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Patel’s role in the integration of princely states has been exaggerated by the Modi regime precisely because of it is seeking to malign and erase Nehru’s contribution in the freedom movement and in the making of modern India.
When the forces of hate and division are out to destroy India as a nation where all citizens have equal rights, his death is worth recalling.
The unionised working class has fought tooth and nail against every move towards privatisation. The story of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is an important example of this unyielding struggle.
To mark the 75th year of India’s independence, the Modi Government initiated a campaign meant to ‘encourage people to bring the Tiranga home and to hoist it’. But the website of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations is silent on what the flag symbolizes.
On the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, we, as responsible citizens, should have been flagging the issues of hunger, dwindling health parameters, poverty and lack of quality education which make many of our fellow citizens less free.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Constitution Amendments that led to the three-tier Panchayati Raj structures. The 73rd Amendment further led to legislation for its extension into tribal areas and the Forest Rights Act. On how have these legislations fared over the past 30 years.
The philosopher-poet wanted a multi-cultural country rooted in egalitarianism, secularism and the right to dissent.
14th August “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” – Another Strategy to Fuel the Politics of Hate & Division! A day of mourning and introspection is being transformed into a day of further spawning hatred and division – India must Resist It!
While we celebrate our 75th anniversary of Independence Day, and remember and pay tributes to the heroic sacrifices made by our freedom fighters, this is also an occasion to take stock of the challenges facing our country.
As India approaches a major milestone in its journey since independence, a look at why the Constituent Assembly and freedom movement’s leaders chose parliamentary democracy.
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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