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30 Days Later: How Media ‘Covers’ Modi

Sardar Fazlul Karim: For a Humane Society

The Worst Is Yet To Come: Fukushima–the Continuing Catastrophe

IFFI-2013: Goa Film Festival

Geneva Camp-I: The Frightened in Bangladesh

Geneva Camp-II: Mystery or Murder with Impunity?

Bashing Developing Countries: ‘Doha Round is Dead’

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Rhetoric And Realpolitik: Modi’s Congress Agenda

Boko Haram, Isis.....: ‘‘God’s Warriors’’ Against Secularism

Revolt and Freedom Struggle: ‘Chauri Chaura’ Revisited

Not a Sham Issue: Saibaba Concerns Us All!

KIFF: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Sushil Roy: Unchaining the Dialectic

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Violence As A Way Of Life: State-Maoist Conflict in Jharkhand-Bihar

Wisdom of RSS: ‘Elections Equivalent to Independence Struggle’

25 Most Fragile States: Africa–A Paradox

‘NIDA-e-HAQ’: A ‘Terrorist’ Magazine

Short Films, Big Ideas: Film Documents

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Lineages of Revolt: Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East

Point of View: Modi Moment

ILO Report: Child Labour: A Global Scourge

Promise And Pitfalls: Finally BRICS Bank

Review: ‘No’ to Hydropower

Peace Management: Of Conflicts and NGOs

Plight of Construction Workers: Labour and Welfare

Letters

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Modi is Marching: Move Towards Fascism?

China’s Population Puzzle: ‘No’ to Family Planning

One P N Oak: Saffronising History

Letter from America: A Law Suit Against Obama

Review: The Story of Santal Rebellion

Letters

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Facts And Fiction: On the Mythology of Social Policy

Down The Rabbit Hole: The Piped Pipers

What is to Be Done?: PC’s Critique of ‘Socialism’

A Failed Propaganda: The Transition from Rockets to Tunnels....

‘This Valley Of Dealth...’: Nabarun Bhattacharya did not RIP

The BDS Movement: Israel’s Wall: 10 Years Justice Denied

Remembering Hiroshima: A Silence Broken

Family Farming: ‘Small is Still Beautiful’

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Beyond ‘Hiroshima’: How Many Minutes to Midnight?

The Verdict: Fatwas and Muslim Women

A Symbolic Step: ‘No’ to Dollar-Dealing

Sex Slavery: Buying Brides

Looking Back: Cremation of Ajnala Martyrs

Letters

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Continuing Crisis: Six Years after ‘Lehman’

Politics of Reservation: India: Federation of Communities

The Yukos Story: The Rise of Russian Oligarchs

Workers Fight Back: Of Garments and Strawberry

Communist Impact: Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977]

Letter

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Insurance Bill: Missing the Forest for the Trees

Illusion and Reality: FDI in Defence

Rape as Weapon: Colonizing Tribal Society

Letters

Editorial

Sandip Bandyopadhyay

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Himanshu Roy

Gautam Navlakha

T Vijayendra

Pranjali Bandhu

T G Jacob

Sthabir Dasgupta

Manas Joardar

Sisir K Majumdar

Subhendu Dasgupta

Anirban Biswas

Aloke Mukherjee

Punyabrata Gun

Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya

Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Santosh Rana

Ranganayakamma

M N Majumder

Sankar Ray

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Polemics: On Saral Sarkar’s Socialism

Reassembling the Old Axis: Obama Launches His War, Finally

More to Come: Loot Unlimited

Crimes and Villains: China’s Lost Youth

Statement: A People’s Advocate in Danger

Letter

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Nepal Today: The Unfinished Revolution

A Difficult Problem: Old Age and Peak Oil

A Blessing: ‘No’ to Bt Brinjal

The Judgement: In Response to ‘‘Humanity in Prison’’-I

Save Sharmila's Life: In Response to ‘‘Humanity in Prison’’-II

What Is to be Done?: In Response to Sharma's Suggestions

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Big Bang!: Modi meets Obama

Bengal Today: The September 20th Moment

In Memoriam: Bipan Chandra

Drug Resistance: TB : Coming Back Hard

A Communal Game: "Love Jihad"

Letters

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Political Economy Of ‘Aboltabol’: The Sense of Sukumar Ray's Non-Sense Verses

A Keynote Address: Teaching and Learning

Voices From JU: Students in Action

A Tribute To Matin: Battle Ground Bangladesh

Illusion And Reality: Of Dirt and Cleanliness

Letters

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‘Jadavpur’ Shows The Way: Beyond Campus Rebellion

Institutional Patriarchy: From Jadavpur to Columbia

Myth And Reality: A Middle-Class India?

Understanding Bhagat Singh: Left Traditions in South Asia

The UN Climate Summit: Harmony with Nature

Letters

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Figures For Fun?: Inequality and Imperialism

Struggle For Minimum Wages: Plight of Tea Garden Workers

Dream And Nightmare: Introducing Gita to School Students

The Broken Middle: 1984: An Exercise in Self-Delusion

Letter From Brussels: Twilight in Delhi and ‘Red Ant Dream’

Violence Begets Violence: Being Naga

Note: Of Trials and Undertrials -Bharat Dogra

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Beyond ‘Law and Order’: Victims of Abuse of Power -I Mallikarjuna Sharma

Funny Fictions: Class and Values in Shibram’s Literature -Debasish Paul

Nature’s Revenge: Anatomy of ‘Hud Hud’ -P V Ramana

The ‘Low Quality’ Factor: Proliferation of Patents -Carlos M Correa

MOM: India Spaced Out

Film: ‘The Kill Team’ -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Letters

Correction

Note: The Issue of Gorkhaland -A B

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

A Proposal: Whither Social Movements? -Soumitra Ghosh

Unpaid Work: Of Women and Inequality -Farooque Chowdhury

Review Article: War and Depression -Anirban Biswas

‘One Person, One Vote’: Hong Kong in Transition -Li Li

Letters

Note: Peak Nuclear Energy -T Vijayendra

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Paying The Inequality: Cheap Food, Bad Food -Farooque Chowdhury

Pinning Hopes on Continuity: Relevance of November Revolution -S R

Steeped in History: Remembering Amiya Kumar Bose -Rana Bose

‘Humanity In Prison’: Sharmila’s Fast Reaches 15 Years -Pankaj Pathak

Shramev Jayate: Modi’s Labour Reform -Sarajit Majumdar

The Gates Foundation: Behind the Mask of Altruism -Colin Todhunter

Letters

Note: Bengal's Stasis -Rana Bose

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

‘‘Deadly Alliances’’: Face of Terror - -Shamsul Islam

The Otherside Of The River: The Backward Muslims -Irfan Engineer

Beyond The Referendum: Unity Or Separation? -Saral Sarkar

A Poker Game: ‘Politics and Principles’ -Bibekananda Ray

A Tribute: Dr Manu Liladhar Kothari (1935-2014) -Sthabir Dasgupta

Note: Tapan Raychaudhuri (1926–2014) -A B

The Historian with a Difference -Suchibrata Sen

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

History Of Science: Not Out Of Greece -C K Raju

Resistance As The Answer: Cuba at a Crossroads -Farooque Chowdhury

Rights And Dignity: Love is Political -Onnyoswor Collective

Face Of NDA: Diluting Land Acquisition Act 2013

Letter From Brussels: JNU Rocks and it is Quiet in The Doon -Julie Robert

Letters

Note: Of ‘Gita’ and Labour -NBS

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

India Under The Hammer: Beyond the Modi-Obama Deal -O P Rana

Arsenic Poisoning: India Must Face Facts -M N Majumder

A Class Lynching: Korpan Shah and the Medical Malady -Pratik Deb

‘Make In India’?: The NOKIA Story -MEL

Yearning For Life: Ferguson—‘A License for Violence’ -Farooque Chowdhury

Letters

Note: ‘Better Days Ahead’ -Sudip Bhattacharyya

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

The Saffron Agenda: Turning to the Past -Barun Das Gupta

Continuing Revolution: Cuba : Claims & Blames -Farooque Chowdhury

The Class Question: Inequality in Food -F C

Searching For The Survivors: ‘‘Comfort Women’’ -U Wuzhou

Who Feeds Whom?: Feeding the World -Timothy A Wise

Ecuador: November 15 : Class War, Memory War! -Tridni Valka

Letter

Note: ‘A New Epoch’ -S R

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -A B

Dealing With Death: Does India Need GM Crops? -O P Rana

Lives In Exile: The Inner World of Tibetan Refugees -Pranjali Bandhu

Shift In Power Equation?: Of India and ASEAN -Jayabrata Sarkar

Legality And Illegality: ‘US Does Not Torture’ -Farooque Chowdhury

Letters

Note: They're All Gone -M M

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Adhikar: Contract Labour in Coal Pits -Anirban Biswas

A Tribute To Nature: A Forest Episode -Debasish Paul

Church Politics: The Meaning of Christian ‘Discovery’ -C K Raju

Rights And Wrongs: Minorities in South Asia -Neha Dabhade

Letters

Note: Equality before Law -Murali Karnam

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Fractured French: Je Suis Charlie? Sorry. No -Biswajit Roy

Punjab Today: Road to Prison -S S Mahil

Questionable Strategy: How to Empower Minorities? -Irfan Engineer

Takers & Leavers: ‘The World is Flat’ -Chandramohan

Companies Above Law: Unregulated Clinical Trials

Letters

Note: Whither Bengal? -Sudip Bhattacharyya

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Irreconcilable Reconciliation?: Beyond Sri Lankan Civil War -Jayadeva Uyangoda

Recalling Lenin: Dealing with Minorities -S R

Charlie Hebdo–I: The Limits of the Republic -Arthur Asseraf

Charlie Hebdo–II: Celebrating Western Hypocrisy -Ajamu Baraka

Madhorubagan and PK: The Politics of Prohibition -Pratik Deb

Letters

Note: Professor Rajni Kothari -A B

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B D

Corporate–Hindutva Alliance: Towards Facism? -Santosh Rana

Review Article: Of Big Business and Indian Politics -Anirban Biswas

Half-Truths and Lies: Claiming the Pythagorean Theorem -Ramkrishna Bhattacharya

Letter From Brussels: To Kolkata, To Hyderabad & Back–A Long March -Julie Robert

KICFF 2014: Hayao Miyazaki Films -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Letters

Note: ‘Koodankulam’ is Utterly Unsafe -PMANE

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -A B

Documents: The Bose Files

Of NGOs and Dirty Coal -Amitabh Sinha

‘If You Are Human....’: Bangladesh’s New Moment of Despair -Farooque Chowdhury

AYUSH: National Health Policy 2015 -Bharat Jhunjhunwala & Narendra Nath Mehrotra

WW-II Horrors: Reverberating Requiem -Sudeshna Sarkar

Looking Back: ‘Bhopal’: Continuing Tragedy -Sagar Dhara

Film: ‘Night will Fall’ -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Letters

Note: William R Catton Jr [January 15, 1926–January 5, 2015] -POI

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Change And Challenge: Hope versus Fear -Sunalini Kumar

Global Warming: Keep the Climate, Change the Economy -Sagar Dhara

The Evil Empire: Don’t trust the US, says Fidel -Farooque Chowdhury

Myths And Dogmas: The Pythagorean Controversy -C K Raju

Letter

Note: Beyond ‘Delhi’ -A B

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Samar Sen: The Sense of Commitment-I -Partha Chatterjee

APP As Reason: Politics sans Ideology -Aditya Nigam

American Chicken: Who Needs The WTO? -Sankara Narayanan

Letters

Note: The Unholy Nexus -A Correspondent

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Samar Sen: The Sense of Commitment-II -Partha Chatterjee

Delhi Assembly Election: A Referendum Against Modi -Santosh Rana

Limits Of Speech Politics: Of AAP and Anti-Ideology -Ayan Guha

Crime And Punishment: Imprisonment and Basic Rights -Sudip Bhattacharyya

Syriza Is Not Extremist: Greece : Calling for a Change -Farooque Chowdhury

Letters

Note: Budget and Vulnerable Sections -B D

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -A K

Road To Fascism: Of Ordinances and Reconversion -Santosh Rana

Changing Values: Chorus, Mass Song, Band Song -Debasish Paul

Recalling PCR: Science for the People -Rabin Majumdar

A Fundamental Shift?: This is Modi’s Defeat -Siddharth Varadarajan

Understanding Agrarian Problems: Farmers’ Crisis in India -Bharat Dogra

Plight Of Political Prisoners: An Open Letter

Letter

Note: RSS represents the ‘Nation’ -Sankara Narayanan

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -A B

The Identity Question: Genocide in Assam -Santosh Rana

Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Controlling Stake Matters -Sujoy Bala

A New Focus: Peace, Bread and AAP -Satya Sagar

Statement: ‘No’ to Land Grabbing

Letters

Note: FDI in e-Commerce, When? -Bharat Jhunjhunwala

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Different Stroke: Marxologists and Return of Marx -Sankar Ray

Transition Movement: Post-Carbon Society and Transition -T Vijayendra

Review Article: Interview with Foster -Anirban Biswas

Farm Suicides: What is an Eligible Suicide? -Sankara Narayanan

United Opposition: Of Challenge and Popular Response -Barun Das Gupta

Letter: Daya Ram Varma -Shree Mulay

Note: Farewell to ‘Welfarism’ -Bharat Dogra

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Beyond Delhi: AAP–Politics of Pragmatism? -Biswajit Roy

Going The ‘Janata’ Way?: Cracks in AAP -Kuldip Nayar

People’s Logic: Rebellion in Bangladesh -Farooque Chowdhury

Remembering March 14: ‘Nandigram’ Revisited

Letters

Note: Is it a new Chapter? -Sudip Bhattacharyya

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -T M

Some Scattered Thoughts: ‘Marxism’ vs ‘Science’–I -Subhas Chandra Ganguly

PAC Barbarity: Hashimpura–28 Years Later -Vibhuti Narain Rai

Forests Rights Act: Forests and Forest Communities -Lal Singh Bhujel & Lila Kumar Gurung

Corporates Smiling: Tobacco or Health! -Subhash Gatade

Letter

Note: Vanishing Bangla Wordings -Sudip Bhattacharyya

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -A B

Some Scattered Thoughts: ‘Marxism’ vs ‘Science’–II -Subhas Chandra Ganguly

Samar Sen: ‘The Sense of Commitment’ -Anirban Biswas

More On Hashimpura: Who will Guard the Guards? -Subhash Gatade

Who Funded The Dam?: A Dam and Reparations -Monti Aguirre

Letters

Note: India against Hindustan -Sankara Narayanan

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

‘‘An Introduction To Manifesto’’: On Armando Hart’s Socialism -Paresh Chattopadhyay

Quarries And Crushers: Do Adivasi Lives Matter? -Sudipta Pal

The Last Devadasi: In the Name of God -A K Biswas

Grants And Royalties: Fiscal Federalism and its Impact on States -M P Singh

Note: Writing Obituary -Shyamaprasad Bhattacharjee

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Minimum Wages: Tea Labour and Tripartite Agreement -Vaskar Nandy

A Global Phenomenon: The Rise of Political Right -Abinav Sinha

Banning Cow Slaughter: Bovine and Human Beings -S G

12 Months Later: Behind the Bars -CRPP

Sahids Never Die: Remembering Shahid Azmi -Subhash Gatade

Letters

Note: If There Is Another Daya Varma... -Rana Bose

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -C G

Structural Deformity: Employment and Unemployment -RUPE

‘Dark Past, Bleak Future’: Education, State and Market -Anup Sinha

Two ‘Encounters’: Of Stones and Bullets -Avinash Pandey

One Angela Sontekke: Voices from Behind the Bars -SAR Geelani, Amit Bhattacharya & Kalpana Wilson

Letters

Note: A Judicial Murder? -Nandita Narain and Harish Khanna

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

‘‘Some Scattered Thoughts...’’: ‘‘Marxism vs Science’’ -Jogin

Upendrakishore: In Search of National Bourgeoisie -Debasish Paul

Gajendra Singh: Nero’s Guests -Sankara Narayanan

American Dream: A Rain Coat for a Cuban Woman -Farooque Chowdhury

Letters

Note: ‘Bhombal Sardar’–a Children’s Novel -Debasish Paul

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -S K M

Polemics: In Search of Alternative Socialism -Biswajit Roy

GAIA’S Will: The Dying Declaration of Mother Earth -M R Rajagopalan

Hate Campaign: ‘Jihad’ in Reverse? -Irfan Engineer

Cup Of Woes: Small Gardens, Big Business -Partha Sen

Risking Mass Extinctions: Fragmented Forests -David Edwards

Note: The Muluk Case -A B

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

‘Collective Conscience’?: Curious Case of Chhatradhar Mahato -Nisha Biswas

May 9 Victory Parade: They Never Returned From WW-II -F William Engdahl

Land At Any Cost: Modi in Dantewada -Nandini Sundar

‘No’ To Peace: Unending War in Nagaland

Bitter Harvest: Green Revolution and After -Bharat Dogra

Letters

Note: The Tales of ‘Deadman’s Rock’ -P Varalakshmi

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Russia, China, Vietnam: ‘Victorious in War, Defeated in Peace’ -Saral Sarkar

Ominous Trends: Communal Fascism and Working Class Unity -S R

Behind The Screen: Hil[l]arious US Politics -Farooque Chowdhury

War On Children: ‘The Lab’ -Vacy Vlazna

Note: Modi-Mamata Bonhomie -A B

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

A Talk With Craig Brandist: Linguistic Colonization in Early Soviet Russia -Sankar Ray Craig Brandist

Changing Context: Reforming Labour Laws -Surendra Pratap

3-Language Formula: Justice for Linguistic Minorities -Sudip Bhattacharyya

Letter

Note: Culture of Personality Cult -Sankara Narayanan

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Towards A Rainbow Coalition: ‘Caste in Campus' -Subhash Gatade

Global Warming: Pot Calling the Kettle Black -Sagar Dhara

Beyond ‘Enclave’ Diplomacy: The India Question Returns -Farooque Chowdhury

Godard: Mumbai Film Festival -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Two Years Later: Living in Tragedy’s Shadow -Emma Daly

In Memory Of....: ‘M N Majumder, Kalyani’ -Subhas Chandra Ganguly

Letter

Note: Cow and Gandhi -Irfan Engineer

News Wrap - A G D

Calcutta Notebook -B J

Review Article: Introduction to Marx’s ‘Capital’ -Anirban Biswas

Development And Deprivation: Of Democracy and Hegemony -Santosh Rana

IFFI 2014: Indian Panorama -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Monsanto Means Monopoly: Marching on Monsanto -Pete Dolack

Trial And Time: Judgements and Victims -Sudip Bhattacharyya

Crimes Against The Earth: Rocky Road to Paris -Martin Khor