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‘For a Left Populism’ | Arup Kumar Sen
10 April 2021, by Arup Kumar SenRecently, the eminent scholar, Chantal Mouffe, wrote a seminal book titled For a Left Populism (Verso, 2018). She argued: “Right-wing populism claims that it will bring back popular sovereignty and restore democracy, but this sovereignty is (...) -
When Election Commission pits itself against the electorate | Sankar Ray
10 April 2021, by Sankar RayThe role of the Election Commission of India (EC) with Sunil Arora, the Chief Election Commissioner at the helm is far from being impartial and neutral especially in West Bengal, His term is ending on 12 April and grapevine has it that a (...) -
Can India Get Liberation from Modi? | Nagender Madavaram
10 April 2021by Dr. Nagender Madavaram*
India is attracting global attention for wrong reasons. The country has an astonishing history of coexistence with diversified cultures. Jews, Persians, Bahais, Tibetans and other ethnic groups got shelter in India (...) -
Support the Struggle of the Farmers: It Is Our Struggle Too | Neeraj Jain
10 April 2021by Neeraj Jain
As we write this, lakhs of peasants — men, women, youth and children — are camping at entry points to the country’s capital, demanding the scrapping of the three farm legislations recently imposed on the country by the present (...) -
Democracy Even In Times Of Covid | T J S George
10 April 2021, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
We are so proud of our freedom that we don’t want even Covid to interfere with it. We mix and mingle with abandon thanks to our freedom. Figures show a spiralling of cases as the second wave of the pandemic is sweeping across the (...) -
The Nandigram Discourse: A Steep road towards ‘Actual Freedom’ | Biplove Kumar
10 April 2021by Biplove Kumar*
“These freedoms (economic, social and moral) are harder than the political, if only because they are constructive, less exciting and not spectacular” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
The electoral season of West Bengal’s Nandigram (...) -
Human rights vs. Lankan sovereignty | Apratim Mukarji
10 April 2021, by Apratim MukarjiFor the first time since their second stint in power began, the Rajapaksa brothers are face-to-face with a solid wall of resistance from the international communty. On all the earlier occasions, even including in 2015 when the then Sri Lankan (...) -
Amid Myanmar’s post-coup violence, there is one township in Yangon that ‘scares the military’ | Nadi Hlaing and Michael Haack
10 April 2021by Nadi Hlaing and Michael Haack
4 April 2021
North Okkalapa in Yangon is renowned for its lawlessness and illicit activities but it has also been central to Myanmar’s protest movements for decades
Since the February 1 coup, the battles (...) -
China’s Geo-Economic Strategy In Central Asia | R G Gidadhubli
10 April 2021by R G Gidadhubli
Subsequent to the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, Central Asia was a scene of Great Game between major global powers, namely Russia, USA and Europe and China. Even as political ties have remained close and (...) -
Why the Full Story of Mujibur Rehman’s Killing Cannot be Told Officially | Bharat Dogra
10 April 2021, by Bharat DograWhen Banglabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman , the first President of Bangladesh, also called the Father of the Nation and revered by millions as such, was assassinated on August 15, 1975 as a part of the wider efforts to overthrow his popular (...)
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