On Muzaffarnagar Riots

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on September 9, 2013.

In a most brutal and shocking incident unheard in the history of Kerala, a police team headed by a sub inspector unleashed violent attack on an LDF worker who participated in a peaceful protest against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Sub Inspector Vijayadas brutally attacked Jayaprasad, a DYFI activist from Thiruvananthapuram. He purposefully kicked the genitals of Jayaprasad, while other cops held him tight. He collapsed on the spot after the repeated kicking by the police on the groin. He was hospitalised later and his condition is still critical.

ECONOMIST Paul Krugman has recently written a column in The New York Times on the depreciating Indian rupee. He comes to the conclusion that India’s present currency crisis is fundamentally different from the East Asian currency crisis of 1997-8, since India’s debt, denominated in foreign currency, is small compared to what it was for the East Asian economies then. Hence he argues that there is no cause for India to panic; the rupee will depreciate for a while and then settle down, which would mean an upsurge in inflation for a while before prices too settle down.

Spectacular Progress, Formidable Challenges – (2)
Ashok Dhawale

Historic Kolkata Peace Rally
Protests against US Imperialism
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THE entire state of West Bengal came out on the streets in lakhs on September 1 to protest against all forms of imperialist occupations in the world. The rallies expressed anger against imperialist depredations and the neo-liberal economic policies being pursued by the ruling opportunist powers.