the major crisis which now defies the premises of global capitalism.
“If Marx imposes himself as (...) -
On G-20 Summit
12 April 2009, by Girish MishraWhether the decisions of the recently held London Summit of the G-20 will provide a way out of the present worldwide depression is not certain, but one thing is crystal clear: the Thatcher-Reagan approach based on the Mises-Hayek-Friedman (...) -
Right to Fair Trial and Ajmal Kasab
12 April 2009, by Nandita HaksarMohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab must be given a fair trial. Protection of all his rights under the international human rights law is not to protect one individual but to uphold the basic norms of rule of law and human rights. The question is not (...) -
On Ajmal Kasab’s Trial
12 April 2009, by S G Vombatkere[(Communication)]
Every Indian is convinced that Kasab (Moha-mmad Ajmal Amir Iman) was one among the terrorists from Pakistan in the Mumbai 26/11 attack and was, fortunately for India but unfortunately for him, the only one captured alive. (...) -
Would Terrorism become a Thing of the Past: When and How?
12 April 2009, by Balmiki Prasad SinghWe are living in difficult times and in a dangerous neighbourhood. The spectre of terrorism has acquired alarming proportions. The story of terrorism from 9/11 of New York to 26/11 of Mumbai to 3/3 of Lahore is not a closed chapter. New areas (...) -
J&K: Elections with a Difference
12 April 2009, by Karuna ThakurThe Assembly Elections of 2008 in J&K were one of the most intensely contested elections in the State in terms of multi-cornered contests, number of rallies and the voter turnout. They were so even when compared with the 1977 elections, known to (...)