Ahead of the budget session of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a televised meeting with some select editors of television channels. The Prime Minister had a simple explanation for
As the spool of the Hindutva terror networks begins to unravel, and the question whether terror can be prefixed by ‘saffron’ or ‘Hindutva’ begins to be asked on television channels,
This is an era of liberalized scams involving politician-bureaucrat-big business nexus in looting the national assets. The heat generated by 2G spectrum has not subsided. Now, CAG audit findings have
[Between August and October 2008, BJP-ruled Karnataka witnessed over fifty attacks on Christian institutions across the state, with the attacks peaking around September 14-15 when simultaneous attacks took place at
The tussle between the National Advisory Council and the Expert Committee headed by the PM’s Economic Advisor C Rangarajan over the National Food Security Bill is being projected as a
The U.S. has committed several outright crimes in the course of its fancifully named “global war on terror”. These have invariably been embroidered and portrayed as accidental missteps that the
(Comrade Dipankar’s address at the AILC Convention held in Kozhikode, Kerala on 22 January)
Comrades,
When we had assembled in Delhi to launch this All India Left Coordination, it was four days
[Text of speech delivered by Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan at the Deshbhakt Yadgar Hall, Jalandhar, on ‘The Indian State and the Cancer of Corruption’ on 14 February.]
Corruption is corroding
There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen. Lenin said this nearly a hundred years ago during the turbulent days of Russian revolution. The last
The decapitation of the regime was just the start. The revolution will have to go further if it's going to deliver what people want
[Excerpt from article by Seumas Milne, The
Egypt's striking workers won't entrust the transition to democracy to the generals who were the backbone of the dictatorship
[Excerpt from the article by Hossam el-Hamalawy, The Guardian, 14 February 2011]
Since
[Selections from the diary of the tumultuous days of revolution, published by Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif in The Guardian, 4 February 2011]
As people look down from balconies they wave at
On 8 March last year, the UPA-II had passed the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha with much fanfare. As the International Women’s Day Centenary culminating on 8 March
To a campus that prides itself on being progressive and gender-sensitive, where women and men have actively struggled for gender equality, the production and circulation of a sex clip involving
Many of the critical discussions taking place regarding neoliberalism in academic, activist and policy circles focus on the contrast between neoliberal policies and other ways of organizing capitalism – in
On 2 February, villagers from the khattas (forest settlements) and forest dwellers of a large number of villages came together for a spirited rally at Haldwani. This ‘Unity Rally’ was
On Feb 14 state-wide demonstrations were held by CPI(ML) and AIALA demanding immediate convocation of a special session of the Assembly on land reforms and formation of a Land Reforms
AISA Holds “People’s Parliament on Education”
On the first day of the budget session of Parliament (Feb 21st), AISA held a “People’s Parliament on Education”, in which several noted educationists and
The notorious Vedanta group which has been denied mining rights in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha in the face of powerful mass protests is engaged in illegal and destructive mining activities
