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November 8, 2008
Mainstream
Vol XLVI No 47, New Delhi, November 8, 2008
November Revolution in United States
Text of Obama’s Victory Speech at Chicago
Nilofar Suhrawardy
Obama’s Victory: Dawn of a New Era
Praful Bidwai
US Presidential Poll Outcome: A Welcome Win, but Don’t Expect Too Much
M. Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yaï
Africa, African Diaspora and the Prospect of Global Cultural Dialogue
Remembering October Revolution on its 91st Anniversary
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Salute From Prison
11 November 2008, by Ajoy Ghosh
The revolutionary martyr Bhagat Singh, along with his death-defying comrades looked upto the Russian Revolution for inspiration and guidance. Here is what Ajoy Ghosh, one of Bhagat Singh’s comrades-in-arms (who later became the General Secretary
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Lights of Moscow
11 November 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
[(The following piece was written by N.C. fortyfive years ago, published as it was in Mainstream (November 9, 1963). )]
As the Ilyushin 14 touched down on the hard rust of the Siberian snow, the pretty Chinese comrade next to me said: “It seems
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Nehru’s First Visit to Soviet Union
11 November 2008, by Leonid Mironov
Jawaharlal Nehru’s first visit to the Soviet Union in 1927 was connected with the Tenth Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. His two subsequent visits were in 1955 and 1961, after he became the Prime Minister of Independent
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’Where we are met with cynicism and doubt, we will respond with ... Yes We Can’
11 November 2008
The following is the complete text of US President-elect Barack Hussein Obama’s victory speech at Chicago’s Grant Park late on November 4 night.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are
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Rise Up to a Black House
11 November 2008, by Suhas Borker
When white became black
And black became white
I saw the radiance of a thousand suns
From Alamogordo burst in the tears filled
Bloodshot eyes of Black galley slaves
Shackled for centuries
In the shipwrecked ghettos of America.
I saw a Gandhi
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