by Prem Singh
August 9, 2019 is the 77th anniversary of the ‘Quit India’ Movement, famously known as the August Revolution and an important milestone in the history of India’s freedom movement. The 75th anniversary of this movement, a movement (...)
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The Spirit of ‘Quit India’ Movement: Lohia’s Perception
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Communists and ‘Quit India’ Struggle
11 August 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
We reproduce N.C.’s following article on the 77th anniversary of the ‘Quit India’ struggle that began on August 9, 1942.
This was the week, fiftytwo years ago, that marked the parting of ways between the Communists and the (...) -
Martyrdom vs Saudi Selfishness
11 August 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
If God is love, why does he allow suffering? A timeless question. The answer provided by religion is that suffering leads to enlightenment. So a rishi would stand on one leg for years, another would do tapas inside a flaming fire. (...) -
Saraswati Karketta
11 August 2019, by A K Biswas“Calcutta University worshipping the Chandal” was the vicious campaigns targeting Mukunda Behari Mallick, when he was appointed as a Pali teacher by Vice-Chancellor Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1921.
The news of victimisation of a tribal lady, a (...) -
Severe Erosion of Pro-India Politics in Kashmir
11 August 2019BOOK REVIEW
by Abid Ahmad Shah
Kashmir: Rage and Reason by Gowhar Geelani; Publisher: Rupa Publications, New Delhi; Price: Rs 395.
Kashmir is glorified the world over as paradise on the earth, second to Switzerland in terms of scenic beauty, (...) -
BJP in the Dock following Unnao
3 August 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
The BJP’s role in the gory happenings around a case of rape in UP’s Unnao district has come out in bold relief placing the ruling party at the Centre and in the State in the dock. Two years ago a 17-year-old teenager was allegedly (...) -
Amending the RTI Act is about Cutting Troublesome Citizens Down to Size
3 August 2019, by Badri RainaAt a time when there is a countrywide demand that the modalities of the appointment of the Election Commissioners be amended to an independent collegium format in order to enhance the credibility of the Indian electoral system, guess what the (...) -
Modi 2.0: Whither Indian Democracy?
3 August 2019by Ram Puniyani
Narendra Modi has won the 2019 elections with a resounding mandate. Now his party has a simple majority in the Lok Sabha and his alliance NDA has a sizeable majority in the Lower House of Parliament. What does it mean for Indian (...) -
Congress Moving Towards a Split?
3 August 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on not continuing as the Congress President was the best thing that happened to the Congress in a long time. He must stick to it. Confusion and chaos, perhaps even cracks and crumbling may follow. That, too, (...) -
Yogi Government is Directly Complicit in Sonbhadra Massacre
3 August 2019The following is the lead article in CPI-ML’s weekly newsmagazine, ML Update, (Vol. 22, July 23-29, 219). It is being reproduced here with due acknowledgement.
On July 19, 2019, a village chief (gram pradhan) in Sonbhadra, Yagya Dutta Bhurtiya, (...)
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