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Union Budget 2019: Cynically giving back a fraction of what has been taken
10 February 2019, by Arun KumarThe Union Budget 2019-20 is a full Budget in spite of the title of Interim Budget. The convention is that it should have been a Vote on Account to carry on the business of government for a few months till the full Budget is presented by the new (...) -
A Half-hearted Budget in the Name of the Poor
10 February 2019by S.S. Sangwan
As usual, the Budget of 2019-20 is a political Budget just three months prior to the 17th lok Sabha elections. After defeat in three States, the first pro-poor compulsion of the government was the constitutional amendment for 10 (...) -
Sowing Division: Caste is Crucial in Indian Elections
10 February 2019by L.K. Sharma
Jaati na poocho sadhu ki, pooch leejiye gyan”, sang India’s saint-poet Kabir. (Do not judge a saint by his caste, imbibe his knowledge). However, the most-asked question in an Indian election is about the candidate’s caste. (...) -
Demystifying the SC Ruling on Reservation Policy
10 February 2019by Kamal Singh, Indervir Singh and Chaman Lal
The Supreme Court of India in its recent decision upholds the verdict of the Allahabad High Court regarding reservation in the University. As per the decision, while applying the reservation roaster, (...) -
Can the NDA Rise above its Shortcomings before the 2019 Polls?
10 February 2019by Suraj Sharma
The following is a contribution from a government servant writing under a pseudonym. It was written sometime ago last year but its contents still retain their validity.
Experience has shown that the Indian citizens cannot expect (...) -
Solidarity with Venezuela in a Changing World
10 February 2019by Archishman Raju
The American writer, James Baldwin, once remarked: “History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force (...) -
Demise of George Fernandes
10 February 2019COMMUNICATION
Born in Karnataka, George Fernandes will always be remembered as one of the Mohicans of the anti-Emergency movement in India. His historic leadership in the nationwide rail strike made him an icon of the Indian working class (...) -
Kalpana Dutt
10 February 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The following lines were written by N.C. twentyfour years ago and published in this journal’s February 18, 1995 issue. It is being reproduced on the occasion of the distinguished revolutionary Kalpana Dutt’s twentyfourth (...) -
Communal Frenzy and Abuse of Religion
10 February 2019by Nilofar Suhrawardy
Naseeruddin Shah has his right to entertain the reservations he has expressed regarding the “fear” entertained about their religious identity by certain Muslims. In his words, he feels “anxious” for his children, for “if (...) -
Protecting Republican Constitution
28 January 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
As we prepare to celebrate our seventieth Republic Day on January 26 this year, a grim situation stares us in the face now that we are approaching our next general elections within a short span of time.
The poll bugle has already been (...)
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