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  • May
    22

    Cartoon and after

    If we rework Shankar’s cartoon with, say, Mahatma Gandhi riding a bullock cart of democracy in his dwija dress and Jawaharlal Nehru

  • May
    13

    Food fascism

    After the beef festival in Osmania University, Hyderabad, on April 15 — in which 1,500-2,000 students belonging to SC/ST/OBC communities

  • Apr
    11

    Who is Telangana’s grim reaper?

    The two young men who killed themselves recently in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, and the subsequent and preceding incidents

  • Mar
    15

    The relevance of Mayawati

    In Ambdedkarite tradition, Ms Mayawati is a leader of courage, confidence and self-respect. But in practising that politics, she overshot certain rules.

  • Feb
    26

    Are we ready for spiritual democracy?

    The concept of democracy came into play with the notion that power relations cannot be stagnant and hereditary.

  • Dec
    08

    Mayawati: Too clever by half?

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati seems to think that the proposal to split Uttar Pradesh into four states will help her win the 2012 elections.

  • Nov
    23

    Ms Bedi, how dare you?

    Team Anna has been arrogant and self-righteous ever since it launched the Jan Lokpal movement.

  • Oct
    19

    BJP’s small state theory

    With the Tel-ang-ana que-stion rea-ching a climactic stage it is necessary to examine the implication of carving out small states for issues

  • Oct
    02

    Gandhi today

    In my childhood, way back in the early Sixties, there was a Gandhi statue in my village.

  • Sep
    07

    Anna’s social fascism

    The recent happenings in Delhi around the issue of the Lokpal Bill have been celebrated by the media as people’s victory