The writer is a member of the CPM politburo and patron, AIDWA
July 18, 2013 04:48 IST
The death of a young Dalit points to the persistence of casteist structures,and a politics that fattens on them
September 05, 2012 02:49 IST
BJP and Congress might argue about allocations vs auctions,but both agree on the denationalisation of a vital natural resource
July 17, 2012 01:07 IST
Government must bring the assisted reproductive technologies bill to Parliament. More stringent regulation could have saved lives
May 17, 2012 03:26 IST
What stops the government from using good harvests to reduce,if not eliminate,hunger?
January 18, 2012 02:54 IST
She may have used sex and threats to get her way,but her murder raises troubling questions about crime and political power
September 23, 2011 02:58 IST
How many meals do you have to miss for the Planning Commission to consider you poor?
May 19, 2011 00:41 IST
It is unlikely that a review exercise will to lead to the kind of reformed Left that its critics want.
July 19, 2010 04:05 IST
The proposed legal amendments do not factor in the complex cruelties of honour crimes...
January 18, 2010 02:50 IST
Recently,at Howrah station,a group of railway porters surrounded me to ask about the health of Comrade Jyoti Basu.
September 03, 2009 03:14 IST
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is once again in the news,for the wrong reasons. Arbitrary changes in the guidelines...
October 25, 2006 23:34 IST
The CPM wants to win representation in the state assembly in alliance with other Left parties
February 03, 1998 00:00 IST
Although most political parties have only marginally increased the number of their women candidates in the forthcoming elections, the issue ...
August 01, 1997 00:00 IST
The current session of Parliament has a special significance for women as there are two pending Bills which concern their rights. One is th...
