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Volume 44, No. 1 to 52 (Year 2011-12)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

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. 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
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.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.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.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
Letters
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
Letter
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.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
Letters
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.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
Letters
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.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.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.29,Jan 29-Feb 4, 2012
Contents
Note: Trespassers in Their Own Land-Pradip Chatterjee writes
News Wrap - A G D
Theory & Practice: Revolutionary Movement and ‘‘Spirit of Generalisation’’-Pratyush Chandra
Children sans Childhood: Understanding Child Labour -T Vijayendra
Game Changer: Road to Hell? -Dipanjan Rai Chaudhuri
Koodankulam: Bill of Rights and Liberties -Gus Hall
Letters
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. 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
CIA Papers: Behind the Communist Curtain
Bela Tarr & Moretti: Mumbai Film Festival -Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar
Disempowering Women: Bt Cotton Widows -Vandana Shiva
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
Building Peace: Listen To Your Mother Before You Kill Your Brother --Rita Manchanda
Red Star over India: An Hour with Jan Myrdal -Sankar Ray
Letters
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Letters
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
Letter
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. 45, May 20 -26, 2012
Contents
Note: Saadat Hasan Manto -SKM writes
News Wrap -AGD
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. 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. 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. 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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Letters