Commentary
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The inheritance of the Congress Socialist Party
The inheritance of the Congress Socialist Party Prem Singh At the time of the establishment of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) on 17th May 1934, in Patna, under the chairmanship of the patriarch of the Indian Socialist Movement, Acharya Narendra Deva, two goals were clear : to achieve the Independence of the country and to…
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Implications of IIT Fee Hike
The Indian Institutes of Technology Council headed by the Minister of Human Resources Development Smriti Irani, based on a recommendation by its standing committee, has decided to increase the undergraduate fees from Rs. 90,000 to Rs. 2 lakhs per year. This now makes IIT education costlier than some of the private engineering colleges. Although this…
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How Can Cricket Determine Our Nationalism?
HOW CAN CRICKET DETERMINE OUR NATIONALISM? The defeat of India by West Indies in the T-20 World Cup triggered a controversy at National Institute of Technology at Srinagar between Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri students. Some Kashmiri students have been alleged to have raised anti-India slogans and burst firecrackers upon India’s defeat. The Kashmiri students allege that…
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Systematically Dismantling the Academic Credibility of Our Institutions
Associate Professor Shreya Bhattacharji is the latest target of the Sangh Parivar. She was suspended from the Central University of Jharkhand by the Vice Chancellor Nand Kumar Yadav for having invited retired Professor M.N. Panini of the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University to a CUJ’s event…
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The Idea of Nation
Dear Bhuvnesh, I appreciate your concern for nation but again I would say it is an artificial concept. Just like some people believe in God and have faith in religion you believe in nation. Your faith is as blind as somebody’s is in God. I too am concerned about soldiers dying on border but unlike…
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Why Richa Singh Must Continue to Hold Fort
As the news poured in of Kanhaiya Kumar walking out of prison free and delivering an electrifying speech on Jawaharlal Nehru Univerisity campus in Delhi, another President of a Students’ Union, Richa Singh at Allahabad University, the first woman to hold this office in University’s history, became the target of the Sangh Parivar. After her…
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Most Indians Would Be Considered Anti-National
MOST INDIANS WOULD BE CONSIDERED ANTI-NATIONAL Lately, a number of people have been described as anti-national by the Hindutva lobby. The most shocking is their definition of anybody who worships ‘demons’ from Hindu mythology is also an anti-national. The mythological figures belong to a distant past when the concept of nation state was not there.…
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Sliding Popularity of Right-Wing Politics
Hardly two months back nobody would have thought that PM Narendra Modi’s authority would be questioned by ordinary university students on campuses. The campaign which brought Modi to power in Delhi was so high profile that in the initial period of his prime ministership an atmosphere was created in which, what to talk of common…
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Beating of Kanhaiya Kumar in Court Brings Back Memories of Babri Demolition
The manner in which Jawaharal Nehru University Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar was roughed up in Patiala House Court premises, while being brought to be produced in the Court room, in the presence of observers from Supreme Court who were there to ensure the security of Kanhaiya and everybody else targeted by the RSS-BJP, has…
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Why Does Afzal Guru Evoke Controversy Every Time?
WHY AFZAL GURU EVOKES A CONTROVERSY EVERYTIME? In the context of recent event at Jawaharlal Nehru University to mark the hanging of Afzal Guru in which JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested on charge of sedition, we must also consider why the controversy over Afzal Guru refuses to die? Afzal Guru was…
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Rohith We’re Ashamed, Dronacharyas Are Still Around
Although Rohith Vemula, the dalit student of Hyderabad Central University who commited suicide because of the humiliation he was subjected to, has not held anybody responsible for his suicide, the fact is that he had not received his scholarship for the last several months and was not allowed to use university facilities such as hostels,…
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बाबरी मस्जिद ध्वंस की याद दिला गया न्यायालय परिसर में कन्हैया कुमार के साथ खुले-आम मार-पीट
– संदीप पाण्डे जिस तरह से सर्वोच्च न्यायालय से पर्यवेक्षक के रूप में भेजे गए वरिष्ठ वकीलों के दल की मौजूदगी में पटियाला हाऊस न्यायालय में वहां के वकीलों ने पेशी में लाए जा रहे जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र संघ अध्यक्ष कन्हैया कुमार के साथ मार-पीट की, 1992 की बाबरी मस्जिद ध्वंस की घटना…