Communalism

Politics of Vendetta Shall Not Defeat the Cause of Justice

The following is the statement issued in solidarity with Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand by intellectuals, academicians, writers etc on February 16. Some of the prominent signatories of the statement are
Irfan Habib, Noam Chomsky, Ashok Mitra, Romila Thapar, Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Utsa Patnaik, Vivan Sundaram, Prabhat Patnaik, Mushirul Hasan, Arjun Dev, Jayati Ghosh, C P Chandrasekhar, Aijaz Ahmad, Sheldon Pollock, Akeel Bilgrami, Zoya Hasan, Mihir Bhattacharya, Saeed Mirza, Malini Bhattacharya, Sashi Kumar and Ram Rahman.

The Real & Insidious Nature of 'Ghar Wapsi’ Campaign

‘GHAR’ is one of the most loved and evocative words in Hindustani.  It conjures up a place that is always welcoming, always accepting, not only to those who belong to it but to their friends and comrades.  The doors of a home are always open, the space in a home is also elastic, capable of enveloping as many as want to enter the haven that it offers.  ‘Ghar wapsi’ therefore signifies a happy return home.  From a voyage, from a long absence, from a holiday.  It is a happy home-coming not only for a family favourite but even for a prodigal son (or daughter).  In short, it is

Demystification of Modi

NARENDRA Modi has launched his new year with Pravasi Bhartiya Sammelan and seventh vibrant Gujarat festival of three days where he extended an open invitation to investors from capitalist countries, whether NRI’s or private capital investors of multinational corporations to accelerate their engagement in the ongoing process of capitalist development of India led by Indian monopoly capitalist fractions of the ruling class.

The Gita Mystery

THE BJP is treading a familiar path. This time its agenda is to declare the Bhagavad Gita the 'National Book'. This demand has been voiced by senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, presently the country's foreign minister. In her statement to the media, one gets two terms - 'National Book' and 'National Scripture'. Call a rose by any name it will spread the same scent. Or rather, in reality, what will spread is the stench.

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