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Vol. 45, No. 43, May 5-11, 2013
Contents
Note: Manmohan’s Model -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Testing Limits: ‘‘End of North Korea’’? -Sam Noumoff
Congress Vs BJP: Politics in Death Penalty -Rajindar Sachar

Vol. 45, No. 42, Apr 28 -May 4, 2013
Contents
Note: Power Without Ruin -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap- A G D
Renewable Revolution And After: Losing Battle Against Global Warming -Pradip Datta
Bangladesh: Labour in Liberation War -Farooque Chowdhury
Letter From Brussels: Curbing Civil Rights -Julie Robert

Vol. 45, No. 41, Apr 21 -27, 2013
Contents
Note: Forget Italian Marines -Garga Chatterjee writes
News Wrap - A G D
History On Trial: Understanding ‘Shahbagh’ -Badruddin Umar
On Understanding ‘Shahbagh’: Factual error -Farooque Chowdhury adds
Tokenism Can’t Deliver: Whither Labour Movement? -Sharit Bhowmik
Nuclear Reality: Scientists and An Atomic Subcontinent -Parvez Hoodbhoy
A Close Look: May Day -MSPVT

Vol. 45, No. 40, Apr 14 -20, 2013
Contents
Note: Decriminalising Electoral Process -N S Venkataraman writes
News Wrap - A G D
T U Movement: Why Labour on the Defensive -J M Kau
The Elite’s Classrooms: Internationalising Indian Higher Education -Devesh Kapur

Vol. 45, No. 39, Apr 7 -13, 2013
Contents
Note: Modi’s Gas Midadventure -Kingshuk Nag writes
News Wrap - A G D
Battle For Ideology: Bangladesh—Present and Future -Barun Dasgupta
Polemics: Marx versus Marxism -Sankar Ray
Lost In The Middle: Indian Middle Class and Consumerism -Jayabrata Sarkar
Behind The Veil: India’s Nuclear Aggression -Pradip Datta

Vol. 45, No. 38, Mar 31-Apr 6, 2013
Contents
Note: Failure of Spectrum Auctions -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Polemics: A Leninist Defence of Lenin -Paresh Chattopadhyay
Polemics: Did Lenin Distort Marx? -Hiren Gohain
Indians Are Guinea-Pigs: It’s a Card, It’s a Number -C D
Film: Midnight’s Children -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 45, No. 37, Mar 24 -30, 2013
Contents
Note: Not By Dollars Alone -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Caste And Class: Class Struggle in the Guise of Caste–II -Ranganayakamma
LCRs: Trade War Over Local Content Requirements -Burghard Ilge & Kavaljit Singh

Vol. 45, No. 36, Mar 17 -23, 2013
Contents
News Wrap - A G D
Caste And Class: Class Struggle in the Guise of Caste–I -Ranganayakamma
Covert Belligerence: America’s Shadow War -Loch K Jhonson
Gaging Press: Talk Hindutva, Sell Narcotics? -Subhash Gatade
Shahbag Live: Young Bengal in Rebellion -Garga Chatterjee

Vol. 45, No. 35, Mar 10 -16, 2013
Contents
Note: Whither Labour Movement? -Sankar Ray writes
News Wrap - A G D
Another World Is Possible: The Future of World Social Forum -Samir Amin
Bangladesh: ‘War’ Against War Criminals of 1971 -Peter Custers
The Caste Factor: A Skirmish in Jaipur -Garga Chatterjee
Reconciling Opposities: Right to Express and Right to be Hurt -Mazher Hussain

Vol. 45, No. 34, Mar 3 -9, 2013
Contents
Note: Fake Burmese Reforms-Htun Lin writes
News Wrap - A G D
Polemics: In Defence of Mao tse Tung Thought -Harsh Thakor
Unsung Heroes: Noamundi Calling -Xavier Dias

Vol. 45, No. 33, February 24-Mar 2, 2013
Contents
Note: More on Dipankar -Farooque Chowdhury writes
News Wrap - A G D
Afzal Guru Hanged: A Stain on India’s Democracy -Arundhati Roy
Internationalism And Humanism: The Olympic Movement -Sisir K Majumdar
Sectarian Violence: Life Under Occupation

Vol. 45, No. 32, February 17-23, 2013
Contents
Note: Why They Migrate -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Polemics: ‘Left to Right’ -T G Jacob
Crime & Punishment: Of Rape and Power Game -Koumi Dutta & Shounak Mukhopadhyay
Corporate Power: Investment Treaties Under Fire -Martin Khor
Film: Sunya Anko -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 45, No. 31, February 10-16, 2013
Contents
Note: ‘Kaaryam Paranjaal Maoistaayi’ -Gilbert Sebastian writes
News Wrap - A G D
Past And Present: Left : Prisoner of Defeatism -Arup Baisya
Review: Empire and Resistance -M R Rajagopalan
Remembering Lulumba: ‘War in Congo’-Ama Biney

Vol. 45, No. 30, February 3-9, 2013
Contents
Note: Blast at Arcelor Mittal’s Plant -Sankar Ray writes
News Wrap - A G D
Question Of Strategy: Syriza : Balancing Reform and Radicalism -Hilary Wainwright
Propaganda And Reality: Crisis in Rural Education -Yoginder Sikand
Review Article: Remembering Clara Zetkin -Anirban Biswas
A Waste Story: Nuclear Safari in Deutschland -S P Udaykumar
A Tribute: Dipankar Chakraborty -Subhasish Mukherjee

Vol. 45, No. 29, Jan 27 - Feb 2, 2013
Contents
Note: Of Irrigation and Corruption -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
High Stakes: America’s Longest War -T G Jacob
Violence Against Women: Is Anyone Listening? -Umakant -Sudeshna Chakraborti
Rusdie’s Memoir: Joseph Anton, a First Take

Vol. 45, No. 28, Jan 20 -26, 2013
Contents
Note: Cuba Shows the Way -Don Fitz writes
News Wrap - A G D
Viva Venezuela: Chávez is the People -Farooque Chowdhury
Door To Hell’: Why So Many Rapes? -Bibekananda Ray
The Chautala Formula: Meanwhile Across the Border -Garga Chatterjee

Vol. 45, No. 27, Jan 13 -19, 2013
Contents
Note: Subsidize Employment, not Unemployment -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Point Of View: Of Multinationals and Retailers -Swaminathan Venkataraman
Right ‘Nature’, Wrong ‘Nature’: The Great Veil -Garga Chatterjee

Vol. 45, No. 26, Jan 6 -12, 2013
Contents
Note: Identity Politics of Thackeray -Ram Puniyani writes
News Wrap - A G D
‘‘God Letter’’: Einstein’s Promised Land -Saswat Pattanayak
Niyamgiri–The Mountain Of Law: An Eastern Ghat Tribe’s Struggle for Existence-II -Parimal Bhattacharya
License To Kill: Drone Strikes -Martin Khor

Vol. 45, No. 25, Dec 30-Jan 5, 2013
Contents
Note: Problem of Plenty -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Niyamgiri–The Mountain Of Law: An Eastern Ghat Tribe’s Struggle for Existence-I -Parimal Bhattacharya
People’s Movement: ‘This is our Land’ -P V Rajagopal

Vol. 45, No. 24, Dec 23-29, 2012
Contents
Note: Threatening Mass Suicide -S R Das writes
News Wrap- A G D
Memory And Dreams: ‘Naxalbari.... Will Never Die’’ -Bernard D’Mello
Days Of Disorder: Beyond Benghazi -Farooque Chowdhury
Anti-Corruption Movement: Ignoring Ground Reality -N S Venkataraman
Rejoinder: Waning Creativity of Marxists -Hari Murthy
Review: Conventional Economics is Bankrupt -Hazel Henderson
Woman As Reason: Malala and American Left -Terry Moon

Vol. 45, No. 23, Dec 16-22, 2012
Contents
Comment: Sick Business
Note: ‘‘Small is Beautiful’’ -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Reflections: ‘‘Rethinking Revolution’’ -Paresh Chattopadhyay
Hari Sharma Memorial Lecture: "What does it Mean to be a Marxist?" -Jan Myrdal
Bashing Unions: Strikes at Walmart -Mark Vorpahl
Speculation & Manipulation: Caught in Guar Gambit -Kavaljit Singh

Vol. 45, No. 22, Dec 9-15, 2012
Contents
Note: FDI and Related Issues -A B writes
News Wrap - A G D
Reflections: ‘‘Rethinking Revolution’’ -Paresh Chattopadhyay
Drugs For Profit: Of Glivce and Novartis -Debosree Roy
CPC’s 18th Congress: A Society in Transition -Sankar Ray
TRIPS: Patenting Traditional Knowledge -Rohini Padurangi
Koodankulam: Way Out of the Nuclear Mess -M G Devasahayam
Destroying The Nature: ‘No’ to Industrial Agriculture -Vandana Shiva
Nuclear Winter: Shadow of 1945 -Rebecca Johnson

Vol. 45, No. 21, Dec 2-8, 2012
Contents
Note: Cricket and Media -Anirban Biswas writes
News Wrap - A G D
As Above, So Below: The Age of Crises -Farooque Chowdhury
Corporate Control: Stealing Wealth, Stealing Food -Colin Todhunter
CPC’s 18th Congress: A Society in Transition -Sankar Ray
Paying For Inaction: Left in Jeopardy -Vinod Mubayi & Daya Varma
Weapons Vs People: An Ugly Paradox -Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan
South-East Asian Film Frescoes: Mekong Hotel and Romance in Thin Air -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 45, No. 20, Nov 25-Dec 1, 2012
Contents
Note: ‘The Nobel Laurel’ -A B writes
News Wrap - A G D
‘‘Puzzle Of The Day’’: Waning Relevance of Marxism -Saral Sarka
People’s War In The Past: Combining Mass Mobilisation with Armed Resistance-II-Harsh Thakor
More On Junglemahal: Give Peace a Chance -Asokendu Sengupta
Asian-Arab Film Festival: ‘This is not a Film’ -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Unfair Business: Newspaper Blackout -Ranjit Sur

Vol. 45, No. 19, Nov 18-24, 2012
Contents
Note: Narmada—the River of Contention -M Patkar, K Awasya, D Kanera writes
News Wrap - A G D
People’s War In The Past: Combining Mass Mobilisation with Armed Resistance-I -Harsh Thakor
Notes From Mayurbhanj: This is the way we go to school–II -Parimal Bhattacharya
Forgotten Farmers: Children of a Lesser God? -Devinder Sharma
Forgotten Farmers: Letter

Vol. 45, No. 18, Nov 11-17, 2012
Contents
Note: The Peril of Free Market -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes writes
News Wrap - A G D
Redefining Famine: The Coming Famine in India -Binayak Sen
Notes From Mayurbhanj: This is the waywe go to school–I -Parimal Bhattacharya
Absolute Truth: A Seemingly Insoluble Question -Yoginder Sikand

Vol. 45, No. 14-17, Oct 14- Nov 10, 2012

 
Vol. 45, No. 13, Oct 7-13, 2012
Contents
Note: Solution lies in Development -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Historical Roots: Bodoland : The Killing Field -Santosh Rana
Commodification of Life: Whose Economy? Whose Green? -Jeff Conant
After the Verdict: Singur Revisited -Nityananda Ghosh

Vol. 45, No. 12, Sep 30 - Oct 6, 2012
Contents
Note: Vanishing Social Space -Tarun Patnaik writes
News Wrap - A G D
Polemics: Is Communism ‘‘Just an Idea’’? -Cedric Beidatsch
Police on Rampage: Koodankulam is Burning
An Open Letter: Koodankulam Calling
The Judgement: Striving for Just Society -Ram Puniyani
Looking Back: Memories of Ajit Roy
Review: Book on ‘Books’ -T Vijayendra

Vol. 45, No. 11, Sep 23 - 29, 2012
Contents
Note: ‘Shourya Chakra’ -S M Rao writes
News Wrap - A G D
Polemics: Council Communism and Bolshevism -Cajo Brendel
Security & Insecurity: Food for Thought -Rohini Pandurangi
'No Religion!': An Approach to Universal Religious Harmony -Yoginder Sikand
Figures of Fun: Well-Oiled Companies -Rebecca Leber

Vol. 45, No. 10, Sep 16 - 22, 2012
Contents
News Wrap - A G D
The Other Side of the River: Riot with Many Contrasts -Ram Puniyani
Chaning Banking Regulation: Banks in Future Trading? -Kavaljit Singh
The Evil Empire: The Backyard is Crumbling -Farooque Chowdhury
Dying Civil Aviation Industry: Merger or Sabotage? -Rahul Varman

Vol. 45, No. 9, Sep 9- 15, 2012
Contents
Note: Maruti’s Migration to Gujarat -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Sedition Law: Defining Democracy -Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Anil Kumar Gayen: A Forgotten Founder of a University -Abhijit Guha
Juang And Bhuyan: Fighting for Land -Duskar Barik
Tribal Herd: Threatened by Mining -Naomi Canton

Vol. 45, No. 8, Sep 2- 8, 2012
Contents
Note: ‘A Gentle Colossus’ -Sisir Kumar Majumdar writes
News Wrap - A G D
Appropriation Unlimited: Plundering Commons, Reclaiming Commons -Farooque Chowdhury
Jangalmahal Debate: It’s not a Strategic Problem -Probal Dasgupta
'No' to Pessimism: 540 Minutes with Fidel -C F
Crime & Punishment: The Nuremberg Principles -John Scales Avery

Vol. 45, No. 7, Aug 26 -Sep 1, 2012
Contents
Note: ‘Modern’ (Mis-) Education -Yoginder Sikand writes
News Wrap - A G D
A Matter of Identity: Of Religions and Left -Saral Sarkar
Assam Violence: The Bangladeshi Question Returns -Ram Puniyani
Beyond Kokrajhar: This Land is My Land -Garga Chatterjee

Vol. 45, No. 6, Aug 19 -25, 2012
Contents
Note: Life is Cheap -Gladson Dungdung writes
News Wrap - A G D
Why 'Nano' Failed: Bad Economics, Bad Politics -Debasish Paul
Carnivorous Flowers: Of Religion and Tolerance -Karen Gabriel
Redefining Civil War: Syria : Legitimizing Intervention - Farooque Chowdhury
Militant Tradeunionism: Violence at Maruti’sManesar Plant -Anumeha Yadav
Tracing the Roots: Centenary Year of Gadar Party -Chaman Lal
The Judgement: Allahabad : Then and Now -Ilina Sen

Vol. 45, No. 5, Aug 12-18, 2012
Contents
Note: There is an Alternative -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Politcs of Medical Service: Serve the People -Debasish Paul
Operation Silger: The June 28 Carnage
Review: ‘‘The Hidden Connections’ -M R Rajagopalan
Reflection: ‘Changing Agricultural Scenario’ -Debal Deb, Stephen Mikesell & Bharat Mansata

Vol. 45, No. 4, Aug 5 -11, 2012
Contents
News Wrap - A G D
Bengal Today: One Year Later -S R
Amir's Satyameva Jayate: Healthcare needs Healing–but How? -Punyabrata Gun
Rule of the Rich: Democracy as Caricature -Anand Teltumbde
After the Euphoria: Wanted a Peoples President -Bibekananda Ray
Recalling C V Raman: Raman Effect -Sisir K Majumdar

Vol. 45, No. 3, Jul 28- Aug 4, 2012
Contents
Note: The US vs Manning -K G writes
News Wrap - A G D
'Small is Beautiful': Marx, Engels and Ecology
Jangalmahal: Why ‘Peace’ Had no Chance in Bengal -G Haragopal
Enough with the Bullshit: Reporting Pinky, Parading Pinky -Garga Chatterjee
'No' to Nuclear Power: Anti-‘Jaitapur’ in France -Sankar Ray
Isreli Connection: Mapping the Maoists -Trevor Selvam

Vol. 45, No. 2, Jul 22- 28, 2012
Contents
Note: Vanishing Dream -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Suu Kyi Speaksout: Beyond Nobel Peace Prize
Carter's Voice of Dissent: Violation of Human Rights by America -Farooque Chowdhury
Havana Diary: "Chinese Chequers" -Fidel Castro Ruz

Vol. 45, No. 1, Jul 15- 21, 2012
Contents
Note: How to save the Planet -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Review Article: Tribals, Indian State & the Urban Elites -M N Majumder
Road to Bankruptcy: Trapped by Eucalyptus -Debjeet Sarangi, Bichitra Biswal & Vlady Rivera
Coal Miners Strike: Spain in Turmoil -Farooque Chowdhury
Rebalancing Acrobatics: Anguish of Kashmir -Ram Puniyani

Vol. 44, No. 52, Jul 8- 14, 2012
Contents
Note: ‘Staying Alive’ -Sankar Ray writes
News Wrap - A G D
To the Rescue: Peak Oil, Dying Cities -T Vijayendra
Jangalmahal Debate: Medinipur Jail Diary -Nisha Biswas
Chicago 1893: An Altruist Hero -Sisir K Majumdar
Sena & CPI(ML)-Liberation: Contextualizing Ranveer Sena -Himanshu Roy

Vol. 44, No. 51, Jul 1- 7, 2012
Contents
Note: Silencing Journalists -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - A G D
Crippling CNT Act: Jharkhand is still Bihar -Gladson Dungdung
Jangalmahal Debate: Of Politics and Forests -Soumitra Ghosh
41 Poems: Sorrows of Bengal-MSPVT
Fire Underground: In an Inferno, a Devil’s Bargain -Maureen Nandini Mitra
Poised to Strike: NATO in Russia -Gautam Sarkar
The Class Angle: Defining Freedom -Farooque Chowdhury

Vol. 44, No. 50, Jun 24 -30, 2012
Contents
Note: Freedom in Diversity-Vinay Bhat writes
News Wrap- A G D
Wrong Target: Ambedkar, Cartoon and Identity -Ram Puniyani
Center-State Relations: It’s Internal ‘Colonialism’ -Garga Chatterjee
Continuing Peasant Rebellion: Before ‘‘Naxalbari’’ -Swapan Kumar Pain
Jangalmahal Debate: Kishenji’s Death and Some Candid Observations -Sumit Chakravartty
Sharma Speaks out: Of Violence and MoUs -Onkareshwar Pandey
Political Murders: Bashai Tudus Never Die -Mahasveta Devi

Vol. 44, No. 49, Jun 17 -23, 2012
Contents
Note: Dirty Coal -Sisir K Majumdar writes
News Wrap - A G D
Kamtapur Movement: : Life Behind Bamboo Doors -Partha Sen
Book Review: Reading Michal Kalecki -Anirban Biswas
Police Raj: Where the Hell Meets the Earth -Gladson Dungdung
Jangalmahal Debate: Dignity First-Premangsu Dasgupta
Keeping Tradition Alive: ‘My Saviour in the Hills’ -Malabika Sengupta

Vol. 44, No. 48, Jun 10 -16, 2012
Contents
Note: Inveterate Maoists? -S M writes
News Wrap - A G D
Managing Disparity: : Going Global -Debasish Paul
Jangalmahal Debate: The Battle Never Ends -Amrit Paira
Siachen Imbroglio: Dancing on Ice -Saadut Hussain
Choosing the Lesser Evil: Electoral Equations and Secular Values -Ram Puniyani
Havana Diary: The Nobel Peace Laureate -Fidel Castro Ruz
Polycentric Approach: Elinor Ostrom on Climate Change
Review: Story of a ‘Chandal’ -Tapan Bandyopadhyay

Vol. 44, No. 47, Jun 3 -9, 2012
Contents
Note: Poetry and Politics -Biswajit Chattopadhyay writes
News Wrap - A G D
From Fukushima to Kudankulam: : Collapsing Nuclear World -Pradip Datta
Reflection on 'The Hunt': Ghinua Santhal and Structural Violence -Manoranjan Mohanty
Envisioning Excellence: Academic Quality and Autonomy -Garga Chatterjee
Pakistan: Plight of Baba Jan -W N Gomes
'Operation Anaconda': Targeting Saranda

Vol. 44, No. 46, May 27 -Jun 2, 2012
Contents
Note: Education is a Commodity -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - A G D
Mamata's Bengal: : A ‘Greece’ in the Making? -Bibekananda Ray
Jangalmahal Debate-I: ‘Bread Alone Is Not Enough....’ -Premanshu Dasgupta
Jangalmahal Debate-II: Recalling ‘Srikakulam’ -I Mallikarjuna Sharma
Report from Hyderabad: Voice of the Radical Left -Harsh Thakor
Deadly Asbestos: Not yet Banned -IRIN

Vol. 44, No. 45, May 20 -26, 2012
Contents
Note: Saadat Hasan Manto -SKM writes
Forgotten Martyrs: Language Movement Revisited -Sisir K Majumdar
Jangalmahal Debate: The Whole System is Guilty! -Dipankar Chakrabarti
Athens is Burning: No More IMF! -Farooque Chowdhury
A Voice for Freedom: A Reflection on Fang Lizhi -Tapan Bandyopadhyay

Vol. 44, No. 44, May 13 -19, 2012
Contents
Note: Putin ‘Wins’-Gautam Sarkar writes
News Wrap - A G D
Jangalmahal Debate: People’s War as Startegy and Peace Talk as Tactics-Gautam Navlakha
Plight of Part-Timers: Drifting towards Chaos? -Nityananda Ghosh
Nonadanga: Days of Outrage -Biswajit Roy

Vol. 44, No. 43, May 6 -12, 2012
Contents
Comment: Dirty Coal
Note: Clearing the way for Army -S B writes
News Wrap - A G D
A Gandhian Perspective: : Development and Enviornment -Kavita Y Suchak
Jangalmahal Debate: Politics of Area Domination -Partha Sarathi Ray
Kishenji's September Letter to his Mother: Unity in Struggle
Havana Diary: A Wonderful Thing! -Fidel Castro Ruz
Film: Nobel Chor -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Crime & Punishment: The Homeless of Nonadanga -Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri

Vol. 44, No. 42, Apr 29-May 5, 2012
Contents
Note: Of BITs and Sistema -Kavaljit Singh writes
News Wrap - A G D
Beyond NCTC: : India versus the Union of India-Garga Chatterjee
Back to Basics: Alternatives for Indian Irrigation -Subrata Sinha
CPM Garbage: Contempt for ‘Ideology’? -Sankar Ray
Paid News: Ram Unmasked -KA
Jangalmahal Debate: The Problem Then, The Problem Now -Vara Vara Rao
Development of the 'Beatiful': Nonadanga–Continuing Singur Tragedy -Parag

Vol. 44, No. 41, Apr 22-28, 2012
Contents
Note: Budget: Who Gets What? -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
East Meets West: : Of Science and Tagore’s Songs -Debasish Paul
Jangalmahal Debate-I: Rulers: Before and After -Manoranjan Mohanty
Jangalmahal Debate-II: Finding Way Out? -Debashis Bhattacharya
More On Budget-12-13: Ensuring Gloom -Gautam Mody

Vol. 44, No. 40, Apr 15-21, 2012
Contents
Note: Bicentenary of Browning -Sisir K Majumdar writes
News Wrap - A G D
India Today: : Looting Spectrum -MSPV Tirtha
Jangalmahal Debate: Of Peace and War -Rana Bose
Narahari Kaviraj: ‘Bringing Forward Another Way’-Sankar Ray
Mike Check: Whither Oakland Commune? -Jesse Ross Knutson
An Open Letter: ‘No’ to Nuclear Power-S P Udayakumar & others

Vol. 44, No. 39, Apr 8-14, 2012
Contents
Note: Remembering Ramanujan -Sisir K Majumdar writes
News Wrap - A G D
The Unexplored Marx: : Of People and Self-Governing Society -Nityananda Ghosh in conversation with Paresh Chattopadhyay
Setting Financial Tones: Economy and its Many Travails -Mritiunjoy Mohanty & Sushil Khanna
Jangalmahal Debate-I: War and Civil War -Ranabir Samaddar
Jangalmahal Debate-II: ‘An Infantile Disorder!’ -Sumit Chowdhury

Vol. 44, No. 38, Apr 1-7, 2012
Contents
Note: Managing Fiscal Deficit-Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Dhaka Street: : Nandirhat: Bad Moon Rising -Garga Chatterjee
Unexplored Marx: Socialism and the Individual in Marx's Work -Paresh Chattopadhyay
Jangalmahal Debate: ‘A ‘Running Commentary of a Death’ -Saswati Ghosh
Pushing Hybrid Maize Seeds: Maoist Nepal and Monsanto -IRIN

Vol. 44, No. 37, Mar 25-31, 2012
Contents
Note: Monopolising Medicines-M K writes
News Wrap - A G D
Ominous Signs: : Of Rule and Misrule -Anirban Biswas
Jangalmahal Debate-I: Peace That Is More Dangerous Than War-Amit Bhaduri
Jangalmahal Debate-II: ‘A Spark, Not A Prarie Fire’ -Ashim Chatterjee
Seaching for Massline: Pagri Sambhal Campaign in Punjab -Harsh Thakor
Blame Game: Behind The Durban Fiasco -Richard Heinberg
IFFI 2011: Goa Film Festival -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 44, No. 36, Mar 18-24, 2012
Contents
Note: The Syrian Impasse-Immanuel Wallerstein writes
News Wrap - A G D
Reinterpreting History: : Tagore on History of Civilisation -Debasish Paul
An Overview: Of Philosophy and Quantum Physics-Sisir K Majumdar
Jangalmahal Debate: Phantom of Peace -Nilanjan Dutta

Vol. 44, No. 35, Mar 11-17, 2012
Contents
Note: Kalyan Sanyal–A Short Recollection -Anirban Biswas writes
News Wrap- A G D
A Talk with PC: : The Unexplored Marx -Tapan Bandyopadhyaya
Sword of Dammocles: Tackling Gorkhaland-Gaur Ghosh & Abhijit Datta
Hard Times: ‘Davos’ is not Shining -Farooque Chowdhury
Jangalmahal Debate-I: Aiming for Peace? -Dipankar Bhattacharya
Jangalmahal Debate-II: Democray Remains Elusive -Mahasveta Devi

Vol. 44, No. 34, Mar 4 -10, 2012
Contents
Note: Of Food and Bureaucracy -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Dhaka Street: : Army of 71 or Army of Islam -Garga Chatterjee
Revisiting Arab Spring: Looking on the Bright Side -Ranjit Sau
Legacy of Market: Stiglitz and Global Keynesism - Sankar Ray
Jangalmahal-I: Much Ado About Nothing -Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Jangalmahal-II: From Manmohan to Mamata -Swami Agnivesh
Looking Back: ‘Lenin of Bihar’ - Ashok Yadav

Vol. 44, No. 33, Feb 26 -Mar 3, 2012
Contents
Note: ‘The Beauty of Microfinance’ -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Of History & Society: : The Science of Social Sciences -Ranjit Sau
Charles Dickens: Recalling The Colossus -Sisir K Majumdar
Tripura Diary: Options Are Limited -Shoummo
Limits of Social Democracy: CPI(M)’s ‘Philistine Realism’ -Bernard D’Mello

Vol. 44, No. 32, Feb 19 -25, 2012
Contents
Note: Beyond the Package Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - A G D
Culture & Counter-culture: A New Socio-Economics Science -Ranjit Sau
Kishenji's Open Letter to his Mother: Up Against Deceit and Oppression
Red Star over India: An Hour with Jan Myrdal -Sankar Ray

Vol. 44, No. 31, Feb 12 -18, 2012
Contents
Note: Faiz Ahmed Faiz -Sisir K Majumdar writes
News Wrap - A G D
Back to Basics: What Is To Be Done? -Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak
An Open Letter to Dr APJ Kalam: Boosting Modernity-Sailendra Nath Ghosh
Beyond Durban: Selling Dirtiest Oil -Peter Custers
Dams are not Permanent: ‘Mullaperiyar’: Missing Points -Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Bela Tarr & Moretti: Mumbai Film Festival -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Disempowering Women: Bt Cotton Widows -Vandana Shiva

Vol. 44, No. 30, Feb 5 -11, 2012
Contents
Comment: Bitter Sugar
Note: BJP-Left Alliance -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Old vs New: A Dialogue on New Socialism -T Vijayendra
Uranium Mining: Moving to Catastrophe -Sanjay Mitra
Fight for Status: Is China a Developing Country? -Martin Khor
Monsanto Menace: Ghost Called Glyphosate -Eva Sirinathsinghji
Faust: Kolkata Film Festival -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol.44,No.29,Jan 29-Feb 4, 2012
Contents
Note: Trespassers in Their Own Land-Pradip Chatterjee writes
News Wrap - A G D
Children sans Childhood: Understanding Child Labour -T Vijayendra
Game Changer: Road to Hell? -Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Koodankulam: Bill of Rights and Liberties -Gus Hall

Vol.44, No.28, Jan 22 - 28, 2012
Contents
Note: Women in Bodo Society -Merina Islam writes
News Wrap - A G D
An Infamous Diktat: Of University and Ordinance -Salil Biswas
Three Women from Jangalmahal: Soft Landing, Tough Tasks -Biswajit Roy
Deception through Ages: Peace without Dignity -Diptendra Raychaudhuri
A P D R Resolution: Judicial Probe Into Kishenji’s Death -Ranjit Sur
Koodankulam: Selling Lies -P K Sundaram

Vol.44, No.27, Jan 15 - 21, 2012
Contents
Note: The Baul Tradition -Anit Mukerjea writes
News Wrap - A G D
University Ordinance: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers -Abhijit Guha
UN Panel Report: War Crimes in Sri lanka -Ron Ridenour
Havana Diary: Permanent War -Fidel Castro Ruz

Vol.44, No.26, Jan 8 - 14, 2012
Contents
Note: Vivekananda on Science and Religion -Sisir Kumar Majumdar writes
News Wrap - A G D
Crisis of Education: Why Academicians are Leaders -Debasish Paul
We are the 99 percent": OWS and US Labour
Cuba: Education and Revolution -Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada
Godse's Children: Unravelling the Truth -Ram Puniyani

Vol.44, No.25, Jan 1 - 7, 2012
Contents
Comment: Hot Potato
Note: More on FDI Retail -T K Ganguly writes
News Wrap - A G D
Shaping Globalisation: Bound Together -M R Rajagopalan
Jangalmahal: Behind the ‘Development’ Headlines -Partho Sarathi Ray
Power Game: Dalits at a Crossroads? -Ram Puniyani
Tricky Business: How to Become a Global Player -Kavaljit Singh

Vol.44, No.24, Dec 25-31, 2011
Contents
Comment: Beyond Dublin
Note: Whither Jangalmahal? -A B Singh writes
News Wrap- A G D
Emerging Civil War: Finish Capitalism' Movement -Badruddin Umar
Anti-POSCO Agitation: Back from Dhinkia
Italy's Credit Crisis: Calling for Change -Madhusudan Pal Vedantatirtha
Defending the Indefensible: Of FDI and Retail Reality -Shankar Gopalkrishnan
Tricky Business: Why Disinvestment? -Bharat Jhunjhunwala
IFFI 2010: Indian Panorama -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol.44, No.23, Dec 18 -24, 2011
Contents
Note: G20 Defers Decision on FTT -Kavaljit Singh writes
News Wrap - A G D
'Paribartan': Transgression Masquerading as "Transformation' -Sumanta Banerjee
Haqqani, Mosque, Military: Memogate versus Democratic Yearning - Sankar Ray
The Bolivarian Alternative: Building Twenty-First Century Socialism - Michael A Lebowitz
The Other Ramayana: 150th Anniversary of ‘Meghnadbadh Kabya’ - Sisir K Majumdar

Vol.44, No.22, Dec 11 -17, 2011
Contents
Comment: FDI in Retail
Note: Why Not Consumption Tax -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - A G D
Looking Back: Jangal Mahal Situation -Santosh Rana
Nuclear Energy Debate: Turning Dream into a Nightmare - Surendra Gadekar
Catalogue of Crises: Europe’s Lost Decade! - Farooque Chowdhury
Threatening Academic Life: ‘No’ to GM Food Crops - Chee Yoke Ling
Occupy Wall Street Movement: ‘This Changes Everything...’ - Sarah Van Gelder & Others

Vol.44, No.21, Dec 4 -10, 2011
Contents
Note: Save Democracy, Repeal AFSPA -W A Laskar writes
News Wrap - A G D
Spectr of World War III: Genocidal Cynicism - Fidel Castro Ruz
Review: Of Medicine and Dialectics - William Ging Wee Dere
Domino Effect: ‘Occupy Kolkata’ Movement -Sugato Mukhopadhyay
Threatening Academic Life: Who is Afraid of the Ramayana? -Vijay Singh
Shifting Power Balance: Living in the Shadow of China
Continuing Conflict: An Open Appeal

Vol.44, No.20, Nov 27-Dec 3, 2011
Contents
Note: Living in a Hell -Sanjeev Mahajan writes
News Wrap - AGD
Continuing Debate: Whither Anna Movement? - Biswajit Roy
Letter from America: Marx Said The Realm of Freedom... - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
EU's New Mandate: National Treatment To Foreign Investors -Burghard llge & Kavaljit Singh
South Sudan: GM Lobby Working Overtime -Bharat Dogra
Sino-Russian Partenship: Foes Turning Friends -Farooque Chowdhury
BPL Hypocrisy: 3 Vadapavs a Day - S Mohammed Irshad
Assam: Plight of Tribal Women - Merina Islam
Helen Keller Deaf School: An Open Letter To The WB Education Minister - Manoranjan Byaparee

Vol. 44, No.18, Nov 13 -19, 2011
Contents
Note: Too hot to Handle -G M writes
News Wrap - AGD
Panic in Heaven: ‘A Capitalist Spectre is Haunting Europe’ - Farooque Chowdhury
Health for All: Beyond the Alma-Ata Declaration - Siddhartha Gupta
A Vicious Circle: Of Europe's Debt Crisis and Civil Resistance - Peter Custers
War on Terror: Nine Eleven and the Manufacture of Consent - Jean-Claude Paye
Deceit Unlimited : The Emperor Has No Clothes - Vandana Shiva

Vol. 44, No.17, Nov 6 -12, 2011
Contents
Note: Asia and Global Crisis -M K writes
News Wrap - AGD
Continuing Debate: Whither Anna Movement? - Biswajit Roy
Value of River water: How to kill Teesta - Bharat Jhunjhunwala
A talk with Abhay Sahoo: Anti-posco Agitation - Musab Iqbal
South Sudan: Birth of a Nation - Caelainn Hogan
Film :Nouka Dubi - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Untold story: Of Fukushima and Chernobyl - Peter Saunders

Vol. 44, No.16, Oct 30-Nov 5, 2011
Contents
Note: Policing and Human Rights -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - AGD
Middle Class Dream: Is India Emerging as a Developed Nation?- M R Rajagopalan
Perrenial Crisis: Fake Concern Regarding Inflation - RUPE
Arab Spring Continues: Now Yemen on Boil
Destroyed by Development: Privatising Bangalore’s Lakes - Rohan D’Souza
Forbesgaunj Firing: Policemen Always Open Fire in ‘Self-Defence’ - Lateef Mohd Khan

Vol. 44, No. 15, Oct 23 -29, 2011
Contents
Note: Of Growth and Inequality - Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - AGD
Religion & Politics: Vivekananda and the Rise of Assertive Hinduism - T Vijayendra
Lessons from Latin America: ‘Dancing with Dynamite’ - Federico Fuentes
Impact of Microcredit: Microcredit : Mainstream Questions Mainstream - Farooque Chowdhury
Roots of Fundamentalism: Terror Strikes Norway - Ram Puniyani
Divisive politics: Continuing Conflict- Shahidur Rashid Talukdar
Film: Dhoosar - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Autumn Number


Vol. 44 No. 11-14, Sep 25 -Oct 22, 2011

 
Contents

90 YEARS LATER

Sandip Bandyopadhyay

Subrata Basu

Peter Custers
COLONEL ABU TAHER’S UPRISING

Manoranjan Mohanty
ADIVASI AWAKENING AND EMERGENCE OF NEW POLITICS

Ranjit Sau
ROAD MAP OF FEUDALISM, CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM

Harsh Thakor
MAO THOUGHT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST MOVEMENT

Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
PARTY AND COMMUNE

Ranganayakamma
‘‘DALIT INTELLECTUALS AND LEFTIST INTELLECTUALS’’

M N Majumder
IDEOLOGICAL MESS–A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE

Sankar Ray
BEYOND CRONY CAPITALISM

Sailendra Nath Ghosh
HOW “BOMBAY HIGH” WAS SAVED FROM FOREIGN TAKE-OVER

Bibekananda Ray
THE USA’S ‘INVISIBLE’ POVERTY

Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
ECHOES FROM INDIA’S NORTH-EAST

Abhijit Guha
THE IDEA NAMED ‘SOCIAL EXCLUSION’

Manas Joardar
MAKE LAW, BREAK LAW

Salil Biswas
OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Pranjali Bandhu
UNDERSTANDING THE DOWRY EVIL

T Vijayendra
SANSKRIT AND THE INDIAN LANGUAGE FAMILIES

Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
GODARD’S ‘FILM SOCIALISME’

Anirban Biswas
OF SOCIALISM AND SOCIAL CAPITALISM

T G Jacob
‘TAMIL EELAM’ NOT A DEAD ISSUE

Subhendu Dasgupta
EMERGENCE OF A FOURTH SPACE

Sisir K Majumdar
RABINDRANATH’S THOUGHTS ON SCIENCE

Ismail Chaudhury
IN SEARCH OF VANGUARDS

Vol. 44, No. 10, Sep 18 -24, 2011
Contents
Note: Of Exports and Imports - Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
Third World Fascism: Sri Lanka, Eelam Tamils and the Ethical Crime - Kartick R M
NATO's Lybia Mission: Cracking a Hard Nut - Farooque Chowdhury
Black Power: Jewels in a Gutter - Bibekananda Ray
Forgotten People: Lepchas Demand Justice - Nityananda Ghosh
Imposing American Model: Monsanto is a Monster- ASHA

Vol. 44, No. 9, Sep 11 -17, 2011
Contents
Note: Shehla Massod and Rio Tinto - Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - AGD
The Anna Moment: ‘India Against Corruption’ - Satya Sagar
Excercise in Escapism?: Beyond the New Land Acquisition Bill - Yoginder Sikand
Myth & Reality: Violence, Non-Violence and Gandhi - M N Majumdar
Alternative Social Innovation: Design for Sustainability
Science & Humanity: Subverted by the Bomb - Evaggelos Vallianatos

Vol. 44, No. 8, Sep 4 -10, 2011
Contents
Note:A Leaking Boat - Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - AGD
Marx & Marxism: ‘‘How to Change the World’’ -Stefen Collini
Chattisgarh: Looking Back at Shaheed Hospital -Punyabrata Gun
Health Worker Migration: The Escape Route -IRIN
POSCO: Continuing Conflict -Prashant Paikaray
Film: Ray’s Sikkim - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 44, No. 7, Aug 28 -Sep 3, 2011
Contents
Note: Climate Refugees - K P S writes
News Wrap - AGD
Book Review: Marx at the Margins - John Garvey
Economics of Inequality: White Collar Job Drama - Debasish Paul
Beyond the Border: Dalits in the ‘Land of the Pure’–Pakistan - Yoginder Sikand
Open Letter: Speak the Truth, Stop the Killing - Dilip Simeon

Vol. 44, No. 6, Aug 21 -27, 2011
Contents
Comment: UID Business
Note: Rare Earth - A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - AGD
Bodh Gaya Sans Buddhists: Hinduising Buddhism -Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary
In the Name of God: Plight of Minorities in Pakistan -Yoginder Sikand
Latin American Experience: How to Achieve Socialist Renewal
Review Article: Nowhere to Hide -Douglas Porpora

Vol. 44, No. 5, Aug 14 -20, 2011
Contents
Note:Carrot & Stick - A B writes
News Wrap - AGD
Indo-us nuclear deal: A Blatant Blackmail - Sisir K Majumdar
Manipur Capital Complex: Where is Lei–Ingkhol? - By A Correspondent
Narayanpatna: Ordeal of a Tribal Girl - Himanshu Kumar
International Chemistry Year: Centenary of Radioactivity - SKM
R & D: China Banks on Innovation - Gordon Orr
Destroyed by Development: Killing the River Baitarani - Kiran Sankar Sahu

Vol. 44, No. 4, Aug 7 -13, 2011
Contents
Note:Targeting KMSS -D A C writes
News Wrap- AGD
Global Land Rush: Looting African Land - Joan Baxter
Capitalism & Crisis: Mumbai, Shanghai, London, New York - Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Belgium: Democracy without an Elected Government - Farooque Chowdhury
F M Husain: A Victim of Intolerance - Ram Puniyani
Orissa: Destroyed by ‘Development’ -Subrat Kumar Sahu
Fluoride Poisoning: Fluoride, Toothpase & the A-Bomb - Gar Smith
Drama: Ekhon Antigone:Whose Tragedy?- Salil Biswas

Vol. 44, No. 3, Jul 31-Aug 6, 2011
Contents
Note: Crippling PDS - Nirmalya Biswas writes
News Wrap - AGD
Planet in Peril: Global Land Grab -Alexandra Spieldoch
Point of View: "Of Self-respect and People’s Power’’ -Sisir K Majumdar
Bombarding the Headquarters: Rectification—CPM Style -Sankar Ray
Ambedkar & Buddhism: Towards a Meaningful Spirituality - Yoginder Sikand
Beyond Darkness: The ‘Salwa Judum’ Judgement -Lawrence Liang

Vol. 44, No. 2, Jul 24- 30, 2011
Contents
Note: Welfare Mafia Needs Surgery -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - AGD
Polemics: An Encounter with Charu Majumdar - Sankar Ray
International Solidarity Movement: War Against Indian People -Jan Myrdal
Vanishing Villages: Bagmati: the Sorrow of North Bihar - Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Release of Political Prisoners:Whose Committee Is It? - Ranjit Sur

Vol. 44, No. 1, Jul 17- 23, 2011
Contents
Note: China, Vietnam, Oil -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - AGD
Review Article: Socialism or Barbarism - John Lea
Protest March:Let the Rivers Flow
Polavaram Dam: For Whom Does the Godavari Flows - R Uma Maheshwari
Driving in Reverse: CPM in Blunder Land - Bibekananda Ray
Loktak Lake of Manipur: From Owners to ‘Occupiers’ - Thingnam Anjulika Samom
WFTU Statement: For a Better World
CCTS: Of Cash and Kind - Jean Dreze
IFFI 2010: Goa Film Festival - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 43, No. 52, Jul 10- 16, 2011
Contents
Note: Shashibhusan Dasgupta -A B writes
News Wrap - AGD
Minority Question: Anti-Communal Violence Bill - Y Sikand
Protest March: From Tarapur to Jaitapur - Gabriele Dietrich
Whither China?: Changing Chinese Society - George J Gilboy, Eric Heginbotham
Release of Prisoners: To Talk or Not to Talk to Mamata Banerjee -Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri

Vol. 43, No. 51, Jul 3- 9, 2011
Contents
Note:Required : New Left Thinking -Bharat Jhunjhunwala writes
News Wrap - AGD
There is an Alternative: Back into Socialism - Federico Fuentes
Grand Indian Opera: Corruption through Ages - Nirmalya Biswas
Theatre for Social Change: More on Badal Sircar - Subhendu Sarkar
Baghajatin Story: Killing a Hospital - S S
Review: Dilemmas in Agriculture - M R Rajagopalan
Independent Trade Union Initiative: Gorakhpur Workers Win - C F

Vol. 43, No. 50, Jun 26-Jul2, 2011
Contents
Note:Godmen are not Immortal -Asghar Ali Engineer writes
News Wrap - AGD
Old Question, New Twist: Land & Factory: Peasants and Proletariat - Ranjit Sau
Myth & Reality: Nuclear Power: Neither Cheap nor Safe - Sujay Basu
Gwangju Prize Speech: No Justice, No Peace- Binayak Sen
Book Review:Fluoride Poisoning and Medical Geology - Manas Joardar

Vol. 43, No. 49, Jun 19-25, 2011
Contents
Note: Behind The Bamboo Curtain -C P J writes
News Wrap - AGD
Manipur Crying for Justice: ‘Is Anybody There....?’ - Nirmalya Biswas
Beyond the Status Quo:Beyond Trade Unionism
HOLCIM Story: Contract Labour Fighting Back - Indira Chakravarthi & Shalini Gera
Raigad Victory: ‘No’ to SEZ - Vidya Bhushan Rawat
People on the move: Socialism is the Alternative- Samir Amin

Vol. 43, No. 48, Jun 12-18, 2011
Contents
Note:Blasphemy Law–How Much Religion? -Asghar Ali Engineer writes
News Wrap - AGD
Living in Hell: People without History - Yoginder Sikand
Winds of Change?: China Rethinks Nuclear Power - Lucia Green-Weiskel
Back from Narayanpatnan:A Report from Ground Zero
Participation in Labour Force: Empowering Women - Shahidur Rashid Talukdar
Sounds of Resistance: War and Big Finance- Kevin Zeese

Vol. 43, No. 47, Jun 5-11, 2011
Contents
Note:Beyond Kalmadi and Raja -Bharat Dogra writes
News Wrap - AGD
Recalling Rosa Luxemburg:Social Reform or Revolution -Graham Milner
Jangalmahal Revisited: Of Masses and Massline - Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Wrecking Tradition: Sircar and His Free Theatre
Film: Kutty Srank and Janala - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 43, No. 46, May 29-Jun4, 2011
Contents
Note: Another Gandhi? -Asghar Ali Engineer writes
News Wrap - AGD
Newtown Project: Money and Marxists - Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Testimony before US Congress: Beyond Fukushima - Dave Lochbaum
America Today:Fight for Jobs - Scott Marshall
Jharkhand: Will Anna Get Justice?- Gladson Dungdung
Serving People: I was an MP - Pritish Nandy

Vol. 43, No. 45, May 22-28, 2011
Contents
Note:Jaitapur Calling -NAPM writes
News Wrap - AGD
Looking Back: ‘‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’’ - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
"A Paradise Built in Hell": Earthquake and Japan - Kojin Karatani
Universities at the Crossroads: Vice-Chancellors are not Angels - Abhijit Guha

Vol. 43, No. 44, May 15-21, 2011
Contents
Note:From Tarapur to Jaitapur -B S writes
News Wrap - AGD
Europian Theatre: The Nuclear Debate Returns -Peter Custers
American Scenario: Nuclear Nightmare -Ralph Nader
FAO Report: It’s Chronic Hunger - Farooque Chowdhury
A New Vision: ‘The Socialist Alternative...’ - Konrad Read
Bastille of Words: The First Casualty of War - John Pilger

Vol. 43, No. 43, May 8-14, 2011
Contents
Note: The Katju-Mishra Judgement -H Dhawan and P Singh writes
News Wrap - AGD
Ominous Signs: Peak Prices or Production Peak?- Peter Custers
Growth sans Improvent: Hunger Haunts India - Nirmalya Biswas
Whither Muslim Middle Class?: Muslims Need an Ambedkar -An Interview

Vol. 43, No. 42, May 1-7, 2011
Contents
Note:Bengal goes to Polls -A B writes
News Wrap - AGD
India Today:"Towards Politics of Solidarity" - Panayiotis T Manolakos
India-EUFTA:Foreign Banks are Coming - Kavaljit Singh
American Gameplan:War in Lybia: Motives and Dynamics - Maidul Islam
Chattisgarh & Ninayak Sen:More on Sedition - Ilina Sen

Vol. 43, No. 41, April 24-30, 2011
Contents
Note:‘No’ To Bauxite Mining -NAPM writes
News Wrap - AGD
Polemics:Communism and Anti-Communism - Anirban Biswas
Armageddon: Fukushima–An International Catastophe - Peter Custers
Unfinished Agenda: Egypt in Movement - Samir Amin
150th Birth Anniversary: P C Roy and Modern Science - Sisir K Majumdar

Vol. 43, No. 40, April 17-23, 2011
Contents
Note: ‘No’ to Nuclear Power-NAPM writes
News Wrap - AGD
Atom for Peace?: Rethinking Atomic Energy - Jonathan Schell
Missile Defense: NATO beyond NATO Territory - Peper Custers
Separatism in North Bengal: Adding to Tribal Woes - Partha Sen
Kerala: ‘No’ to Coca-Cola - IRC
Film: Mumbai Film Festival - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 43, No. 39, April 10-16, 2011
Contents
News Wrap - AGD
Red Terror: Hypocrisy Unlimited -Sankar Ray
A Spocialist Future: Cuban Revolution: Where to Now? - Sisir K Majumdar
Chronicle of Blunders: Communists and the Muslim League - Sandip Bandyopadhyay
Nobel Winners' Appeal: An Unjust Conviction
'Megatons For Megawatts': What Happens To All That Uranium? - Tim Buchholz
Looking Back: RSS and Murder of Mahatma - Shamsul Islam

Vol. 43, No. 38, April 3-9, 2011
Contents
Note:Libya : Friends and Foes -Pratik Uppal writes
News Wrap - AGD
The Fharaohs of India:Redefining Democracy -Satya Sagar
Justice & Injustice:The Binayak Judgement - Subhas Chandra Ganguly
A Forgotten Anniversary :Debabrata Biswas -Soumitra K Lahiri
Status of Education:Schooling or Waste of Time? - Shahidur Rashid Talukdar

Vol.43, No.37, Mar 27-April 2, 2011
Contents
Note:False Pride at Stake -A B writes
After the Shock:Japan is Trembling -Pradip Datta
The Citizenship Issuet:Who Are the Matuas? -Sandip Bandyopadhyay
Business as Usual :Budget : Myopic Congress Ideology -Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Death of Manning:‘‘Aiding the Enemy’’ -Glenn Greenwald
Of Bt-Cotton and Widows - Vandana Shiva

Vol. 43, No. 36, Mar 20-26, 2011
Contents
News Wrap - AGD
Calcutta Notebook - Charubrata
Crime and punishment:Of Hindutva and Terrorism -Yoginder Sikand
Raj Returns :A Strange Democracy -M J Akbar
The 25-crore Story:Bhimsen Joshi–an Era is Gone-T Vijayendra
An Anniversary:The Day of Shame

Vol. 43, No. 35, Mar 14-20, 2011
Contents
Note:Issuing a Death Certificate-Ranjan Panda writes
News Wrap - AGD
UID:Implication of AADHAAR - Nirmalya Biswas
Limits of US Power:Egypt Erupts - Farooque Chowdhury
Irrelevant Left :Pakistan–Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Pervez Hoodbhoy
The 25-crore Story:How to Curb Naxalism? - Himanshu Kumar

Vol. 43, No. 34, Mar 7-13, 2011
Contents
Note:Of GOI and Swiss Bank -A B writes
News Wrap - AGD
Rights for All:Million Men March In Cairo - Ranjit Sau
Assam's Eviction Squad:Why Adivasis’ Soldier is Silent? - Gladson Dungdung
Wrong Prescription:‘Charity’ Won’t Work - Tarun Patanik
Supreme Court Hearing:‘No’ to Salwa Judum
Film: Kolkata Film Festival - Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar

Vol. 43, No.33, Feb 27-Mar 6, 2011
Contents
Note:Unrest in Arab World -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - AGD
Where to Begin? A Draft for Discussion:Whither Bengal? - Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Black Friday :Back From Netai - APDR Report
People's Power :Tunisian Revolution - Dyab Abou Jahjah
Egypt Today-I:America Realigns - Samir Amin
Egypt Today-II:A Post-Mubarak Scenario - Tariq Ali

Vol. 43, No. 32, Feb 20-26, 2011
Contents
Note:Centre-State Relations -A Correspondent writes
News Wrap - AGD
Campaign Beyond Horizon :"We Are All Binayak Sen"-Satya Sagar
Review Article :Aluminium Means Destruction - Sankar Ray
Bodo Stir :The November’10 Carnage -Aruni Kashyap
Manual Scavenging:Dignity Remains Elusive -Bezwada Wilson

Vol. 43, No. 31, Feb 13-19, 2011
Contents
News Wrap - AGD
At a Crossroads :Feudalism Political -Ranjit Sau
Reflections on Bihar :Many Battles But A Single War -Tapan Bandyopadhyay
Plains vs Hills :Ten Years of Uttarakhand -Bharat Jhunjhunwala
San Jose Mine Incident: Don’t Mourn, Organize
Sedition: Gandhian With A Stethoscope -Amit Sengupta