Fascism is always latent in a Republic, and makes its appeal in underhand ways. They incite you to believe that the survival of your family is dependent on the survival or expansion or maintenance of the Republic itself and scoop up your vote in their net.…
Era of Dictatorial Democracy | Pieter Friedrich
“In the west, we have labels,” commented journalist François Gautier on WION TV, during a panel about the results of India’s 2019 general election.…
Adityanath Yogi as Commissar From Allahabad to Prayagraj: What’s in the name?
Adityanath Yogi, Chief Minister of UP seems to be on the name changing spree. In his latest move he has changed the name of famous city of UP, Allahabad…
Korean Anniversary: Confidence-building Measures Still Needed
Sunday 9 September was the 70th anniversary of the creation of North Korea. As has been usual in recent years there was a very highly-structured ceremonial parade. Such mass events are used to convey policy priorities to its citizens and to the outside…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: BJP’s Liberal mask with soul of Sangh
With the loss of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the ex-Prime minster of India, many obituaries poured in praising his liberalism and amicable nature. Many of them described him as ‘Right man in the wrong party’. This is the most prevalent image about him. He is…
Is Congress a Muslim Party, is it against Hindus? | Ram Puniyani
Currently there is propaganda from BJP combine that Congress is anti Hindu party. On every conceivable occasion it states that Congress is insulting Hinduism. In the wake of the verdict of Mecca Masjid blast cases; as the accused got released; BJP spokespersons…
BJP is Belittling Nehru’s Legacy… Why ? | Ram Puniyani
Last few years there is a concerted attempt on the part of the ruling BJP to ignore and undermine the legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minster of India, the architect of Modern India. In the international meets his name is deliberately ignored.…
Highlighting ‘Ramji’ in Ambedkar’s name! | Ram Puniyani
Currently many a dalit’s leaders are up in arms and criticizing the move of UP Government of adding ‘Ramji’ in official records of Bhimrao Ambedkar. It is true that Babasaheb signed the Constitution as Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, but as such not too often…
Adivasis seek to re-assert their traditional identity | Stan Swamy
‘Adivasi history is an unbroken chain of broken promises’ (Dr.B.D.Sharma) What are these broken promises? Massive displacement without rehabilitation: Independent studies estimate that about 24 lakh acres of their land has been forcibly acquired by the…
Kamal Haasan’s Dravidian identity project | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Kamal Haasan has called for strengthening a Pan Indian Dravidian identity and asked the chief ministers of all the South Indian States : Tamilnadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to have a join front so that they can extract more…