by Sarah Kazmi
Like so many other writers and commentators I am also going to start my take on the verdict with the confession that I haven’t read the 8000-page judgment. With that out of the way let’s move on to clearing the air regarding what (...)
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My Take on the Ayodhya Verdict
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Letter to President Obama
14 October 2010, by A K BiswasDear President Obama,
Subject: Implementation of Concurrent Resolution of US Senate on Untouchability in India
We have learnt from media reports that accompanied by the US’ First Lady, Michelle Obama, you are scheduled to pay a state visit to (...) -
Karnataka Politics: The Road Taken and the Journey Ahead
14 October 2010, by Sandeep ShastriKarnataka politics has been in the national limelight for a slew of reasons. The fact that the first BJP Government south of the Vindhyas has completed an eventful and tumultuous two years in office has by itself attracted the spotlight of (...) -
Déjà Vu: FCRA comes to Haunt Church and NGOs Once Again
14 October 2010, by John DayalThe more things change, the more they remain the same. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s aphorism fits the Foreign Contribution Regulation Bill, whose many incarnations, including the latest last month, continue to haunt civil society and (...) -
Is ‘Inclusive Growth’ a New Stage before Socialism?
14 October 2010, by Chaturanan MishraThis article is for requesting the readers of Mainstream, particularly those of the Left and Communists, to send their comments on my suggestion that history has created a new stage of ‘inclusive growth’ before socialism. I am of the opinion that (...) -
Role of the Intellectuals in West Bengal
14 October 2010by Debraj Bhattacharya
Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri, in his reply to Sumanta Banerjee’s Open Letter to the intellectuals of West Bengal (Mainstream, September 4, 2007), has tried to convince us that the only way in which the movement for democracy can (...) -
Musings of a Pensionjivi on Sumanta Banerjee’s Letter
14 October 2010, by D. BandyopadhyayI am touched by Sumanta Banerjee’s ‘Open Letter’ (Mainstream, September 11, 2010) where he described me as an intellectual by putting my name along with that of Mahashweta Devi. There is a boy in every old man. And that boy in me felt highly elated (...) -
How Billions of Rupees have been Snatched from Workers
14 October 2010, by Bharat DograOn September 10 the Supreme Court strongly criticised the government for denying benefits to construction workers for which legislation was enacted as much as 14 years ago. The reality is that as a result of such delayed action on the part of (...) -
Kashmir Conundrum: A Simple Complexity
14 October 2010, by Ajay K. MehraBOOK REVIEW
Identity Politics in Jammu and Kashmir by Rekha Chowdhary (ed.); Vitasta Publishing, New Delhi; 2010; pp. 470; Rs 895.
“We have decided to work with and die for India…. We made our decision not in October last, but in 1944, when we (...) -
The Kashmir Calculus
14 October 2010, by Uddipan MukherjeeTo an average high school science candidate in India, the mathematical intricacies of Calculus can appear to be intractable, at least in the preliminary approach. He or she would waste no time indeed to curse both Newton and Leibnitz to eternal (...)
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