by Mahi Pal
Introduction
In Rajasthan, after the reservation movement, the Gurjar caste became a household name across the country. There were reasons for that in terms of their poverty and unemployment. Besides, they were annoyed with the (...)
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Social Governance among Gurjars by the Gurjars in Rajasthan
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Narmada Movement Demands Need Wide Support
7 September 2019COMMUNICATION
On September 2 Medha Patkar and nine persons affected by the submergence of the Sardar Sarovar Dam ended their nine-day fast after receiving assurances from the Madhya Pradesh Government that the State Government will be giving (...) -
Normalcy
7 September 2019, by Badri RainaLandlines are up.
Normalcy is on the way.
Soon other things will follow,
As they learn to obey.
Schools are open too.
The children may not be there,
But no normalcy can be lasting
Without an element of fear.
The trust of the people will be won (...) -
Restore Nehruvian Economic Policies
31 August 2019POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
The BJP Government had been casting covetous glances on the RBI reserve fund for quite some time and the RBI was resisting it. It was mainly on this issue that the former RBI Governor Urjit Patel resigned in December, 2018. (...) -
India’s Colossal Blunder in Kashmir
31 August 2019by Ayesha Ray
In a stunningly dangerous, undemocratic and secretive move, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government repealed Articles 370 and 35a of the Indian Constitution using a presidential order. The government failed to (...) -
Abrogation of Article 370: Blatant Subversion of Democracy and Federalism
31 August 2019by Vijay Kumar
The abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the promulgation of the Presidential Order dated August 5, 2019 superseding all previous Presidential Orders extending the provisions of the Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir (...) -
New India’s ‘sanitised’ concentration camps
31 August 2019by Mustafa Khan
The acerbic tweet of PM Narendra Modi from France and the meeting of G-7 is indicative of what he has made of the Kashmir Valley. What man has made of man! “Leaders from Opposition who shared stage with Tukde Tukde gang member (...) -
Article 35A Is Dead: Long Live Article 35A
31 August 2019, by Badri RainaFew “democracies” worldwide can quite match the amoral nimbleness of Indian “mainstream” politics.
What was decried less than an hour ago can find blasé approval within the hour, replete with a brazen package of justifications.
If there is one thing (...) -
Holy Cow on Indian Political Chessboard
31 August 2019by Ram Puniyani
Lynching alone has not been the only fallout of making the Holy cow as central to the agenda of the Hindu nationalist BJP and its co-travellers towards Hindu Rashtra. In the dreaded pheno-menon of lynching the major victims have (...) -
The return of the strongman in Sri Lanka
31 August 2019, by M K BhadrakumarThe announcement in Colombo on Sunday (August 11, 2019) by former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa that his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, will be his party SLPP’s presidential candidate in the election due to be held before December 8 has (...)
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