Founding Editor: Daya Varma (1929-2015)
Editors: Vinod Mubayi (New York) and Raza Mir (New Jersey).
Editorial Board: Ram Puniyani and Irfan Engineer (Mumbai); Pervez Hoodbhoy (Islamabad); Dolores Chew (Montreal); Vamsi Vakulabharanam (Amherst); Ajay Bhardwaj (Vancouver).
Circulation/website: Feroz Mehdi (On behalf of Alternatives, Montreal).
CPM FEASTING ON RED REVENGE, SAFFRON TOO!
Daya Varma and Vinod Mubayi
The Left Front Government of West Bengal, of which the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) is the leading partner, embarked upon an ambitious industrial development program.
RUSSIA OFFERS INDIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND FUEL WITH NO RESTRICTIONS
Vinod Mubayi
President Vladimir Putin of Russia was the chief guest at India’s Republic Day ceremony of January 26, 2007. During his visit it was announced that governments of India and Russia had signed a memorandum-of- intent (MOI) for Russia to supply India with four additional nuclear power reactors at the Koodankulam site in Tamil Nadu.
MASSACRE OF MIGRANT WORKERS BY ULFA IN ASSAM
Daya Varma and Vinod Mubayi
Hyper-nationalism within multi-national countries is the new curse of the postcolonial era. More often than not it acquires murderous overtones such as exhibited by Hindutvawadis of Sangh Parivar, but experience has shown that none is more virulent than the United Liberation Front of Asom, which deserves to be called the United Lynching Fascists of Assam.
REMEMBERING P.C. JOSHI AND THE CULTURE OF COMMUNAL HARMONY
Daya Varma
In the 1940’s the Communist Party of India (CPI) was not very big but its influence was far beyond its size (see note 1). Until 1942, CPI was with the Congress and Puran Chand Joshi, the General Secretary of CPI directly interacted with Congress leaders including Gandhi and Nehru.
HONORING FAIZ AHMED FAIZ
I.K. Shukla
The genius of Faiz Ahmed Faiz was honored with the launch of a special CD-ROM ‘Faiz- Aaj Kay Naam’ dedicated to the times, life and works of this literary giant of Pakistan (and also of India, ed.).
ROAD TO FAIR REPRESENTATION
Pramod Dhakal
Swayed by the news of the positive and historic developments in the political landscape of Nepal of late, I spent hours scanning the analysis of the events presented in the weekly and daily newspapers of Nepal. Although it is my predisposed expectation to find them poorly biased, I read them in search of something philosophically important or intellectually intriguing.
NEPAL: NEWS BRIEFS
- NEPAL MAOISTS TO SHARE POWER
- NEPAL MAOISTS WARN AGAINST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
- NEPAL MAOISTS TO DISSOLVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
OTHER NEWS BRIEFS
- HONORING GURSHARAN SINGH: THE PEOPLE’S VOICE
- PADAMSHREE AWARD FOR TEESTA SETALVAD
- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN ON THE STATE OF WOMEN
- THE MURDER OF A PRESIDENT
- AHMADINEJAD: SADDAM’S EXECUTION SHOWS TRUE NATURE OF US POLICIES
- MASSIVE PROTEST IN WASHINGTON AGAINST IRAQ WAR
OBITUARY: BAREN BHATTACHARYA
Baren Bhattacharya CPI(ML) Kolkata District Committee member and Secretary of Tallygunge-Garia area committee expired on 30 December 2006 at Maniktala ESI Hospital in Kolkata. He was suffering from liver abscess since August 2006. His friends and Kolkata CPI(ML) dist. party comrades left no stone unturned for his recovery from this fatal disease.
OBITUARY: TILLIE OLSEN
Julie Bosman
(January 3, 2007, The New York Times)
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