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Ruckus on the campus of the universities in Uttar Pradesh seems ongoing. The latest news reports of violence on the campus of the Allahabad University and before that ruckus in the Benaras Hindu University and Lucknow University speak (...)
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Destroying Education, Attacking Students
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They Come in New Attire!
15 October 2018by Binoy Viswam
These lines are being written on October 2 when Gandhiji and his teachings reverberate in the heart and soul of India. This year Gandhiji is ‘privileged’ to be showered with praises from certain unusual quarters. They are none (...) -
Why the Arrest of Dalit Activists, ‘Urban Naxals’
15 October 2018by Ram Puniyani
The violence in Bheema Koregaon is still reverberating. We recall that on January 1, 2018, thousands of Dalits returning from Bheema Koregaon were beaten up. In that context the names of Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide cropped (...) -
Trajectories of Change in the World’s Largest Democracy: India, 2004-2019
15 October 2018by Alf Gunvald Nilsen
At the time of writing, India is headed for what is likely to be a fateful general election. Will the neoliberal and Hindu nationalist Modi regime secure another five years in office, or will they be ousted by the (...) -
RSS: Futile Attempt at Cosmetics by Mohan Bhagwat
15 October 2018, by Anil RajimwaleMohan Bhagwat made a laborious and futile attempt at cosmetics of the RSS at a lecture series intended “to reach out to a cross-section of the people” outside the ‘Sangh fraternity’.
“You need not believe all that I have said during the last three (...) -
The Vajpayee Legacy
15 October 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiAt a recent meeting in Delhi a group of journalists, academics, former diplomats discussed the legacy of that great public figure and national leader, Atal Behari Vajpeyee. It was agreed that Vajpayee was a remarkable man of many parts—scholar, (...) -
ISSSP receives M.L. Sondhi Prize
15 October 2018The 2017 Prof M.L. Sondhi Prize for Inter-national Politics was awarded to the Inter-national Strategic and Security Studies (ISSSP), Bengaluru, and was received by its Director, Prof. Rajaram Nagappa at New Delhi’s India International Centre on (...) -
Allround Decadence and Ray of Hope
15 October 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
While there is no doubt a lot on which to attack those in authority for their dereliction in running an orderly system of governance, one has to ask at the same time why there has been such an appalling deterioration in (...) -
Next Generation Rights to LGBT Communities
15 October 2018by G.K. Goswami and Aditi Goswami
Introduction
The recent decriminalising of homosexuality by the Supreme Court of India is a milestone on the bumpy road to recognise and strengthen the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders (...) -
Rhetoric and Reality
7 October 2018, by SCEDITORIAL
Mahatma Gandhi’s 149th birth anniversary was observed this week on October 2, 2018. That was the day when the country decided to launch the year- long celebrations marking Gandhiji’s 150th birth anniversary. [Of course, with the people (...)
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