by Ram Puniyani
On this January 23, the BJP-RSS organised various programmes to honour Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. In one of these programmes, a clash took place leading to a curfew in Kendrapada, Odisha. In different meetings organised by the (...)
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Appropriating an Icon: RSS Celebrates Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Birthday
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George Fernandes — A Lifelong Rebel and Coalition-builder
17 February 2019TRIBUTE
by Shambhu Shrivastava
The best tribute to George Fernandes would be to acknowledge the fact that nobody, just nobody ever treated him as a Christian. He was always treated as a front-ranking leader of post-independence India. He was a (...) -
Spectacular CBI Move in Kolkata: Reading the Social Text
17 February 2019by Arup Kumar Sen
An unparalleled political confrontation between the Centre and State of West Bengal took place in Kolkata on February 3, 2019, over an attempted questioning of the city’s Police Commissioner, Rajeev Kumar, by CBI officials in (...) -
Living in the Past
17 February 2019, by M K BhadrakumarIn an article on March 15, 2003, as storm clouds were gathering for the American invasion of Iraq, one of India’s best-known editors chastised our “entirely ignorant and non-serious politicians and public opinion” not to introduce “new stresses on (...) -
Understanding Socio-political Assertion of Muslims in India Today
17 February 2019by Shamsher Alam
As far as Indian democracy is concerned, Muslims are one of the important parts of the same. They are a decisive factor of Indian democracy. However, when it comes to map and comprehend their socio-political cons-ciousness and (...) -
Illusionary Directionless Populist Interim Budget
17 February 2019by D.M. Diwakar
The Union Budget is presented under the provision of “The Procedures of Financial Matters” in Articles 112 to 118 of the Constitution of India (GoI, 2015: 54-59), an intended financial proposal of the Union Government about its (...) -
Narendra Modi is the Actual Accidental PM
17 February 2019, by Sandeep PandeyAnupam Kher’s film Accidental Prime Minister has targeted Dr Manmohan Singh who served for two terms and may be again acceptable for the job if his party regains power. But his tormentor, Narendra Modi, seems to be out of breath even before his (...) -
Today’s Imperative
17 February 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The time has come when we can no longer afford to indulge in mutual recrimination. The time has come for us to hang our heads in shame.
What has happened at Moradabad is a blot on our patriotism. No amount of quibbling, (...) -
EVM Debate: Securing Faith in the Basic Institution of Free and Fair Franchise
17 February 2019, by Badri RainaThe fundamental postulate of any democratic justice system is that a few that may be guilty may go unpunished but not one that is innocent should be convicted.
In political terms, the concomitant postulate clearly must be that the least finger (...) -
Do Not Undermine Parliament, Please
17 February 2019by D.K. Giri
To read in the papers that the two days (February 5 and 6) in the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha were wholly washed out by disruptions is quite sad and painful for those watching the democratic institutions, mainly Parliament. (...)
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