Kazi Nazrul Islam, the revered poet of Bengalis around the globe must be sulking in his grave at the disregard and insult meted out to his famous poem " (Mora eki brinte duti kusum), meaning "two ...

The pedagogical torture relies on random terror to break the integrity of an entire population and makes it plastic material for the teachings invented by technocrats. The belief that man can do what ...

Throughout the 20th century, the United States masked its dictatorship by intervening in other countries’ affairs under the pretence of promoting democracy and human rights. Recent actions in ...

It is the symptom of the time that Donald Trump is strutting and fretting on the world stage, in his hour of intoxication with the power of the Imperial Presidency, with all hubris at his command.

Two bright young scientists, Aditya Prakash and Urmi Bhattacharya from Colorado Boulder’s University have abandoned their promising careers in the United States of America (USA) for experiencing ...

The ED’s raids on the offices of the Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC), the Trinamool Congress’s political consultancy firm—were timed with surgical precision. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...

The post-colonial state administration & executive authorities strove to implement these lofty goals with some success, giving us universal adult franchise & a system of Electoral democracy, right to ...

(Authors: Sandeep Pandey is Secretary General and Mir Shahid Saleem is Vice President of Socialist Party (India). E-mails ids: ashaashram[at]yahoo.com, saleemjourno[at]gmail.com) ...

Living in and breathing through choked air year after year has become a new normal. Realising that the air is unfit to breathe, citizens have at times gathered at places like India Gate, but instead ...

The Union government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural ...

Tribals or adivasis, as they are popularly known as a symbol of self-assertion, comprise of around 8.2 per cent of the national population. The tribals are concentrated mostly in the central belt of ...

One could ask a question whether a heinous crime like murder be classified as “political†. A crime is generally distinguished by the motive behind it. The Oxford Dictionary of Law defines ...