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Claustropolis: 1984
“Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…
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On Revolutionary Morality — Ho Chi Minh A look at a classic text by the great Vietnamese revolutionary leader. Written in 1958 Ho Chi Minh’s On Revolutionary Morality looks in very clear and concise terms at the need for revolutionary Communists to combat what he terms the “three enemies” of the revolution, to fight against…
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INTRODUCTION Perhaps one socialist in a thousandhas ever read any of Marx’s economic writings,and of a thousand anti-Marxistsnot even one has read Marx.1 1. MARX’S FINAL LABORS AND THEIR POLITICAL RELEVANCE TODAY For more than a decade now, prestigious newspapers and journals with a wide readership have been describing Karl Marx as a far-sighted theorist…
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“The 20th century has become an important milestone in freeing humanity from the shackles of colonialism. We seem to have put an end to economic gangsterism and the exploitation of other people’s labor and wealth. The transition to the era of détente during the Cold War allowed the United States and the USSR to lay…
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BY MARIA POPOVA “In disputes upon moral or scientific points,” Arthur Martine counseled in his magnificent 1866 guide to the art of conversation, “let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” Of course, this isn’t what happens…
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Fali Nariman-The Peerless V. Sudhish Pai 24 Feb 2024 9:45 AM Listen to this Article “Lawyers in India never retire; they simply drop dead”, remarked Fali S. Nariman. He proved the truth of that remark. Agile and active for his 95 years till February 20, Fali, as he was affectionately known across the board, was…
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