by Sandeep Pandey Narendra Modi has declared in his maiden Independence Day speech that the Planning Commission will be scrapped and replaced by a Reform and Solutions Commission based on the recommendation of an Independent Evaluation Office (IEO). The report was placed before Narendra Modi soon after he took over as PM. It suited Modi […]
स्वतंत्रता दिवस के कर्तव्य
प्रेम सिंह आत्मालोचन का दिन पिछले स्वतंत्रता दिवस के ‘समय संवाद’ और उसके आगे-पीछे हमने जो लिखा, इस स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर उससे अलग कुछ कहने के लिए नहीं है। कहना एक ही बार ठीक रहता है। भले ही वह स्वतंत्रता जैसे मानव जीवन और मानव सभ्यता के संभवतः सर्वोपरि मूल्य के बारे में हो। दोहराव […]
Open Loot of Public Money
by Sandeep Pandey It is believed that over 2.5 lakh farmers in India have committed suicide over the last two decades since neo-liberal economic policies have been implemented. In other words as the dependence of Indian farmer has increased on market, he is finding it difficult to repay loans taken to buy various farm inputs […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sustainable Development
A presentation by Monish Babbar, delivered at the Socialist Party conference on May 30th, 2014 at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi.
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 […]
