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With the coming assembly elections, West Bengal seems to be poised on the edge of a historic upheaval that will, in all probability, enter the collective memory of its people, much like the momentous 1977 elections. The most palpable moment of this churning will manifest in what looks like an (…)
, by CHANDHOKE Neera
Any perceptive analyst of democracy will testify that there is no necessary relationship between democracy and a corruption-proof regime, or development, or political stability. If we were to evaluate democracy from the vantage point of the desired ends we expect it to realise, it would fare (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
On May 30, urban as well as semi-urban West Bengal (many municipalities are still considerably rural) voted to elect 81 municipal bodies across the state. Unlike panchayat elections, municipal elections are not held simultaneously all over the state – many municipalities have a different (…)
, by Liberation (India)
The intense agitation for a separate Telengana, especially the upsurge of students, in the face of severe repression, eventually succeeded in wresting an announcement from the Central Government that steps would be taken towards formation of a separate State of Telengana. The demand for (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
In the recently concluded elections to State Assemblies in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh, the Congress has predictably managed to retain power in all the three states, triggering a growing media buzz regarding the revival of the Congress and the return of the old era of Congress (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
October 12, 2009
We are deeply concerned by the Indian government’s plans for launching an unprecedented military offensive by army and paramilitary forces in the adivasi (indigeneous people)-populated regions of Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa and West Bengal (…)
, by SEN Sukla
The Union Budget was presented just three days back. So now we know how the new regime has interpreted the mandate. But that must not stop us from making our own explorations. Here we attempt a close look at the things in what follows.
A Uniform Message?
Even at the obvious risk of sounding (…)
PRESIDENT Pratibha Patil’s address to the joint session of the two houses of Parliament has outlined the priorities and direction of the second term of the UPA government. While the government has listed ten points as priority areas, the basic thrust is essentially three-pronged : an unfettered (…)
, by MARIK Soma
The following is the final result of the parliamentary elections of 2009. Party 2009Won 2004Won Change **Indian National Congress 206 145 61 **Bharatiya Janata Party 116 138 -22 Samajwadi Party 23 36 -13 Bahujan Samaj Party 21 19 2 Janata Dal (United) 20 8 12 All India Trinamool (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
The results of 2009 elections can be described as a string of surprises not only for many well-entrenched parties and seasoned politicians but also for a host of commonsensical notions about contemporary Indian political reality. Of late, it became rather customary to look at elections in India (…)
, by SRI RAMAN J.
A collective sigh of relief went up as a Sunday of scorching Indian summer drew to a close. The votes had been counted after a month-long, five-phase general election, and the people had won. What had seemed a real and dire threat to peace in the world’s most populous democracy and the region (…)
, by SEN Sukla
This is a comment on J. Sri Raman’s article: India Routs the Far Right
That the results came as a huge relief, at least on the immediate term regardless of medium term prospects, with the rather unexpected scale of defeat and resultant suffered by the “Hindu” Right, and its hate cries, goes (…)
, by SEN Sukla
It is evidently easy and pretty alluring to predict after things have already taken place. And Marxists, in particular, are notoriously proficient. That makes it all the more difficult to resist the temptation of quoting my observation posted last morning, a day before the counting commenced: (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
In vain were the galaxy of film stars and other celebrities pressed into service for encouraging citizens to pay ballot tributes to the great Indian democracy. The third phase of polling — which the Election Commission described as“extremely satisfactory” — saw a voter turnout of just about 50%, (…)
, par BIDWAI Praful
The Indian electorate has delivered its judgment on parties - the BJP has been punished for its divisiveness, the Congress rewarded for inclusiveness, and the Left told it must correct course, writes Praful Bidwai.
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THE electorate has delivered a complex, (…)
, by BIDWAI Praful
Identity, not economic need, is the prime mover as the great democracy of India goes to the polls. The affluent can rest easy, says Praful Bidwai.
India’s general election, which began last week, is as full of variety and dauntingly complicated as the country itself. The polling spreads over (…)
, by BHARDWAJ Priyanka
The Congress-led coalition has its work cut out for it
India’s Congress-led government, beset with a sputtering economy, a prime minister just out of heart surgery and tensions surrounding the November massacre of 160 persons in Mumbai by Islamic extremists, faces the unappetizing prospect (…)
, by BHATTACHARYA Dipankar, KRISHNAN Kavita
The recent siege of Mumbai for nearly three days by a small band of well trained terrorists has almost universally come to be described as India ’s 9/11. In terms of sheer audacity of planning and execution, the places targeted and the scale and range of people killed and injured, the Mumbai (…)
, by SEN Sukla
"In some circles, it is argued that the judiciary places unnecessary curbs on the power of the investigating agencies to tackle terrorism. In India, those who subscribe to this view also demand changes in our criminal and evidence law — such as provisions for longer periods of preventive (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
On December 12, the streets of Delhi saw the largest mobilisation yet since the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008, with many thousands of students, workers and youth marching condemning the heinous attack in one voice, and paying tribute to the memory of its victims.
The media may be (…)
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