Commentary
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Dominance of Private Corporate Sector – Unacceptable under the Constitution
by Rajindar Sachar Now that the high sounding praise by Corporate Sector of Modi Governments maiden budget is less noisy, it is time to look at it impartially. The insidious pro rich Bullet Train, Project is an open declaration of anti labour, anti rural bias in the context of about 60% of rural areas being…
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Relevance of Khudai Khidmatgar Today
by Sandeep Pandey It would seem improbable today but in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which is centre of continued violence today dominated by Taliban, there existed an organisation dedicated to non-violence called Khudai Khidmatgar not very long back. The person who founded this was called Frontier Gandhi – Khand Abdul Gaffar Khan…
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India Must Take a Stand on Palestine
by Sandeep Pandey There was a time when Yasser Arafat was as popular in India as any of its own leaders. The Palestine cause was the Indian cause. The Indian passport prevented its citizens from going to Israel (and South Africa). India didn’t consider Israel a legitimate state. Israel is probably the only country in…
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Sustainable Development
A presentation by Monish Babbar, delivered at the Socialist Party conference on May 30th, 2014 at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi.
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Who Was Behind Akshardham Temple Attack?
by Sandeep Pandey On May 16, 2014 when the entire country was riveted to TV watching Modi’s landslide victory, the Supreme Court was reprimanding the Gujarat police for shoddy investigation. The bench comprising of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Venkate Gopala Gowda said, ‘We intend to express our anguish about the incompetence with which the…
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Defeat of Neo-liberalism Will be the True Tribute to Sunil
by Prem Singh Sathi Sunil is no more. He had a sudden brain hemorrhage and lost consciousness. After four days of struggling with death in that condition, he eventually passed away on the 21st of April 2014. For years Sunil had been wanting to travel the country to raise awareness among people about socialism. This…
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Electoral System Biased Against Smaller Parties
by Sandeep Pandey Anil Mishra is a candidate of Socalist Party (India) from Unnao in U.P. On 12 April, 2014 he sought permission of Election Officer of District Unnao to take out a bicycle rally with about a hundred people on 23 April from his village Khan Peer Ali Nevada to Auras town area. The…
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Implications of Foreign Funds Received by Congress and BJP
by Sandeep Pandey In the context of movement against the Kudankulum nuclear power plant the PM had himself directly accused the movement of receiving foreign funds implying thereby that there were some foreign powers who were not interested in seeing development in India and therefore sponsored anti-development movements. Realty was that the office of the…
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The Meaning of Slapping Arvind Kejriwal
by Sandeep Pandey Several incidents of ink throwing at or trying to punch or slap Arvind Kejriwal have occurred now. It appears that some people, mostly from his own movement and party, are angry at him and are giving vent to their frustration in this manner. However, is Arvind Kejriwal the only leader with whom…
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सु. मिश्रिख लोक सभा क्षेत्र के मतदाताओं से एक विनम्र अपील
– हरिनाम गौतम प्रिय भाई एवं बहनांे, आप लोगों ने जिन्हें सांसद, विधायक चुनकर भेजा उन्होंने क्या किया? अपनी कोठी, बंगला, कार, प्लाट, गैस ऐजेन्सी, ईंट भट्ठा, पेट्रोल पम्प, आदि, बनवाने लगे। जनता की तरफ मुड़ कर भी नहीं देखा और अरबपति बन गये। जनता के लिए क्या किया? 1. छीना झपटी लूटपाट चारों ओर…