Casteism Killed Rohith

ROHITH Vemula is no more with us. He was born on January 30, 1989 to a poor Scheduled Caste family from Guntur district. Rohith who aspired to be a ‘writer of science like Carl Sagan’ was pursuing his Ph.D. in Science, Technology and Society Studies at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) at the time of his death. He has cleared both the UGC-JRF and CSIR-JRF. He was a scholar of great promise and a vocal student leader.Rohith was not the first, several dalit students have killed themselves in the last decade due to institutional discrimination at University of Hyderabad.

Peoples’ Unity as Marches Sweep Bengal

WHAT started as a jatha from Singur has turned out to be spectacular mobilisation of people throughout its way. The main jatha has been joined by many streams with more and more people enthusiastically participating, breaking all earlier records.Thousands of people started the march from Singur on January 16 with the main slogan of industry and employment in West Bengal.

Nava Kerala March Begins

THE month long Nava Kerala March with the theme of a “corruption free and secular progressive Kerala” got underway from Uppala, the northern tip of Kerala in Kasargode district on January 15, 2016. CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat formally inaugurated the Nava Kerala March by handing over the red flag to Pinarayi Vijayan, who is leading the march. Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan and Kerala state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan also addressed the meeting to mark the commencement of the march.

The State of India’s Democratic Revolution

MARXIST theory holds that in societies that come late to capitalism, the bourgeoisie is no longer capable of dealing those telling blows against the feudal order which the bourgeoisie in an earlier epoch had done, such as during the French Revolution. This is because when the bourgeoisie comes late on to the historical scene, ie, when bourgeois property itself has come under challenge from the nascent socialist movement, the bourgeoisie becomes afraid that any attack by it on feudal property might well rebound into an attack on bourgeois property itself.

Foreign Policy Compromises National Sovereignty

FOREIGN policy is an extension of the domestic policies pursued by the ruling classes. The foreign policy of the Modi government in the last 20 months, since it assumed office, reflects the rightward shift in Indian politics. The foreign policy and strategic orientation militates against India’s sovereignty, an independent foreign policy and strategic autonomy.

Combat the Double Whammy Attack For a Better India

IT is indeed a tragedy that we move towards our 67th Republic Day with the country bowing its head in shame and in anguish over the circumstances that have pushed a young bright dalit student to commit suicide in one of our premier central universities. The University of Hyderabad was declared only last year by the president of India who is also the visitor of the University to be the best university in the country. It is in this university that we find such a gruesome incident taking place.

Book VC for Student's Suicide

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on January 18.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep anguish at the suicide of a dalit student, Vemula Rohit, in the Central University of Hyderabad.

The five dalit students were on indefinite hunger strike protesting against the newly-appointed vice chancellor’s decision to rusticate them from the hostels of the University.

On CPI(M)’s Electoral Tactics

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on January 17, 2016.

THERE is a lot of speculation over the tactics that the CPI(M) will employ in the forthcoming elections to the state assemblies. The CPI(M)’s electoral tactics will be in accordance with the political-tactical line adopted at its 21st Party Congress. The Polit Bureau and the Central Committee will take a decision at an appropriate time regarding electoral tactics in each of these states.

The Republic under Siege

AS India observes the 66th anniversary of the Republic, it is necessary to have a hard look at the state of affairs in the country. The adoption of the Republican Constitution on January 26, 1950 was a major achievement of the independent India. It is under the Republican Constitution that a parliamentary democratic system was instituted.

International Congress on Kerala Studies Culminates with a Hope for a New Kerala

THE fourth edition of International Congress on Kerala Studies organised by AKG Padana Gaveshana Kendram (AKG Study and Research Centre) has been successfully held, culminating in the drawing up of a master plan to create a new Kerala. The two day conference held at seven venues in Thiruvananthapuram amidst the presence of a galaxy of leaders from Left and Democratic parties and experts in respective fields has given a hope to foresee the revival of Kerala model of development which changed the socio-economic status of the state.

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