China in circa 2020

Aware of its large productive population and keeping its political flexibility in tact, China transacted with business-like effectiveness with America, devoid of dogma and ideology, to train and enrich itself while indulging the Americans to invest in China.

The seduction of the working class in India and beyond

The Left is trying to introspect on its ideological failures.Even of its practice since the post war...

Ms Romila Thapar,Why do dreams Die?

And now during their watch, the already fragile fort of defiance has crumbled.As someone said even before the sound of “boo” was even heard.

Smart Histories

Well, my teachers have correctly taught me that getting closer to the truth is all about inter-disciplinary studies.The more we get to the interconnections of different subjects like history, economics, politics, archaeology, sociology, anthropology including the physical sciences, different developments of technology the clearer we are about the relative or objective truths.Yes, there are no…

MayDay!May Day!May Day!

#Left-Out: Not the football of Politics! It is May Day and what a travesty.That day which symbolises everything about empowerment of the labour, justice, fair play, egalitarianism and power to the people is no longer celebrated.Much less remembered.In another extraordinary way the call - " May Day! Mayday! May Day!" is an internationally acknowledged call…

Fauji Bank :A Rupee too Far !

Is there a case for the defence forces to start their own Bank? In a sad news today, the Syndicate Bank, which serves over sixty thousand defence pensioners, has declared a quarterly loss of 882 Crores. Their Chairman & managing director had earlier been arrested in a bribery scandal. Total loss declared by the Syndicate…