Current Affairs

The writings / speeches written by, given by distinguished scholars on various subjects / topics impacting regional, national, and international social, political, economic, and cultural interests.

Behind smokescreen, SIR 2.0 could be biggest exercise in voter exclusion – Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express‘) new…
Tribute to Baba Adhav (Rashtra Seva Dal) – Dr. Suresh Khairna (From ‘countercurrents’) new…
Parliament should discuss preventing electoral deforms, not bringing reforms – Yogendra Yadav (From The Indian Express)
Relevance of the Socialist Movement in the Era of Corporate- Communal Nexus – Prem Singh new…
PM is spot on but Macaulay’s children wear suits, ties — and the tilak too – Yogendra Yadav (From The Indian Express)
How Ordinary Indians Helped Shape the Indian Constitution – Kiran Kumbhar (From The Wire)
“The original thinker the thought elite didn’t celebrate – and should have ” – Yogendra Yadav (From The Indian Express)
Book Review of Bala Ramulu Chinnala’s Development Strategies and Governance in India – Srinivasulu Karli (From Mainstream Weekly)
What those who celebrate Bihar verdict, and those who lament it, get wrong – Yogendra Yadav (From The Indian Express)
We need to move from a caste census with a capital C to one with a small c – Yogendra Yadav (From The Indian Express)
Libya and Muammar Gaddafi: The Forgotten Giant of the Arab World – Taha (FromJanata Weekly)
The Real Reasons for Mahatma Gandhi’s Greatness – Bharat Dogra (From Mainstream Weekly)
In Bihar, it’s not just parties – voters’ aspirations are clashing too – Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express‘)
Youth Socialist Initiative – Press Note
युवा सोशलिस्ट पहल – प्रेस नोट
When Counter Revolution Devours Historical Icons – Prem Singh
Nation-wide SIR: Exclusionary exercise masquerading as reform – Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express’)
जब प्रतिक्रांति पुरखों को खाती है – प्रेम सिंह
On SIR, all did not end well – Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav (From “The Indian Express“)
Bharat Mata in the Enslaved Mind – Dr. Prem Singh
गुलाम दिमाग की भारत माता – प्रेम सिंह
हमारी आत्मा पर दस्तक देता है सोनम वांग्चुक – गेन्द्र यादव (From ‘Navoday Times’)
From Satan to Rushdie: Why Book Bans Always Fail – Santosh Mathew (From ‘Mainstream Weekly‘)
After the 2025 Flood: Why Punjab’s Small Farmers Are Being Left Behind – Pavittarbir Singh
(From ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
Between state and people – Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express‘)
The Left we need – Yogendra Yadav (The Indian Express)
नेपाल में सत्तापलट: क्रांति या एक और भ्रांति? – गेन्द्र यादव (From ‘Navoday Times’)
SIR questions, beyond Aadhaar: The Election Commission is ignoring its own rules – Yogendra Yadav (The Indian Express)
वोटबंदी की हार: आधार से मताधिकार – योगेन्द्र यादव (From ‘Navoday Times’)
The Quit India Movement – How the movement shaped Indian literature – Prem Singh
VinovaBhave-ThoughtsOnRss– Dr. Suresh Khairnar (From ‘countercurrents.org‘)
Why Our Cities Flood – And How We Can Stop the Inundation – S N Tripathy (From ‘Mainstream Weekly‘)
वोट चोरी के आरोप को हल्के में ना लीजिए – योगेंद्र यादव (From ‘Navoday Times’)
SIR – Mass deletion of voters is looming over Bihar – Kamayani Swami, Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav (From “The Indian Express“)
Empty Desks: Crisis in Indian Classrooms – Jacob, Nair, Kumar (From ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
Can Humanity Embrace Gandhi’s Path Today? – Dr. Suresh Khairnar (From ‘hastakshepnews‘)
चुनाव आयोग पर उठते सवाल: चोरी के साथ अब सीनाजोरी? – योगेन्द्र यादव (From ‘Navoday Times’)
SIR – Election Commission is right about the voters list problem — and it has the wrong solution – Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express‘)
The Guilty for India’s Partition – Dr. Suresh Khairnar (From ‘countercurrents.org‘)
Narendra Modi: Investigating Eligibility – Prem Singh
नरेंद्र मोदी : पात्रता की पड़ताल – प्रेम सिंह
SIR: In Bihar, the edge of disenfranchisement – Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express‘)
Bihar SIR, data indicates, is not an exercise in revision but mass deletion – Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav
बिहार में बांग्लादेशी वोटर का शिगूफा – योगेन्द्र यादव – (From ‘Navodaya Times’)
A fiction called SIR – Kamayani Swami, Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav From “The Indian Express”
Bihar’s SIR exercise is a threat to right to vote across India – Yogendra Yadav (From “The Indian Express“)
Review of Prem Singh’s “My Tributes to Socialist Leaders” – Harish Sharma (From ‘Mainstream Weekly‘)
In Bihar, it’s not just about a voter list – Kamayani Swami, Rahul Shastri, Yogendra Yadav (From “The Indian Express“)
Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls: An attack on the right to vote – Yogendra Yadav (from ‘The Indian Express‘)
Remembering Yusuf Meherally on his 75th death anniversary – Dr Suresh Khairnar (from ‘countercurrents.org)
On the occasion of Shyamali Khastagir’s 85th birthday – Dr Suresh Khairnar
Our moral paralysis – Yogendra Yadav (From ‘The Indian Express‘)
Digital Panopticon: How Metadata Monitoring is Reshaping India’s Democracy – Gagan C (From ‘Mainstream Weekly)
Revisiting Nirmal Verma – Yogendra Yadav (From The Indian Express)
From Truman to Trump: The Evolution of Development as Global Hegemony – Sunit Singh (From ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
State Repression on People’s Movements in Odisha draws national condemnation
Statistics & Starvation: Expose the Myth of Modi’s Economy – D Raja
3 दिन का युद्ध, न 3 के, न 13 के ! – कुमार प्रशांत
Adivasis are the rising victims of development – Dr Suresh Khairnar (From ‘countercurrents.org‘)
Future Conflicts: Water Scarcity and Migration – Vikas Meshram (‘countercurrents.org’)
106th Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – Shamsul Islam (Janata Weekly)
Contested Meanings of the Indian Constitution – Arup Kumar Sen (Mainstream Weekly)
Humanity shines in the aftermath of Pahalgam terrorist attack – Dr. Suresh Khairnar (From “countercurrents.org”)
Defamation campaign against Mahatma Gandhi – Dr Suresh Khairnar (From ‘countercurrents.org‘)
पुस्तक समीक्षा – पंडित होई सो हाट न चढ़ा: समाजवादी नेताओं के प्रति मेरी श्रद्धांजलियां
Why the Waqf Bill Passage Is Not a ‘Muslim’ Issue, It Affects all of India – Seema Chishti
Women’s Water March Brings out the Firmness of their Social Commitment – Bharat Dogra (From ‘countercurrents.org’)
Marathons are no longer reserved for the elite. Small-town, middle-class India wants in – Udit Hinduja (From ‘The Print’)
Mindset Change Needed for Indian Women to be Safe in Public Spaces – Mausumi Mukherjee (From Mainstream Weekly)
मनुस्मृति दहन के सौ साल पूरे – Dr. Suresh Khairnar
In memory of Sagunabai Kshirsagar, the freed woman of 175 years ago – Dr Suresh Khairnar (From ‘CounterCurrents.org’)
Trump and Economic Nationalism – Soma Marla (From ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
How Ramnath Goenka refused to Compromise the Indian Express during the Emergency – Coomi Kapoor (Courtesy of ‘Caravan‘)
The Union Budget 2025-26 : An Analysis – P. S. Jayaramu (Courtesy of Mainstream Weekly)
Gandhi’s Last Fast is a Lesson for India’s Present – Qurban Ali (Courtesy of ‘The Wire‘)
The Extraordinary Legacy of the INA – Prof. Irfan Habib’s lecture for the Frist Capt. Abbas Ali memorial lecture at IICC in March 2015 (Courtesy of “The Wire”)
The Enduring Legacy of Tiruvalluvar – Kavitha Muralidharan (Courtesy of ‘Janata Weekly)
Refusing invitation for swearing in, points to Trump-Modi friendship on the rock – Arun Srivastava (Courtesy of ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
Remembering Madhu Limaye: A Tireless Crusader Against Communalism – Qurban Ali (Courtesy of ‘The Wire’)
मधु लिमये पक्के राष्ट्रप्रेमी और देशभक्त थे, जो सांप्रदायिकता के ख़िलाफ़ खड़े रहे – क़ुरबान अली (Courtesy of ‘The Wire”, Hindi)
Interlinking Rivers: The story from scratch – S.G. Vombatkere (Courtesy of Mainstream Weekly)
Speed up Efforts to Save the Life of Farmers’ Leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal – Bhagat Dogra (Courtesy of “countercurrents.org”)
The One Mistake Manmohan Singh Made on the Economic Front Cost Him — and the Congress — Dearly – Prem Shankar Jha (Courtesy of “The Wire”)

2024

महात्मा गांधी के अंतिम दिन: एक मज़ार की तीर्थ यात्रा – क़ुरबान अली (Courtesy of The Wire Hindi)
The Rise of the “Wife of” Content: A Curious Shift in Social Media Trends – Disha (Courtesy of Mainstream Weekly)
Sambhal Mosque, Ajmer Dargah — How far back can we go? – Ram Puniyani (Courtesy of ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
What Jaishankar Left Unsaid: The Missing Pieces in the India-China Border Puzzle – Sushant Singh (Courtesy of The Wire)
Blood Brothers – India’s socialists and Hindu nationalists have been friends of Israel right from May 1948, openly supporting its expansionist policies and pressuring governments to establish diplomatic relations with the Zionist state – Qurban Ali (Courtesy of “Frontline” magazine)
Seeds of Resistance: Reviving the Peace Movement in the Age of Trump – William D Hartung (Courtesy of ‘countercurrents.org’)
Comparing How the West and China Offer Loans to Developing Countries – John P Ruehl (Courtesy of ‘countercurrents.org’)
Medha Begins Indefinite Fast, Seeks ‘Fair Compensation’ for 16,000 Narmada Dam Oustees – (Courtesy of ‘Janata Weekly’)
From chits to chatbots: cheating in India’s education system – Naresh Singh (Courtesy of ‘Mainstream’ Weekly’)
Puppet On The Stage – US Elections – J.L. Jawahar
Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan – Jordana Cepelewicz – (Courtesy of ‘Quanta Magazine’)
2024 US-Presidential Elections – Playing Mind Games – J.L.Jawahar
‘Many Who Submitted Maafi Namas to Indira Govt Are Now Anti-Emergency Crusaders’ – Video Link – Qurban Ali (Courtesy of “Outlook”)
This new MacArthur “genius” says she defied caste prejudice thanks to Dad and Mom (Courtesy of NPR, America’s National Public Radio)
The reality of the historic Poona Pact! – Suresh Kairnar (Courtesy of “Mainstream Weekly”)
2024 US Presidential Election – An Indian Perspective – Jawaharlal Jasthi
तंत्र पर लोक की इस विजय से क्या उम्मीद करें – योगेन्द्र यादव India bestirred, a political era ends – L K Sharma (Courtesy of “Mainstream Weekly)
Those who said democracy was dead, sit down. Game’s on in Indian Political League after a frozen decade – Shekhar Gupta (Courtesy of ‘The Print’)
The False Feel-Good About Indian Economy’s Performance Since 2014 – Arun Kumar (Courtesy of ‘Mainstream Weekly’)
Professor Anand Kumar conversation with Anand Kumar
Why do people in Nordic countries consistently rank as the happiest and what can we learn from them? (Courtesy of Euronews)
GMOs Will Destroy Indian Agriculture and Harm the Health of 1 Billion Indians and Their Animals – Aruna Rodrigues (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
The crisis of civil liberties today, and the need for a quest based on human dignity. – Justice (Retd) B. Sudershan Reddy
Hunger and starvation intensifying in Gaza (Courtesy of ‘CounterCurrents.org)
Farmer movements must defeat big business agenda by integrating livelihood and climate concerns – Bharat Dogra (Courtesy of Mainstream Weekly)
An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of India-Who Will Rein in the Executive if it seems to violate the Supreme Court’s Judgement? – Subhash Gatade (Courtesy of CounterCurrents.org)
India: Right to peaceful protest under threat due to mounting restrictions and escalating crackdown on farmers’ march – Courtesy of Amnesty International
The day Pakistan voted in defiance and hope – Courtesy of “Dawn” news paper from Pakistan
कर्पूरी ठाकुर को भारत-रत्न: अनुप्रतीकों का राजनीतिक इस्तेमाल – Harry Shutt (Courtesy of Mainstream Weekly)
Some Notes on the Confluence of Cultures in India – Subhoranjan Dasgupta, & Ram Puniyani (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
‘Literature Has to Retrieve Spirituality from the Clutches of Religion’ – Ashtosh Bharadwaj interviews Ashok Vajpeyi (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
Development Disgrace; Rich Gods, Goddesses, Poor People and Religious Expenditure in Odisha – Bhabani Shankar Nayak

2023

The Authoritarian Personality – Erich Fromm (Courtesy of Mainstream Weekly)
Socialism’s Self-Criticism and Real Democracy – Richard D. Wolff (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
COP28: The Mirage That Capitalism Can Solve its Destruction – Andy Higginbottom (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
Gandhiji’s perspective on Jews and their Homeland – Naseeb Benjamin (Courtesy of M.k.Gandhi.org)
The Hindu Card. How the Congress legitimised the Sangh’s communal politics – Qurban Ali (Courtesy of “Caravan Magazine”)
‘Silent Coup’: How Capitalism Defeated Decolonization – Chris Hedges interviews Matt Kennard (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
India or Bharat? What is in the name? Attempt to stop the usage of ‘India’ by the Government – Ram Puniyani
Two Letters That Show Jawaharlal Nehru’s Gracious Side – Qurban Ali (Courtesy of The Wire)
इमरजेंसी से भी ज़्यादा ख़तरनाक हैं आज के हालात – क़ुरबान अली (Courtesy of NEWSClick)
नेहरू और लोहिया के रिश्ते: एक सच्चाई यह भी! – क़ुरबान अली (Courtery of NewsClick)
Last of the Legends: Mrinal Sen – Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay (Courtesy of “Janata Weekly“)
The Return of Child Labor Is the Latest Sign of American Decline – Steve Fraser (Courtesy of “Janata Weekly“)
Listening to Oppenheimer, Seven Decades Later – Robert Koehler (Courtesy of “Janata Weekly”)
इमरजेंसी से भी ज़्यादा ख़तरनाक हैं आज के हालात – क़ुरबान अली (Courtesy of ‘NEWSClick)
Our Times, Our Challenges and OUR OPTIONS – Ravi Kiran Jain
हमारा समय, हमारी चुनौतियां और हमारे विकल्प – रवि किरण जैन
Before G20 Themes was Bhagat Singh’s Idea of ‘Vasudeva Kutumbakam’ – S. Irfan Habib (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
Fascinating Fifty Five Faces of the Indian Freedom Struggle – An Introduction to Qurban Ali’s book, “Founders of the Socialist Movement in India” – Prof. Anand Kumar (Courtesy of Janata Weekly)
अडानी की सम्पूर्ण सम्पत्ति को राजसात कर नीलाम करें सरकार। – आराधना भार्गव
Communism. Religion and Atheism – Roland Boer (Courtesy of “culture matters“)
Madhu Limaye: the Past in the Present – Dr. A. Raghu kumar

2022

The Rise and fall of the Constitutional socialism – The journey to a cul-de-sac @ “Amrithotsav” – Dr. A. Raghu kumar
Some Select Aspects of the Constitutional Philosophy of Justice Chinnappa Reddy – OCR Memorial Lecture by Justice (Ret’d) B. Sudershan Reddy

2021

What lessons can the struggling Opposition learn from him? – Abhinav Borbora (Courtesy of ‘scroll.in’)
Remembering Shantaveri Gopala Gowda – Chandan Gowda
Don’t Tell Me to Despair About the Climate: Hope Is a Right We Must Protect – Morgan Florsheim (From Janata Weekly)
Illusions of Empire – Amartya Sen (From Mainstream, July 2021)
126 Nobel Laureates and Experts Issue Timely Warning on Some Crucial Issues, But Miss Other Urgent Concerns | Bharat Dogra (Courtesy, Mainstream )
Legendary Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna Passes Away – Two Obituaries – From Janata Weekly
The Unemployment Crisis: Reasons & Solutions – A booklet by Lokayat
Supporting the struggle of farmers – It is our struggle too !! – Booklet
Disha Ravi’s Bail Judgement granted on 23rd Feb. – Procured by Qurban Ali

2020

Judiciary and Social Justice, Dignity and Personal Liberty, Human Rights and Frights , Justice Madan Lokur – Seventh Sunil Memorial Lecture (Courtesy of Mainstream magazine)
Death of Democratic Institutions: The Inevitable Logic of Neo-Liberal Political Economy and Abandonment of Directive Principles of State Policy– First KG Kannabiran Commemoration Lecture on Law, Justice and Human Rights – By Justice (Retd.) B. Sudershan Reddy
A lifetime of anti-apartheid struggle – Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Courtesy-The Hindu)
Uncanny parallels – How India in the 2020s resembles Italy in the 1920s – Ramchandra Guha – The Telegraph
Decoding the Agenda of the New National Education Policy– Anil Sadgoal (Janata Weekly, 9-Aug-2020)
AnilNauriyaKashmir and the Indian Union-1 – Book review by Anil Nauriya (The Economic & Political Weekly, jstor.org)
For a better world, our lifestyle must be based on as less resources as possible – Medha Patkar launches youth led Towards A Better World campaign
Truth, Untruth, And Post-Truth – Dr. A. Raghu Kumar
Closed off Valley-Betraying the ‘mainstream’ in Kashmir – Ramachandra Guha (courtesy, The Telegraph)
Targeting Kashmir’s leaders-Not a Muslim vs the rest issue (Referenced in above article) – Anil Nauriya (courtesy, Dilip Simeon’s Blog)
Report on Kashmir by Sadiq Ali & Madhu Limaye – Qurban Ali (In the wake of Sheikh Abdullah’s dismissal in August 1953, The National Executive of the PSP, decided at its Delhi meeting held on 16-18, September 1953, to send a delegation to Kashmir consisting of Messrs Sadiq Ali and Madhu Limaye to make an on the spot study of the situation in the State and submit a report.This pamphlet contains the report of the delegation and the resolution on Kashmir passed by the National Executive of the party held at its meeting in Patna on 15th-17, January 1953, a resolution. )