What Swaraj Meant to Gandhi – and Why the Government Wants to Bury that Vision of Freedom
The ideas of justice and the primacy of the individual form the bedrock of the Gandhian world view.
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Left or Right, a Murder Is a Murder
Kerala CM and his comrades violated this sacred principle when they praised P.K. Kunjananthan, a man convicted of the murder of T.P. Chandrashekharan, an estranged party member.
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If Courts Only Favour the State, Justice Remains Unserved
The Supreme Court’s remarks in the case about migrant workers during the lockdown is further proof of this trend.
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Reassurance That Isn’t
Commenting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s victory speech, The Indian Express wrote: “In his speech in Central Hall in Parliament on Saturday, the first after being elected leader of the BJP-led NDA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a heartening note of magnanimity. Among other things, he said the new government would make efforts to earn…
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He Came, He Spoke, the RSS Conquered
It says something about our times that the whole nation was glued to their television sets to watch a former president visiting the birth place of K.B. Hedgewar and the offices of a semi-secret organisation called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Nearly all news channels ran a live telecast of not only Pranab Mukherjee addressing the…
