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“We have completed one journey of consolidating our freedom, the foundations of which were laid a hundred years ago by our people with their blood, sweat and tears… We have today to remember the lessons of unity, religious tolerance and fellow feeling taught by Mahatma Gandhi and other great sons of India and go forward in a united and determined manner.”
“’Quit India’: The Last Nail in the Coffin of the British Empire”: The movement took a turn not contemplated by Gandhi and the Congress leaders. Also: “81 Years Ago, Launching the Quit India Movement, Gandhi Had Warned Us of Our Current State”.
Outraged by the appalling violence against two women in Manipur, Gujarati poet Mahashweta Jani has written a powerful poem.
The opposition front also adopted a joint resolution that deftly accommodates the political agendas of different participants, showing the resolve of the opposition parties to forge a united front. Full text of the Resolution. Also: “‘INDIA’ May Be the Finest Hour of Identity Politics in Our Country.”
‘The assassins of Mahatma Gandhi were not worshipped during the 1975 Emergency. Boys and girls were free to choose partners of their choice. They were not persecuted in the name of ‘love jihad’.’
The RBI, in a recent circular, has allowed compromise settlement for accounts classified as fraud or wilful defaulters. This not only rewards unscrupulous borrowers but also sends a distressing message to honest borrowers who strive to meet their financial obligations.
The only purpose behind fabricating the story behind the sengol is to hide from today’s Hindu society that 75 years ago even a section of orthodox Hindus in India had respect and reverence for Nehru despite knowing he did not agree with their views at all.
The focus of the railways on ‘improving passenger experience and comfort’ which is actually a push towards elitisation of railways, along with an obsession with speed, is taking place at the cost of neglecting passenger safety – and it is this that has led to the Balasore train tragedy.
Parliament derives its mandate from the people, not from a divine entity or priests. Also: “Sengol: Evidence Thin On Government’s Claims About the Sceptre”.
One and a half degrees is dead. The world will blow past that milestone in the next year. At least, that’s what climate scientist James Hansen and his collaborators at Columbia University’s Earth Institute predicted in January.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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