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Volume 46, No. 1 to 52 (Year 2013-14)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Vol. 46, No. 1, Jul 14- 20, 2013
Contents
Note: Azad on Education -Irfan Engineer writes
News Wrap - A G D
Bengal Today: Fraud and Fraud -Santosh Rana
Divided Human Rights Movement: Social Trust Declines -Biswajit Roy
Co-Opting Sarder Patel: Goebbels are Everywhere -Shamsul Islam
June 14 Letter: An Anniversary And... -Harsh Thakor
 

Vol. 46, No. 2, Jul 21- 27, 2013
Contents
Note: FYUP -S Y S writes
News Wrap - A G D
From Russia With Love: KKNPP, ZiO-Podolsk, Informtech etc. -PMANE
Between The Lines: Malleswaram or Hubli 2? -Subhash Gatade
Reform’ Magic: Can 1.7 Billion Dollars Imagine Wrong? -Justin Podur
 

Vol. 46, No. 3, Jul 28- Aug 3, 2013
Contents
Comment: China in Mali
Note: The ‘Rambo’ Act -Subhash Gatade writes
News Wrap - A G D
Snowden’s Wake-Up Call: Cyber Security, Surveillance and Democracy -S G Vombatkere
Rape, Murder, Rape: Two Rallies, One Objective -Biswajit Roy
Savar Tragedy–I: Gambling on Workers’ Lives -Shamim Imam
Savar Tragedy–II: More Outside Pressure, Please -Fahima Durrat
Drama: ‘Dhrubatara’-Alok Roychowdhury
 

Vol. 46, No. 4, Aug 4-10, 2013
Contents
Comment: Dams and Dams
Note: Plight of PAFs -S G Vombatkere writes
News Wrap - A G D
Bodhgaya Bomb Blasts: Moving Beyond the 'Usual Suspects' -Subhash Gatade
Nuclear Energy: Destroying the Future -Neeraj Jain
Letter From Brussles: Tax the Poor, Help the Rich -Julie Robert
Antilla: ‘Stealing the Night’ -Arundhati Roy

Vol. 46, No. 5, Aug 11-17, 2013
Contents
Note: Remembering Barun De -Anup Sinha writes
News Wrap - A G D
A Random Look: Today’s World Environment -Farooque Chowdhury
South Asian Theatre: The Rise of Religious Right -Samir Jeraj
Letter From Brussels: A Hostage of the French State -Julie Robert
How To Define Neo-Liberalism: Not a Political Theory Yet! -Kalyan Guha

Vol. 46, No. 6, Aug 18-24, 2013
Contents
Comment: Gold Rusha
Note: KKNPP Goes Critical -S G Vombatkere writes
News Wrap - A G D
The Mahyco–Monsanto Story: Trial or Error: Lessons from GM-Crops -Tushar Chakraborty
‘Prisoner Of Conscience’: Travail of Soni Sori -Biswajit Roy
Gandhi, Tagore, Guha Neogi: Of People and ‘People’s Politics’ -Pranab Kanti Basu
Letter From Brussels: Les Marollen -Julie Robert
Film: ‘‘Kurmavatara’’ -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 46, No. 7, Aug 25-31, 2013
Contents
Note: Why not ‘Clothes Security’ -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Teesta Low Dams: Development Means Disaster -Soumitra Ghosh
Education And Church: Decolonising Hard Sciences -C K Raju
Review: Debt : The First 5000 Years -M R Rajagopalan
Reforming The System: For Qualitative Democracy -Subhash Chandra Agrawal

Vol. 46, No. 8, Sep 1-7, 2013
Contents
Note: Of Bihar and ‘Special Status’ -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Back From Gobindpur: Whither Anti-POSCO Movement? -Asit
The Quattrocchi Factor: Revisiting ‘Bofors’ Deal -Chitra Subramaniam Duella
The Dark Side: The Other Punjab -Bharat Dogra

Vol. 46, No. 9, Sep 8 -14, 2013
Contents
Note: Monsanto–the Monster -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - A G D
The Indian Case: Law and Social Change -O Chinnappa Reddy
Defining Democracy: Egypt in Turmoil -Farooque Chowdhury
Looking Back: Shaping the Afghan Scenario -Prashun Majumdar
Chukta Nuclear Plant: Public Hearing Cancelled -Anil Sadgopal

Vol. 46, No. 10, Sep 15 -21, 2013
Contents
Note: America : Debt Unsustainable -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Common Man After 2014: ‘‘No Reason for Panic’’ -Barun Das Gupta
Iron Heels: Why Mamata Banerjee Will Win... -Rana Bose
Dr Narenda Dabholkar: Assassination of a Rationalist -Subhash Gatade
The Snowden Syndrome: Now, it’s Alan, the Guardian Editor -Farooque Chowdhury
Close Encounters: When Protectors Turn Predators -Garga Chatterjee
The Days Of Atheism: Replacing Religion -Ram Puniyani

Vol. 46, No. 11, Sep 22 -28, 2013
Contents
Note: Why Rupee Falls -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Small Is Beautiful: The Logic of Small States -T Vijayendra
What Is The Goal?: Syria : Colonization Redux -Rana Bose
Demographic Crises: Too Few People, Too Many People -Saral Sarkar

 
Vol. 46, No. 12, Sep 29 -Oct 5, 2013
Contents
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
The Missing Points: The Sen-Bhagwati Debate
-Biswajit Roy
Our Genocieds, Their Genocides: Why not Reparation from Britain
-Garga Chatterjee
-Sunil
-Manojit Adhikary
41 Corporations: The Enemy
-Chaitanya Dave

Autumn Number
Vol. 46, No. 13-16, Oct 6 -Nov 2, 2013, 2013
 
Editorial
 
Jan Myrdal
 
Biswajit Roy
 
Gautam Navlakha
 
Himanshu Roy
 
T Vijayendra
 
Saral Sarkar
 
Pranjali Bandhu
 
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
 
Ranganayakamma
 
Sandip Bandyopadhyay
 
Sisir K Majumdar
 
T S
 
T G Jacob
 
Anup Sinha
 
Manas Joardar
 
Sthabir Dasgupta
 
Vaskar Nandy
 
Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
 
Abhijit Guha
 
Satya Sagar
 
Aloke Mukherjee
 
Anirban Biswas
 
Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
 
Bibekananda Ray
 
Ismail Chaudhury
 

Vol. 46, No. 17, Nov 3 -9, 2013
Contents
Note: Crisis of Confidence -N S Venkataraman writes
News Wrap - A G D
The End Of The Road?: Language of Power, Power of Language -Suchibrata Sen
From Feigned To Actual Reasons: Political Economy of US War Plan -Peter Custers
‘‘Churning The Earth...’’: Inequity, Environment and Ecological Democracy -Sagar Dhara
 

Vol. 46, No. 18, Nov 10 - 16, 2013
Contents
Comment: Why NAC Fails
Note: Beyond Syria -A B writes
News Wrap - A G D
What Are Policy Options?: Why Is the Indian Rupee Depreciating? -Kavaljit Singh
Image Making: Behind the Iron Curtain -Bernard D’Mello
‘‘Encounter Killings’’: Modi’s ‘Vanzara’ Moment -Subhash Gatade
Understanding Feminism: On Being a Male Sister of Feminism -Kancha Ilaiah
Film: Tasher Desh -Souvik Ghosh

Vol. 46, No. 19, Nov 17 - 23, 2013
Contents
-A B writes
- A G D
-B J
The Naxalite Angle: Subaltern Studies and Capital
-Hiren Gohain
-Manuel Montes
Price Of Development: Open for Business?
-Mike Ives
-Aditya Gokhale
Recalling Marxist Orthodoxy: Of Over-Production and Detroit Bankruptcy
-Lalkar
How To Justify Aggression: No More War
-Thomas Kocherry
Distorting History?: Accommodating Gandhi and Patel
-Subhash Gatade

Vol. 46, No. 20, Nov 24 - 30, 2013
Contents
-E S writes
- A G D
-B J
Change–Looking Back: Bengal : A Divided Civil Society
-Biswajit Roy
Equality And Simplicity: Of Environment and Life-Style
-Bharat Dogra
Accountability Of ‘Intellectuals’’: Feeding the White Elephants
-Garga Chatterjee
-Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 46, No. 21, Dec 1 - 7, 2013
Contents
-Farooque Chowdhury writes
- A G D
-B J
The Echo Of Fascism: Vigilance and Corruption
-S G Vombatkere
Constitution And Article-3: Statehood Movement– A Political Process
-Swatahisddha Sarkar
Reader's Note-I M Sharma
-Saral Sarkar
-Aditya Gokhale
Politics Of Climate Change: In whose Interest
-Daniel Bornsteinin

Vol. 46, No. 22, Dec 8 - 14, 2013
Contents
Comment: Miles To Go
-Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
- A G D
-B J
-N Somasekhara Sarma
-Kavaljit Singh
-Farooque Chowdhury
Past And Present: More on ‘Shahbag’
-S R
-Ashok Palit

Vol. 46, No. 23, Dec 15 - 21, 2013
Contents
Comment: The Craze
-Harsh Thakor writes
- A G D
-B J
-I Satya Sundaram
Gorkhaland Agitation: The Question of Small States
-S R
History Of Communism: Resurrection of Marx
-Sankar Ray
Revisitng Dien Bien Phu: Vo Nguyen Giap
-Lalkar
Appropriating Patel: The Shadow of the Sardar
-Kunal Chattopadhyay
-Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira

Vol. 46, No. 24, Dec 22 - 28, 2013
Contents
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
Left And Right: Is There A Hindu Left?
-S G Vombatkere
Destroying Sunderbans: ‘‘Stolen Forests’’
-Anu Muhammad
First Terrorist After 1947: ‘I Nathuram Speak’
-Subhash Gatade
The Coca-Cola Story: Water Privatisation
-Dhrubajyoti Ghosh
More On Sailendra Nath Ghosh: Reminiscences
-Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri

Vol. 46, No. 25, Dec 29 - Jan 4, 2013
Contents
-S K M writes
- A G D
-B J
-Usha Ramanathan
UP Means India: Beyond Communal Riots
-S R
Prisoner Of BIPA: Serving Foreign Investors
-Kavaljit Singh
Naxalbari And Choter Hat: The Voice of Indian Revolution
-MSPVT
-Sam Noumoff

Vol. 46, No. 26, Jan 5 -11, 2014
Contents
-L R S writes
- A G D
-B J
Too Many People: Of Population and Control
-Saral Sarkar
-Farooque Chowdhury
-Garga Chatterjee
-Ashfaq Yusufzai
Renewable Energy Future: ‘Third Industrial Revolution’
-Gilbert Sebastian
Film: Distant
-Mithil Bhoras

Vol. 46, No. 27, Jan 12 -18, 2014
Contents
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
-Ranganayakamma
Letter From Brussels: The Murderous Far-Right
-Julie Robert
Controversy And Contradiction: Bangladesh : Yesterday and Today
-Farooque Chowdhury

Vol. 46, No. 28, Jan 19 -25, 2014
Contents
-Joerg Nowak writes
- A G D
-B J
A Positive Trend?: The AAP Phenomenon
-Satya Sagar
-FBernard D’Mello
Letter From Brussels: Murders on the Borders
-Julie Robert
Air Defense Identification Zone: How to Roast Peaking Duck
-Sam Noumoff
-Murtaza Ali
Wrong Predictions: Refusing to see Reason
-Kurt Cobb

Vol. 46, No. 29, Jan 26 -Feb 1, 2014
Contents
-S K M writes
- A G D
-B J
Tata, Vedanta, Posco: Industrialisation at any Cost
-Dipankar Bhattacharya
-C K Vishwanath
-S R
-Medhu Unival
-Ram Puniyani
-Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 46, No. 30, Feb 2 - 8, 2014
Contents
-Harsh Thakor writes
- A G D
-B J
-Biswajit Roy
Bank Strike: Gain, or Loss
-Nityananda Ghosh
Then And Now: Of Food and Security
-Santosh Rana
Changing Power Equation: The Russian Question Returns
-Farooque Chowdhury

Vol. 46, No. 31, Feb 9 - 15, 2014
Contents
-N S I writes
- A G D
-B J
-Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
-Biswajit Roy
An Elitist Culture: Aspects of Film Festival
-Bibekananda Ray
-Kavaljit Singh

Vol. 46, No. 32, Feb 16 - 22, 2014
Contents
-B D writes
- A G D
-B J
Transformative Politics: In Search of a Direction
-Ravi Sinha
-Gobinda Krishna Nanda
Myth And Reality: Empowering Tribals
-Bharat Dogra
-Claudia Luther

Vol. 46, No. 33, Feb 23 - Mar 1, 2014
Contents
-Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
- A G D
-A B
-I Mallikarjuna Sharma
Assessment and Accountability: Winds of Change?
-S R
Global Risks Report: The Davos Dreams
-Farooque Chowdhury

 
Vol. 46, No. 34, Mar 2 - 8, 2014
Contents
Comment: Beyond Geneva
-D R writes
- A G D
-A B
Timpanaro, Marx, Engels: Of Materialism and Pessimism
-Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Letter From Brussels: Le Gesu... Occupied and Then..
-Julie Robert
-Jaspal Singh Manjhpur
A Survival Issue: Toward Green Growth
-C K Vishwanath
-Subhash Gatade

 
Vol. 46, No. 35, Mar 9 - 15, 2014
Contents
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
Rewriting Bolshevik History: Alan Woods’ State and Revolution
-Paresh Chattopadhyay
Gross National Happiness: Bhutan–The Failed Experiment
-Saral Sarkar
Recalling Gandhi And Ambedkar: Indian Republic Day ‘Charade’
-Satya Sagar
-Rajindar Sachar
300,000 Undertrials: Prisoners on Hunger Strike
-Aarefa Johari
 

 
Vol. 46, No. 36, Mar 16 - 22, 2014
Contents
-A B writes
- A G D
-B J
‘The End Of History’: Future of Democracy
-Saral Sarkar
The Aseemanand Episode: Mirror on the Wall!
-Subhash Gatade
Bangladesh-Us Relations: Uncle Sam is not Happy
-Farooque Chowdhury
Kejriwal’s Swaraj: The AAP ‘Revolution’
-Irfan Engineer
 

Vol. 46, No. 37, Mar 23 - 29, 2014
Contents
Comment: Time to Vote
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
-Sagar Dhara
-Javed Zaheer
Violence In Venezuela: How to Dismantle ‘Chavez’
-Farooque Chowdhury
The Class Question: Politics of Popular Culture
-Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Vedanta’ Revisited: ‘Might isn’t always Right’
-Oliver Tickell
 

Vol. 46, No. 38, Mar 30 - Apr 5, 2014
Contents
-A Correspondent writes
- A G D
-A B
An Eco-Socialist Approach: Limits to Growth
-Saral Sarkar
Cold War Returns: Moscow is Moving
-Farooque Chowdhury
Civil War In Ukraine: No Gods, No Masters
IFFI 2013: Indian Panorama
-Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
-Bhaskar Dasgupta
 

Vol. 46, No. 39, Apr 6 - 12, 2014
Contents
-Mukul Sinha writes
- A G D
-B J
-Anirban Biswas
Contemporary Dalit Politics: Dumping Ambedkar
-Ram Puniyani
Back From ‘Maidan’: Whither Ukraine?
-Farooque Chowdhury
Letter From Brussels: Trash the SAC
-Julie Robert
The Other Cinema: Mumbai Film Festival
-Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
 

Vol. 46, No. 40, Apr 13 - 19, 2014
Contents
Comment: The Gas Story
-F C writes
- A G D
-A B
Hypocrisy Unlimited: From Grenada to Crimea
-Walter C Uhler
The ‘Dead Weight’ Debate: Caste and Class
-R Mukherji
Myth And Reality: The Modi Model
-Rohini Hensman
 

Vol. 46, No. 41, Apr 20 - 26, 2014
Contents
-Harsh Thakor writes
- A G D
-B J
The Left Reality: What is Left of Leftism?
-Barun Das Gupta
Symptoms Of Fascism: Searching for a Hitler
-Ram Puniyani
Art Of Confusion?: Right, Left, Right....
-Raúl Zibechi
-Farooque Chowdhury
 

Vol. 46, No. 42, Apr 27 - May 3, 2014
Contents
-Nitin Sethi writes
- A G D
-S R
-Paresh Chattopadhyay
-Bibekananda Ray
-Suchibrata Sen
 

Vol. 46, No. 43, May 4 - 10, 2014
Contents
-Sarwar Jahan Chowdhury writes
- A G D
-A B
History And Culture: Science, Modernity and Life
-Ravi Sinha
Conflict Impact: Ukraine As Game Changer
-Biswajit Roy
Beyond Literature: Bankim and Science Fiction
-Sisir K Majumdar
Khairbari Forest Movement: Criminalising Community Conservation
-Lal Singh Bhujel & Sundar Sing Rava
 

Vol. 46, No. 44, May 11 - 17, 2014
Contents
-A B writes
- A G D
-B D
Beyond 2014 Polls: From the Left-Roots
-S G Vombatkere
-Irfan Engineer
Martial Arts: Empire–On the Slide
-Farooque Chowdhury
Continuing Conflict: Modi–the Uniting Factor?
-Biswajit Roy
Behind The Bars: The Unforgotten
-Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
 

Vol. 46, No. 45, May 18 - 24, 2014
Contents
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
Bengal Scenario: Claiming Caste Equality-I
-A K Biswas
-Subhash Gatade
-Saral Sarkar
 

Vol. 46, No. 46, May 25 - 31, 2014
Contents
-Meher Engineer writes
- A G D
-A B
-Rahul Varman
Political Executions: Suppressing Muslim Brotherhood
-Mayy El Sheikh & Michael R Gordon
-Sankar Ray
A Dialectical Approach: Aspects of Human Rights
-Pritam Singh
Corporate Power: Thriving on Crisis
-Brid Brennan
 

Vol. 46, No. 47, Jun 1 - 7, 2014
Contents
Comment: No Vacancy
-Richard Swift writes
- A G D
-B J
The Lawrence & Wishart Story: ‘No’ to Marx-Engels
-Sankar Ray
-Sumanta Banerjee
-Farooque Chowdhury
-Sisir K Majumdar
-Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Killing Fields: Death as a Way-Out
-Isabell Zipfel
 

Vol. 46, No. 48, Jun 8 - 14, 2014
Contents
Comment: Illicit Money
-S G Vombatkere writes
- A G D
-A B
Deficit Of Vision?: Maoists and Telengana
-Sudha
More On Saradah Scam: Cheats and the Cheated
-Anirban Biswas
Destroying Chavismo: Venezuela’s Future
-Michael Albert
The Idea Of Democracy: Freedom of Expression
-Nirupam Hazra
-Mae-Wan Ho
Necessity And Freedom: Defining Liberation
-T Vijayendra
Arvind Memorial Seminar: Defending Socialism
-Harsh Thakor
Elections 2014: Calling a Spade a Spoon
-Trevor Selvam
 

Vol. 46, No. 49, Jun 15 - 21, 2014
Contents
-Sudhir Vombatkere writes
- A G D
-R P
Letting The Facts Speak: Addressing the Nation
-Biswajit Roy
Akshardham Six: Can Modi do a Harper
-Subhash Gatade
Sino-Russian Deal: Challenging Dollar
-Farooque Chowdhury
Suspicious Intentions: Japan’s Plutonium Problem
-Liu Chong
 

Vol. 46, No. 50, Jun 22 - 28, 2014
Contents
-Anirban Biswas writes
- A G D
-A B
‘‘Socialism or Barbarism’’: Was Marx Wrong?
-Subhendu Sarkar
-Garga Chatterjee
Time for Change?: Manifestoes and Minorities
-Irfan Engineer
-Amit Bhattacharyya
 

Vol. 46, No. 51, Jun 29 - Jul 5, 2014
Contents
-Anirban Biswas writes
- A G D
-A B
Revisiting Cuban Revolution: Che Guevara and The 26th July Movement
-Subrata Bagchi
-Farooque Chowdhury
-Punyabrata Gun
 

 
Vol. 46, No. 52, Jul 6 - 12, 2014
Contents
-Bharat Dogra writes
- A G D
-B J
-Jacob Levich
-M R Rajagopalan
Finally Martial Law: Thai Army’s 19th Move
-Farooque Chowdhury
The Same Tradition: An Expulsion
Threat To Family Farming: No to ‘Monsanto Law’
-Asha DuMonthier
Back From Deulbari: Elections as Shock-Absorbent
-Nityananda Ghosh