Shangri-La is a mythical Himalayan utopia. If you are a fan of rock like I am then I am sure you have listened to the song “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin is one of the all time bands and Kashmir in my opinion is their best work. The song is a tribute to their [...]
The government of Delhi has informed the Supreme Court that it is considering setting up a control room specifically for tacking the “menace of begging” in India’s capital city. Certain areas of the city of have been declared as “zero tolerance zones” by the city. Toll free numbers will be made available to the public [...]
It is very clear that the Indian government has a major problem on its hands in Maharashtra. The Shiv Sena is not only challenging the state and central governments authority over the state but is also trying to influence India’s foreign policy. If the government does not handle this swiftly and cleverly then it has [...]
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has called the International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on Iran “unjustifiable and one-sided”. The CPI (M) press release also said that “It is shameful that India has voted with the United States and the western countries to refer Iran to the UN Security Council unless it complies with the [...]
For the first time in India’s history communist party leaders from all over the world will meet in New Delhi on November 22 to debate the “global crisis of capitalism and the struggles against it”. These leaders will be hosted by the CPI and the CPI(M). At the end of the summit the leaders will [...]
Writer and activist Arundhati Roy has said in an interview on CNN-IBN that the Maoists are “justified in taking up arms”. She added “my fear is that because of this economic interest the government and establishment actually needs a war. It needs to militarize.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary a terrorist is a “person who uses violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. So is someone like Subhash Chandra Bose a terrorist? He supported violent resistance against the British rule in India. During World War II he
The fall of the Soviet Union in the late eighties and the Tiananmen Square protests in China was supposed to be the beginning of the end for communism in the world. While Russia has moved to a democratic form of government China still remains a communist country with over 1.2 billion Chinese having no control [...]
