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Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of a series of short volumes that Neera Chandoke and I are editing for the Centre for Equity Studies
Rooted in anti-colonial struggle, Indian socialism, despite its limitations, helped progress towards an egalitarian society. Can that pathway be reclaimed? India’s immensely respected economist and public intellectual Prabhat Patnaik masterfully assembles in the pages of a short monograph the sweep of India’s post-colonial economic history. This is in his forthcoming Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of
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Dipankar Bhatacharya The crucial Budget session is going on in Parliament. The Trump Administration is daily humiliating India and hurting India’s economic interests. Even as Elon Musk and his economic empire are facing a huge backlash in the US, the Modi government is spreading out the red carpet for Musk’s ventures in India. The share…
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By Tunç Türel (Posted Mar 14, 2025) Capitalism, MarxismGlobalCommentary, NewswireSlavoj Žižek Slavoj Žižek, one of the Western thinkers who is familiar with Marxist terminology, published an article in Philosophy Salon on January 27, 2025, entitled “Why a Communist Must Assume that Life is Hell.”1 In it, Žižek argues that communists should turn their backs on humanist optimism and embrace radical pessimism,…
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the tragic case of Timothy Snyder Jan 26, 2024 Timothy Snyder is an eloquent, prolific and multi-lingual historian of Eastern Europe, who turned himself, after the success of Bloodlands, into that dangerous temptation, a public intellectual. Timothy Snyder, Advocate for Ukraine His scholarship and mesmeric prose turned him into one of the most prominent public intellectuals among…
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Strikes said to target Hamas killed hundreds within hours including women and children, undermining ceasefire Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Oliver HolmesTue 18 Mar 2025 16.44 GMTShare World governments and UN officials have expressed horror and dismay at Israel’s resumption of strikes on Gaza that killed hundreds within a few hours, warning the assault could shatter a…
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Published On: 18 Mar 2025, 6:02 PM | By Minnambalam Desk எஸ்.வி.ராஜதுரை 2014ஆம் ஆண்டு நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தல் நடைபெறுவதற்கு சற்று முன்னதாக, பாஜகவின் பிரதமர் வேட்பாளராக நரேந்திர மோடி நிறுத்தப்படுவார் என்ற அறிவிப்பு வெளிவந்தவுடனேயே ‘வாசல் படியில் பாசிசம்’ என்ற கட்டுரையை, இடதுசாரி ஏடான ‘புது விசை’ ஜனவரி 2014 இதழில் எழுதியிருந்தேன். அதற்கான காரணங்களையும் விளக்கியிருந்தேன். எனது நோக்கம், இந்தியாவிலுள்ள இடதுசாரிக் கட்சிகள், முற்போக்குச் சக்திகள் ஆகியன விழித்துக் கொண்டு பாசிசத்தை முறியடிப்பதற்கான…
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