by Navneet Sharma and Anamica
Move your body, Move your bum
Bhole bam, bhole bam, Bhole bam
—A popular song emanating from blaring DJs in Kanwar Yatra
Every year people in and around Delhi and in the so-called ‘cow belt’ wait with baited breath (...)
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God on Shoulders: Lumpen Proletariats and the Political Agenda of Kanwar Yatra
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Bhupesh : Some Reminiscences
31 August 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
To write about somebody whom one has known for more than four decades—sometimes very closely—is not easy after his or her passing away. For me, Bhupesh Gupta was one whom I have known from the early beginnings of my active (...) -
Rest in Peace, Comrade Kutty. The Struggle Continues
31 August 2019TRIBUTE
by Beena Sarwar
The following is what Pakistani journalist Beena Sarwar recently wrote in her syndicated column as a tribute to Pakistani and South Asian public figure B.M. Kutty who breathed his last in Karachi on August 25, 2019. She (...) -
Facing a Storm
31 August 2019A razing storm is blowing.
You face it like an oak tree
against its cyclonic speed,
but get uprooted in the end.
Or you bend like a willow,
letting the storm pass over,
again regain your posture,
finding foothold on the soil.
Upheavals come, (...) -
Dear PM, Please check your facts
31 August 2019by Subhash Gatade
Jean Dreze, the Belgian born Indian economist and activist, who has co-authored books with Nobel Laureates like Amartya Sen and Angus Deaton, reached headlines for entirely different reasons.
Photo of the placard he was (...) -
Bukharin: The Great Humanist Revolutionary
31 August 2019, by Anil RajimwaleBOOK REVIEW
Nikolai Bukharin by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta; Seribaan, Bakhrahat, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal; 2019.
In the post-Soviet collapse period, there has been a growing search for alternatives to orthodox Marxism and for humanist and (...) -
Gone Away! Lost Happiness
31 August 2019by Harish Chandola
Veteran journalist Harish Chandola recently lost his son. In the following piece he has written about him. It is being published here for the benefit of our readers. Chandola is a prolific writer with a wide knowledge of (...) -
Solidarity of “Social Left” alone can guide the “Party Left” | Gopal Krishna
31 August 2019by Gopal Krishna
In his “End of ‘Left-politics’ in India?”, Sunil Ray (August 3, 2019, Mainstream) has attempted to develop a critique against the rootless thought of ‘Left-politics’ having lost its relevance to India. It is crystal-clear that (...) -
Prof Ashok Parthasarathi Is No More
31 August 2019Renowned scientist and former S&T Advisor to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Prof Ashok Parthasarathi, 79, passed away at his residence in New Delhi on August 12, 2019 after a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, Vibha, and sons, (...) -
Grim Scenario on I-Day 2019
19 August 2019, by SCEditorial
Once again we are approaching another Independence Day, our seventythird. But it will be observed under conditions that are qualitatively different from the ones in the past.
Only recently this month, on August 5, the ruling party of (...)
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