The political emission triggered by the Indo-US nuke deal can now be felt quite clearly. The battle-lines have become sharper and it is time for every communist and every sincere
For the lonely man counting his days in the White House, the fortnight after 9/11 was not a happy one. As if the latest Laden tape was not enough, arch-rival
The BJP’s covert roll back of its opposition to the Indo-US Nuke Deal had exposed its own surrender on the question of defending the nation’s sovereignty. In the wake of
It is now an established fact that sealing in Delhi has very little to do with planning, unauthorised structures or even efficient retailing. Sealing turns out to have been nothing
UP is in a state of undeclared emergency. The Mayawati Government has banned student union elections on campuses. Students and youth who are on the streets protesting against this ban
In an attempt to create consent for the Indo-US Nuke Deal, its proponents have launched a concerted campaign to project nuclear energy as the panacea for all India’s energy problems.
Bhagat Singh’s birth centenary year is approaching an end. Throughout the year we have celebrated it -- the highpoints being the 23rd March Delhi rally and the 28th September celebrations
Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s family, which had a rich political heritage of resistance to colonialism, had a deep influence on his development. His great grandfather, Sardar Fateh Singh was one of
(Excerpts from Sardar Ajit Singh’s autobiography, Pagdi Samhal Jatta ton Azadi Talak, in which he describes his campaigns among the peasantry. – ed/.)
…Excessive land revenue increase in Rawalpindi districts Doab
No honest and reasonably alert visitor to China can fail to be impressed by the remarkable changes in the country and the people. The material advances shown by the new
Just a few days after the 60th anniversary of India’s ‘tryst with destiny’ - on 20 August to be precise - eleven tribal women were raped in Visakha District of
The elitist and rootless Chief Minister of Orissa, Mr. Navin Patnaik, is being rated as an ideal CM by corporate houses and MNCs. He is not only known for the
‘The government is ready to give enormous tracts of land to corporate houses. But it is not ready to allot even 5 cents of land for the toiling masses to
Angry Protests against arrest of popular mass leader and former MLA Comrade Mahbub Alam
The surreptitious abduction and arrest of popular peasant leader and former Barsoi MLA Comrade Mahbub Alam by
Workers of factories under the SIDCUL industrial area (of State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttaranchal Ltd.) were brutally lathicharged on September 18. Women (mostly family members of the workers) who
ASHA Workers’ Conference held in Patna
ASHA women health workers organized to raise their voice against the Government through a conference held in Patna on 22 September. The conference was organized
The struggle in Bolivia has significantly intensified in the last few months. While the Bolivian oligarchy is plotting a coup against President Evo Morales in cahoots with the United States
In September, a team of retired British Army officers and descendants of British Army officers who suppressed the revolt of 1857 came on a tour of various sites of the
