IMPRESSIONS
Our scientists lift us up to Mars, our politicians drag us down to the pits. The cameras on Mangalyan will not make our dog-fighting parties look any better. Not when Sardar Patel himself is turned into a battle axe to hit one (...)
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Thanks to Modi, Sardar Patel Lives Again and ‘True Secularism’ is Discovered
1 December 2013, by T J S George -
Is there a Hindu Left?
1 December 2013, by S G VombatkereLeft and Right
The contemporary meaning of the political Left and Right originates from the French Revolution (1789-1799). Those who sat on the left opposed monarchy and supported the revolution, including creation of the republic. Those who sat (...) -
A Citizens’ Agenda for Change
1 December 2013DOCUMENT
The following is the full text of a document prepared by the Council for Social Development, New Delhi. It was released at a press conference in the Capital addressed by Prof Muchkund Dubey, the CSD President; Prof Amit Bhaduri, Prof (...) -
A Democratic Exercise, not Holy War
1 December 2013by Arun Srivastava
The elections to the five State Assemblies have put the real face of Narendra Modi before the people of India, specially the burgeoning middle class which aspires to control the fulcrum of the state machinery and governance, (...) -
Authoritative Focus on Concerns of the Poor and Marginalised
1 December 2013, by Vijay KumarBOOK REVIEW
An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen; Allen Lane; 2013; pages: 413.
The book under review is a powerful and authoritative intervention for more vigorous and pervasive state action, at least (...) -
Right to Forest Land: Who Benefits?
1 December 2013by Rachna Kumari Prasad
The right to forest land is not only a right to livelihood for the Adivasis but also an issue of identity, dignity and culture. Depriving them of their rights has reduced them into India’s poorest, marginalised (...) -
No Time to Turn In
1 December 2013, by Badri RainaAre you into a wobbly dotage like me? Do your eyes slip off the page however you try to hold fast to a word? Does your spine not bear up beyond a brief, bold foray? Does your thought fly from you like a bird, not knowing where it may perch or (...) -
Regional Parties in Indian Democracy: Centre and Peripheries
1 December 2013, by Indrajeet SinghWhen democracy was officially installed in India in 1947, all citizens were accorded the right to vote, regardless of the illiteracy, poverty and social inequality of most of them. The decision promised equality, liberty and justice to all the (...) -
Unfortunate Efforts by Communal Forces to Misuse the Name of Swami Vivekananda
1 December 2013, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
It is clear from the reasons given by a Chicago interfaith organisation for withdrawing support to the 150th birth aniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekananda in the USA that their main objection was to the very unfortunate (...) -
Snooping in Gujarat, Tejpal Issue and Media
25 November 2013, by SCEDITORIAL
While the rival political formations continue their attacks on each other in public rallies in the course of the electoral campaign for the State Assembly polls, the Gujarat snooping controversy is assuming a new and wider dimension (...)
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