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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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December 18, 2024 | Ezhuna நடேசன் இரவீந்திரன் பேராசிரியர் க. கைலாசபதி (1933-1982) தனது நாற்பத்தொன்பதாம் வயதில் இவ்வுலகச் செயற்பாட்டில் இருந்து விடைபெற்ற போது எமது நாடு ஒரு நிலைமாறு கட்டத்தை அனுபவிக்கத் தொடங்கியிருந்தது. முன்னதாகச் சுயசார்புப் பொருளாதாரத்தை முன்னெடுத்து வந்த மூன்றாம் உலக நாடுகளில் ஒன்றாக அடையாளப்படுத்தியிருந்த எமது நாடு, ஏனையவை போலவே, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி 1977 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆட்சி பீடம் ஏறியது முதலாக, திறந்த பொருளாதாரக் கொள்கையை அனுமதிக்கும் மாற்றத்துக்கு…
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By: Wisława Szymborska Poetic Outlaws Dec 15, 2024 Subscribe Why does this written doe bound through these written woods? For a drink of written water from a spring whose surface will xerox her soft muzzle? Why does she lift her head; does she hear something? Perched on four slim legs borrowed from the truth, she…
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The Fifth Republic, forged by Charles de Gaulle to stabilise France, teeters on the brink of collapse as its fundamental contradictions put French politics at an impasse. Emmanuel Macron walks alone during a ceremony for late French politician and admiral, Philippe de Gaulle, the son of Charles de Gaulle. Credit: Abaca Press / Alamy Stock…
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From Romania to the Balkans, Russia is waging a hybrid war of subversion, disinformation and influence in Eastern Europe’s fractured societies.A protestor in Romania holds an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections. Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo…
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Three exiled French thinkers shaped the Counter-Enlightenment by turning personal upheaval and revolutionary disillusionment into a powerful intellectual force that redefined European conservatism. A caricature of the Terror during the French Revolution. Credit: Photo 12 / Alamy Stock Photo While Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France as early as November 1790, it would…
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