http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/change-and-continuity/article6063884.ece Change and continuity by Akeel Bilgrami One pundit in the aftermath of the Indian elections has described the Prime Minister-elect as seeking to “reshape the entire political universe of India” (Ashutosh Varshney in The Guardian ). It is in the nature of public life in the modern period that even just the rhetoric and […]
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Delhi: Joint protest against the arrest of G.N. Saibaba, May 31
JOINT PROTEST DHARNA AGAINST THE ARRESTING OF G.N.SAIBABA More than a dozen progressive and democratic organizations are organizing a Protest Dharna on 31st May, 2014 (11 AM to 2 PM) at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, against the arbitrary arresting of Prof. G.N. Saibaba by Maharashtra Police. Through this united programme, we are also protesting state repression, […]
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May 29: Gas price – CAG says Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries overcharged customers
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/gas-price-cag-says-mukesh-ambanis-reliance-industries-overcharged/1255440 Gas price: CAG says Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries overcharged customers PTI Posted online: Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 0000 hrs New Delhi : The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up Reliance Industries for charging a rate in excess of the government approved price for its KG-D6 gas field and not […]
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May 25: “The leadership of the party is upper caste”
Interview of Razzak Molla by Amal Sarkar, published in Bengali newspaper Ei Samay. [In this interview of 25 March, 2014, Razzak Molla, MLA, former peasants’ leader of CPI(M) who has been expelled, presciently remarked, “Demise of CPM is inevitable. By demise I mean a CPI-like condition. There was a time when CPI had nation-wide presence […]
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Remembering Suniti Ghosh
by Sumanta Banerjee My personal association with Suniti Babu spans a period that covers more than half a century. It goes back to 1958 – when I joined Barasat Government College (a few kilometers away from Kolkata) as a junior lecturer, and found him as a senior colleague. I had heard of him earlier from […]
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Barnala: Protest convention against abduction of Dr. Saibaba, May 24
Raise voice against abduction of Dr. Saibaba convention in Barnala (Punjab) organised by Democratic Front against Operation Green Hunt, Punjab Saturday, May 24 at 2pm Venue: Ram Saroop Sangeet Sadan, Barnala
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May 19: No mandate is a mandate to silence opposition
1 http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/no-mandate No mandate is a mandate to silence opposition Hartosh Singh Bal The year 1984 is being invoked a lot in the wake of the Narendra Modi victory. Even though the circumstances were different then, it was the last time a single party won an absolute majority in an Indian election. That election saw […]