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Ambedkar cover
In this issue
15-05-2015
34 STORIES
Interview
‘Education is the only solution’
Interview with Prakash Ambedkar, leader of the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh.
Letters
Letters to the Editor
D. Jayakanthan
The wholeness of a water drop
D. Jayakanthan (1934-2015) captivated the Tamil reading public with an outpouring of literary works that explored the societal options available for a
Preoccupations
Victor Kiernan and the lords of human kind
Human rights
Norms to the wind
The National Human Rights Commission makes a forceful intervention in the Seshachalam “encounter” deaths.
Red sanders trade
Law of the jungle
The nexus between the timber mafia, politicians and government officials and the rivalry over the control of the illegal red sanders trade are said to
Summit of the Americas
New realities
The Summit of the Americas in Panama City sees the United States and Cuba warming up to each other, but the opposition to the U.S. sanctions on Venezu
Modi's tri-nation tour
Links with the West
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-nation tour has been significant, with a rich haul of agreements signed, understandings reached, and diverse cons
Books
Kashmir’s coins & history
The book provides the reader an opportunity to gain a long-period perspective not only on the coins found in Jammu and Kashmir but on the associated h
Special Component Plan
Lip service to SCP
S.C/S.T. Bill
A Bill in limbo
A piece of landmark legislation meant to fulfil Ambedkar’s vision of Dalit empowerment has been put into cold storage .
Letter from America
The Iran bogey
Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran despite an irrational hatred for the country in Republican and Israeli circles signals recognition of new geopol
Interview
‘Cold-blooded murder’
Interview with Chiluka Chandrasekhar, general secretary of the Civil Liberties Committee of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Books
For a green GST
A case for including eco-taxes and eco subsidies in the proposed goods and services tax.
Books
Understanding urban Delhi
The book examines the city as a series of overlapping meanings rather than as an identifiable urban essence.
Education
Towards a factory model
The introduction of the Choice Based Credit System in Central universities, many educationists feel, aligns education with industry needs instead of e
Agriculture
Harvest of tragedy
D. Jayakanthan
His film world
Jayakanthan interpreted effectively through visuals the spirit of his literary works, leaving behind memorable Tamil films.
Caste Census
Critical exercise
The comprehensive survey under way in Karnataka, ostensibly to collect social and educational data, is also a political exercise as it seeks to enumer
Books
Shout-show TV
On the need for journalists to maintain the quality of public discourse on politics in political talk shows on television.
Gunter Grass
Curious about Kolkata
Wildlife
At peace with the jaguar
Situation of Dalits
Unequal citizens, still
Cover Story
The relevance of Ambedkar
An assessment of the legacy of the oppressed intellectual and social rebel Babasaheb Ambedkar in the 125th year of his birth, especially in the contex
CPI(M)
Guarded hope
The 21st party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) emphasises the strengthening of the party’s independent identity.
Kenya
Massacre of students
Al Shabab militants target non-Muslim students on a college campus in Garissa in the worst terror attack in the country.
Egypt
After the Spring
The ruling dispensation in the country currently enjoys public support and if it can deliver jobs and better health, education and infrastructure, inc
Seshachalam
Murders most foul
Families of loggers who were killed in police action in the Seshachalam forest in Andhra Pradesh and those who escaped by a stroke of luck give a chil
Reservation
Possibilities and limitations
Reservation is a very important part of Ambedkar’s constitutional legacy, which has transcended the law and contributed in no small measure to the mo
Interview
‘The primary task is to strengthen ourselves’
Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Political movements
Ambedkar: Squandered legacy
Ambedkar’s political legacy has evolved both thematically and organisationally over the 68 years of independent India.
Ambedkar and the Constitution
Freedom from fear and the fear of freedom
If in 'Annihilation of Caste' Ambedkar imagined the destruction of a religion that perpetuated the fixity of iniquitous relations in society, then in
Tribute
The magical reality of Eduardo Galeano
The Uruguayan author’s socialism never lost its heart or its ambitions. It was closely aligned with the dreams of ordinary people to transform this ex
Vijay Prashad
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Close encounters with the third kind
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