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A Report on Cow Protection Violence in India
27 July 2019, by Arup Kumar SenWriting on the social dynamics of communal violence in India, social anthropologist, Julia Eckert, observed: “The success of Hindu nationalist organisations...lies not simply in their nationalist credo but in the specific opportunities of action (...) -
Status of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers under the Indian Forest Rights Act 2006
27 July 2019by Suparna Sanyal Mukherjee
The rabble of India was habituating in and around the Indian woodlands since time immemorial, but they had no legal rights to their homes, lands or livelihood sustenance.
The authorities of the Indian Government have (...) -
Nitish on the Horns of a Dilemma
20 July 2019POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is unhappy with the BJP. After the Lok Sabha elections, Modi took only one Minister in his Cabinet from the JD(U) even though the JD(U) had won only one seat less than BJP from Bihar. An angry (...) -
Tabrez Ansari, ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and Hate Killings
20 July 2019by Ram Puniyani
In the 17th Meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council the issue of the rise in hate crimes and mob lynchings against Muslims and Dalits in India was raised. While Prime Minster Modi stated that minorities will be (...) -
Matching PM’s Words with Deeds, Shah Alam Khan’s latest Book
20 July 2019, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Shouldn’t the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, have the Pehlu Khan lynching case re-opened and with that re-examined? Yes, he should. So that the murdered man and his family get justice and also that his killers are not bailed out (...) -
Karnataka Different from South?
20 July 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Here is an oddity that has not received the attention it deserves: in the voting last May, the south broke from the rest of India—and Karnataka broke from the rest of the south. What made Karnataka go out of step with Telangana, (...) -
Critique of Union Budget 2019-20
20 July 2019by Jayati Ghosh
When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitha-raman’s Budget speech omitted numbers relating to the government’s overall revenue and expenditure, for both the previous and current years, this was widely commented on. After all, these (...) -
Budget: A Catalyst for Social and Economic Transformation
20 July 2019by Suranjita Ray
The Budget has always been interpreted as an instrument of social and economic reforms alongside an innovator of far-reaching reforms in fiscal policies. It has a vital role to play in the economy of a welfare state as it aims (...) -
Aruna Asaf Ali’s 110th birth anniversary - Some tributes from the past
20 July 2019From N.C.’s Writings
July 16 this year marked Aruna Asaf Ali’s 110th birth anniversary. She passed away in the Capital on July 29, 1996. N.C. wrote this tribute after her passing 23 years ago.
Aruna Asaf Ali: A Tribute
Generations spanning over (...) -
A Life devoted to the CPI
20 July 2019TRIBUTE
by Sadasiva Chamarthy
Comrade Shameem passed away after battling cancer for months. After initial diagnosis, he maintained his composure, started undergoing usual routine checkups, then under- went chemocycles but in between regularly (...)
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