Articles

Politics of violence and of opportunism in West Bengal

While she dines with the Congress and the Communists in Bangalore, no leaders from these parties will question Mamata Banerjee on her human rights record, an atrocious record which has very badly affected the cadres and workers of these parties as well. Barun Ruidas, a Dalit, was the polling agent …

Articles

How Aurobindo’s ‘Bande Mataram’ called for absolute independence and yet escaped British fury

Sri Aurobindo’s editorials and articles in Bande Mataram, which he wrote almost daily between 1907 and 1908, are a comprehensive indicator and schema of his early political activism, its trajectory and thinking. They provide the reader with an insight into the nationalist political discourse of the era, and also the …

Articles

BJP’s national executive meet shows why people continue to trust the party and Narendra Modi​

Unlike the ad-hocism of the CWC meets, the BJP’s NEC meets have always seen major deliberations, discussions and have often been the venue or platform for imparting historic turns to the party The Congress Working Committee’s meeting in October this year signalled that the party is yet to come to …

Book Review

Amit Shah and the March of BJP: Anirban Ganguly and Shiwanand Dwivedi’s book charts the journey of one of Indian politics’ central characters

Anirban Ganguly and Shiwanand Dwivedi’s ‘Amit Shah and the March of BJP’ narrates the personal and political journey of the national president of the largest political party in the world, captures the ideological world that shaped him and gives an account of the party that he is leading and shaping …

Articles

नरेन्द्र मोदी ने ठीक कहा है कि नेहरू ने जनरल थिम्मैया और करियप्पा को इज्जत नहीं बख्शी

तथ्य ये है कि नेहरू और कृष्ण मेनन दोनों ने जेनरल थिम्मैया का अपमान किया था और कृष्ण मेनन के बर्ताव ही के कारण जेनरल थिम्मैया ने इस्तीफा दिया इतिहास में ऐसे तथ्यों की भरमार है जिन्हें एक परिवार और उसके समर्थक अपने गले उतारते कठिनाई महसूस करें. इसलिए, जब …