by Zahoor Ahmad Wani
Now fear no more shall bridle speech; Uncurbed, the common tongue shall prate of freedom; For the yoke of state lies are broken on the bloody beach —Aeschylus, The Persians 584-94
The key question this brief article (...)
Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2017
2017
-
Does Democracy Die a Fitful Death in India?
23 October 2017 -
Have Land Reforms Vanished from the Government Policy in India?
23 October 2017, by Bharat DograDespite the widely acknowledged fact that land reforms constitute one of the most important means of reducing poverty and improving food security of the weakest sections, it has been well known for a few years now that the Government of India is (...) -
Peking’s Shadow Over NEFA • President’s Unique Initiative
23 October 2017, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Fiftyfive years ago in this week itself the Chinese aggression of India rocked the country. It formally happened on October 20 but the preparations for it were going on for quite sometime and Chinese intrusion into Indian (...) -
JP: Some Reflections
23 October 2017On the occasion of Jayaprakash Narayan’s 115th birth anniversary on October 11, 2017 we are carrying the following piece written by N.C. under the pseudonym ‘Analyst’ after JP passed away on October 8, 1979.
by Analyst
Jayaprakash Narayan has (...) -
How would the Charlatan BHU VC going on leave Help the Institution?
23 October 2017, by Sandeep PandeyThe controversial Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Professor Girish Chandra Tripathi, has now gone on leave indefinitely. It turns out that he was not only a disaster for the university but was also eroding the credibility of the (...) -
Renu Chakravartty: Some Recollections
23 October 2017, by Hiren MukerjeeOctober 21 this year marks the birth centenary of Renu Chakravartty, noted Communist parliamentarian who passed only on April 16, 1994. Remembering her, we are reproducing the following article by Hiren Mukerjee that appeared in Mainstream (...) -
Renu Chakravartty: A Profile / Two Letters
23 October 2017Renu Chakravartty was born on October 21, 1917 at Calcutta to Sadhan Chandra Roy and Brahma Kumari Roy. Her parents were well-known Brahmos, her grandparents—Prakash Chandra Roy and Aghorekamini Devi—having been pioneers of the Brahmo Samaj (...) -
Nazism and the American Automobile Giant
23 October 2017, by Arup Kumar SenHenry Ford of the Ford Motor Company (FMC) in America made a revolution in the world of automobiles by manufacturing the Model-T car, a low-price “people’s car”, and innovating assembly line technology, a technology of mass production. These (...) -
BJP on a Sticky Wicket
14 October 2017, by SCEDITORIAL
Jay Shah, the son of the second most important person in the country, BJP President Amit Shah, is in the spotlight at present.
A report in The Wire website has pointed out that the turnover of Temple Enterprise Private Limited, owned (...) -
Indian Muslims on Trial Again
14 October 2017, by Shamsul IslamAccording to press reports, Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Ramdev, while participating in a TV show (September 30, 2017), said cow urine should be acceptable to Muslims too as something used for treatment. He went to the extent of claiming: “It (...)
0 | ... | 110 | 120 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 180 | 190 | ... | 750