Current Affairs

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

• एक स्कूल की नहीं, पूरे देश की कहानी है यह – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) new…
• Communism. Religion and Atheism – Roland Boer (Courtesy of “culture matters“) new…
• क्या विज्ञान में भारत के पिछड़ेपन का कारण जाति व्यवस्था है – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) new…
• The plastic age of Indian politics is being ruled by flex. But don’t look for a meaning in it – Yogendra Yadav (Courtesy of ThePrint) new…
• क्या चुनाव के चक्कर में जनगणना की बलि चढ़ेगी – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• ‘क्या भारत जोड़ो यात्रा ने सांप्रदायिक नफरत को कम किया या यह बचपने से भरा मेरा कोरा आशावाद है?” ” – योगेन्द्र यादव (‘द प्रिंट‘ के सौजन्य से) 
• Has Bharat Jodo Yatra lowered communal tempers or is it naive optimism? My take – Yogendra Yadav (Courtesy of ThePrint) 
• आलोचनाएं गवाह हैं कि भारत जोड़ो यात्रा लोगों के दिमाग में दाखिल हो चुकी है – योगेन्द्र यादव (‘द प्रिंट‘ के सौजन्य से) 
• क्या 2022 का राजनीतिक परिवर्तन 2024 में सत्ता में बदलाव लाएगा – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• All the criticism against Bharat Jodo Yatra shows it has arrived in the national mind – Yogendra Yadav (Courtesy of ‘The Print’) 
• ‘भारत जोड़ो यात्रा’ से इतना क्यों डरती है भाजपा – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• Private Universities: Where Do India’s Intellectuals Stand? -Prem Singh 
• निजी विश्वविद्यालय : कहां खड़े हैं भारत के बुद्धिजीवी? – प्रेम सिंह 
• सत्ता और सेठ शब्द को खरीद नहीं सकते  – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• अब ड्राइंग रूम की बजाय सड़क की राजनीति करनी होगी – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• What explains three different outcomes—Delhi to Gujarat to Himachal – Yogendra Yadav (Courtesy of ThePrint) 
• न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य की गारंटी : क्या और कैसे – योगेन्द्र यादव योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से)  
• क्या अडाणी का एनडीटीवी उस संस्था का वारिस हो सकेगा जिसने रवीश कुमार जैसा पत्रकार दिया? – योगेन्द्र यादव (‘द प्रिंट’ के सौजन्य से)
• You can call NDTV elitist, anglicised. But it defended democracy, gave us Ravish Kumar – Yogendra Yadav (Courtesy of ‘The Print‘) 
• अमीर-गरीब में बढ़ती खाई को राजनीतत का मुद्दा बनाए – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• Jagdish Tirodkar: The departure of a gentle socialist – Prem Singh 
• पुड़ियाबाजों से बचें, लेकिन समस्याओं से नहीं – दर्द का रिश्ता बनाती भारत जोड़ो यात्रा का सबक – योगेन्द्र यादव  (दिप्रिंट के सौजन्य से) 

• Bharat Jodo Yatra isn’t just about Rahul Gandhi. It’s a walking classroom on public policy – Yogendra Yadav (Courtesy of ‘The Print’) 

• जगदीश तिरोड़कर: एक सौम्य समाजवादी का जाना – प्रेम सिंह  

• किसान आंदोलन को अपनी राजनीतिक दिशा तय करनी होगी – योगेन्द्र यादव  (पंजाब केसरी के सौजन्य से) 
• Savarkar-Controversy: So that Neo-Colonial Slavery Perpetuates! – Prem Singh 
• सावरकर-विवाद: ताकि नवउपनिवेशवादी गुलामी बनी रहे! – प्रेम सिंह
• This is what surprises me about India’s selfie-hunters on Bharat Jodo Yatra, political events – Yogendra Yada (Courtesy of “ThePrint”)
• भारत जोड़ो यात्रा ने बहुत कुछ बदला है – (‘पंजाब केसरी’ से साभार) – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• सवर्ण मानसिकता से ग्रस्त EWS वाला फैसला कोर्ट के बदलते रुख का संकेत है, सामाजिक न्याय पर तीखे संघर्ष की आहट है – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• EWS verdict shows merit matters only when it’s ‘their’ children, not ‘our’ kids – Courtesy of “ThePrint”) Yogendra Yadav  
• क्या गरीबी की बीमारी के लिए आरक्षण सही दवा है  योगेन्द्र यादव  
• Himachal Pradesh elections: Will the rhythm of democracy survive? – Prem Singh 
• हम इस गर्व के हिस्सेदार क्यों न बनें     – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• Madhu Limaye: the Past in the Present – Dr. A. Raghu kumar 
• The Rise and fall of the Constitutional socialism – The journey to a cul-de-sac @ “Amrithotsav” – Dr. A. Raghu kumar 
• बरकरार है अगड़ी जातियों की गिरफ्त भारतीय मीडिया पर” पर मेरा लेख – योगेन्द्र यादव  – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• Some Select Aspects of the Constitutional Philosophy of Justice Chinnappa Reddy – OCR Memorial Lecture by Justice (Ret’d) B. Sudershan Reddy 
• Team-India dedicated to Corporate-India alias Hindu-Rashtra! – Prem Singh 
• Hindu upper-caste Indian media is a lot like White-dominated South Africa – Yogendra Yadav 
• निगम-भारत उर्फ़ हिंदू-राष्ट्र को समर्पित टीम-इंडिया! – प्रेम सिंह 
• अंग्रेजी बेशक हटाओ लेकिन भारतीय भाषाओं को समर्थ भी बनाओ – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• आज भारत के स्वधर्म पर सबसे घातक हमला है – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• Phase out English intelligently. But prepare Indian languages for the difficult task first – Yogendra Yadav 
• आज भारत में बढ़ते बीजेपी के वर्चस्व से भारतीय समाजवाद ही लड़ सकता है – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• वो छह वजहें जो बताती हैं कि क्यों भारत जोड़ो यात्रा सिर्फ सियासी तमाशा भर नहीं – योगेन्द्र यादव  
• What lessons can the struggling Opposition learn from him? – Abhinav Borbora (Courtesy of ‘scroll.in’) 
• Russo-Ukraine War: How Gandhi can show the way! – Prem Singh 
• रूस-यूक्रेन युद्ध: गांधी के साथ हो समाधान की पहल – प्रेम सिंह 
• Six reasons why Bharat Jodo Yatra isn’t simply a routine political ‘tamasha’ -Yogendra Yadav 
• शील, करुणा और मैत्री का ‘संगम’ है भारत का स्वधमम – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• ‘Congress must die’, I said in 2019. What I meant then, and what’s changed now -Yogendra Yadav 
• काश ‘कांग्रेस को मर जाना चाहिए’ याद रखने वाले पढ़ भी लेते कि मैंने यह क्यों कहा था, तो वे आज हैरान न होते
• – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• क्या देश का स्वधर्म हो सकता है, कहां खोजें उसे – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• नेताजी की प्रतिमा के निहितार्थ – प्रेम सिंह 
• Implications of Netaji’s statue at India Gate – Prem Singh 
• क्या है भारत का स्वधर्म – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• Remembering Shantaveri Gopala Gowda – Chandan Gowda 
• विपक्षी गठबंधन की गांठें और मुसलमान – प्रेम सिंह 
• भारत जोड़ो यात्रा ने दक्षिणायन के द्वार खोले हैं – योगेंद्र यादव 
• Bharat Jodo Yatra has opened room for new imagination of India — ‘South-up’ – Yogendra Yadav
• बोहनी तो अच्छी हुई, लेकिन सफर लम्बा है – योगेंद्र यादव 
• कर्तव्य पथ : नव-उपनिवेशवाद की ओर एक और छलांग – प्रेम सिंह 
• Kartavya Path: Another leap towards neo-colonialism !- Prem Singh 
• जनांदोलनों और राजनीतिक दलों की ऊर्जा जोड़ने की जरूरत – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• An appeal from Yogendra Yadav 
• योगेंद्र यादव की एक अपील  
• Yogendra Yadav opts for a sabbatical from Samyukt Kisan Morcha – From “The Hindu” 
• भारत जोड़ो का दर्शन : वो तोड़ेंगे, हम जोड़ेंगे – योगेन्द्र यादव

• Prashant Bhushan is my friend, but I am disappointed that SC didn’t try him for contempt – Yogendra Yadav 

• Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: Which is the best way out?  – Prem Singh 

• कांग्रेस की भारत जोड़ो यात्रा : रास्ता किधर से है! – प्रेम सिंह 

• Mood of the Nation survey has 3 messages for Modi govt, Opposition – Yogendra Yadav 
• 2024 is no longer a ‘done deal’ for BJP. Bihar coup has changed India’s political landscape – Yogendra Yadav 
• जहां पैसा वहां जगमग, जहां कड़की वहां अंधेर  – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• आखिर मेरा कसूर क्या है – योगेन्द्र यादव 
• Battle for possession of the Tri-colour – Prem Singh 
• तिरंगे पर कब्जे की लड़ाई – Prem Singh 
• August Revolution and India’s ruling class – – Prem Singh 
• अगस्त क्रांति और भारत का शासक-वर्ग – Prem Singh 
• How did the alienation of Muslims stop? Justice Sachar’s way -Prem Singh 
• Gandhi will live with truth non-violence and love -Prem Singh 
• A New Specimen of Corporate Politics – Prem Singh 
• The communal flooding: A grave threat to Indian Constitution and Nation – Prem Singh 
• In favor of non-violent human civilization – Prem Singh  
• Chandigarh-dispute: Please handle with care – Prem Singh 
• Congress: Internal discord, outside expectations – Prem Singh 
• Assembly Elections: Missing NEP in the Debate – Prem Singh 
• Patriotism of Cowardice and Enslaved Mind – Prem Singh 
• Russia-Ukraine War: Why Civil Resistance Doesn’t Work?– Prem Singh
• 2022 Assembly Elections: Scenario and Consequences – Prem Singh 
• Politics of the Farmers Movement – Prem Singh 
• Communalism Has Overtaken The Constitution – Prem Singh 
• Land Acquisition Ordinance: Government – Corporate Nexus Against People & Democracy
  – Dr. Prem Singh
• Review Sinha Rachnavali – Dr. Prem Singh 
• Captain Should Play a Higher Role Than High Command – Dr. Prem Singh
• Jallianwala Bagh: Erasing the Spirit of Sacrifice – Dr. Prem Singh
• 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
• Pandemic: Implications of RSS statement – Dr. Prem Singh
• Corporate India in Mirror of the Pandemic – Dr. Prem Singh
• 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
• Farmers’ Movement: Time to Introspect – Dr. Prem Singh
• Let the Farmers Lead the Movement – Dr. Prem Singh
• Are the farmers scared or the Prime Minister? – Dr. Prem Singh
• Be truthful: So that India does not become a hypocritical nation! – Dr. Prem Singh  
• Farmers’ Movement – An Itching Quandary for the Central Government – Dr. Prem Singh
• 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)
• National Education Policy 2020: A Fall into the Abyss of Neo-colonization – Dr. Prem Singh
• 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)
• India towards a Police State? – Dr. Prem Singh
• AnilNauriyaKashmir and the Indian Union-1 – Book review by Anil Nauriya (The Economic & Political Weekly, jstor.org)
• Understanding the Spirit of Quit India Movement – Dr. Prem Singh
• 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. )
• Comments on “Report on Kashmir” – C.B. Tripathi
• On “Demand for the Repeal of the Article 370” – Madhu Limaye
• Dr. Lohia on Kashmir & Praja Socialist Party’s Resolution on Kashmir
• Why we must listen to Jayaprakash Narayan on Kashmir – Ram Chandra Guha
• On Kashmir: letter written by late Jayaprakash Narayan to the then Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi, on June 23, 1966 – Mainstream Weekly
• Settling the Kashmir problem: What Jayaprakash Narayan said in 1964 – Editorial, Hindustan Times
• Statement in Relation to the State of Jammu & Kashmir on 4th March 1975 in Lok Sabha – Madhu Dandavate
• The ‘summer’ of the Right and the ‘fall’ of the Left – Dr. A. Raghu Kumar
• Does the Indian Left have a future? – Ram Chandra Guha (Courtesy of ‘The Telegraph’)
• Decriminalization of the Law Makers – The Deepening Crisis in Indian Democracy – Dr. A. Raghu Kumar (From April 2019 issue of India Forward)
• What is RSS? – Madhu Limaye
• No, Mr Modi, Ram Manohar Lohia would not have been proud of BJP government – He was an anti-fascist – Ruchira Gupta
• ‘Congress Free India’ is a mortally dangerous slogan – -D.S.Nagabhushana
• Social Justice Measures Required to be Undertaken to achieve the Constitutionally mandated goal of Social Equality – P. S. Krishnan
• Enclosure-1 Draft Constitutional Amendments for ensuring Reservation in Promotion – P. S. Krishnan
• Enclosure-2 Draft Bill for Total Liberation of Manual Scavengers – P. S. Krishnan
• The Poetics of Statues – Dr. A. Raghu Kumar
• Champion of Civic Politics: Keshav Rao Jadhav (1933-2018)
• Remembering Kuldip Nayar – – Sanjay Parikh
• Rethinking Marx – Arvind Ghosh (from frontier)
• Tributes to Prof. Keshav Rao Jadhav – Various Publications
• Letter from Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King, Jr. – A tribute from C.B. Triphathi
• Has the Intellect a Function?– Wilfred Trotter
• Global Significance of Champaran Satyagraha -S.N. Sahu (From Mainstream)
• Revisiting the Idea of  Violence as Means of Achieving Political Ends – Dr. A. Raghu Kumar
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​American Subprime Crisis and Demonetisation in India: Are They Twins of Same Mother? ​​​​​​​​​​- Prof K.S.Chalam​​​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Philosophy-Its Relevance to Contemporary Indian Society​​​​​​​​​​ – Prof. K. Venkateswarlu
• ForbiddenTopic-FGM-Masoona ​​​​​​​​​​- From The Hindu​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Gauri Lankesh​​​​​​​​​​ – Varvarao, Civil Rights Activist​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​Freedom of Speech ​​​​​​​​​​- Justice B. Sudershan Reddy​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​Noam Chomsk backs Medha Patkar’s movement​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​Constitutionalism​​​​​​​​​​​​, Social Justice, and Black Money ​​​​​​​​​​- Justice (Retd.) B. Sudershan Reddy
• ​​​​​​​​The modification of India​​​​​​​​​​ – Nandana Reddy​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Tribute to Syed Shahabuddin​​​​​​​​​​ – Qurban Ali​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Learning from Hundred years of Dravidian Movement​​​​​​​​​​ – K.S.Chalam​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Intellectual Tolerance (Vaicharik Sahishnuta) ​​​​​​​​​​– Dr. Ramendra
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Social Democracy, Welfare State System, and India ​​​​​​​​​​- Prof. B. Vivekanandan​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Social Democracy as Transitional Phase of Scientific Socialism​​​​​​​​​​ ‐Prof. K. S. Chalam​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​The Casteist Measure of Academic Excellence in India and Its Implications​​​​​​​​​​- Prof K.S.Chalam​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​The Footsteps Of A Famine ​​​​​​​​​​- Prof. Yogendra Yadav​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​South Asian Delegation to China: Experiences and Perceptions ​​​​​​​​​​​​about a Rising Red Star​​​​​​​​​​ ‐ K.S.Chalam​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Socialists & the Legacy of Indian Freedom:Thoughts on Jawaharlalji’s Birthday​​​​​​​​​​ – Anil Nauriya​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Justice Party – Torch-bearer of reform​​​​​​​​​​ – K. Veeramani (The Hindu)​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​R​​​​​​​​​​​​emembering E.F. Schumache​​​​​​​​​​​​r​​​​​​​​​​ – Dr. Vishwanath Tandon and Dr. Y.P. Anand​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Gandhian Economist E.F. Schumacher​​​​​​​​​​ – Aruna Ravela​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Intolerance through the years: 1934 to 1975 to 2015​​​​​​​​​​ – By Anil Nauriya  ​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Jailed in Baroda Dynamite Case, a Socialist Leader Looks Back on the Emergency​​​​​​​​​​ – Sidharth Bhatia (From The Wire)​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​A Daughter Remembers​​​​​​​​​​ – Nandana Reddy (The Hindu)​
• ​​​State of Indian Farmers – A Report​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​An Open Letter to Arundhati Roy​​​​​​​​​​ – Dr. P. K. Willey​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​In Absentia – Where are India’s conservative intellectuals?​​​​​​​​​​ – Ramachandra Guha
• Liberalisation of Education Widened Caste Inequities​​​​​​​​​​ – Prof K.S.Chalam​
• Sapkranit needed now– Dr. Sunilam​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Balancing Samskara Dynamic and Socialist Dialectic-Glimpses of Professor Anantha Murt​​​​​​​​​​​​y​​​​​​​​​​​​’​​​​​​​​​​ – Prof. M. Sivaramkrishna​
• ​​​​​​​​​​​Controversial Bard – Nandana Reddy​
• Recalling Sunil: A Socialist Intellectual among the Oppressed – Anil Sadgopal
• Electing a Representative – Jyoti Punwani -EPW
• A New Specimen of Corporate Politics -Prem Singh
• Who is Guilty of Chardham Disaster: Deluge of faith or Market Mantra? – K.S.Chalam
• Towards a History of Non-violent Resistance – David Hardiman (EPW)
• Should Dalits Remain Ugly? – K. S. Chalam
• Charlie Chaplin Happens Only Once – -Ampashayya Naveen
• What Does Economic Survey, 2012, Tell Us? – K.S. Chalam
• Rape Rage – Nandana Reddy
• Paul Kurtz – Father of Secular Humanism – Innaiah Narisetti
• Paul Kurtz-Secular Hamanist Philosopher – Ravela Somayya
• Reservations in Promotions – Mastram Kapoor
• For Abolishing Commercialization of Education and Building A Common School System – Chennai Declaration
• Divergent Visions of Economic and Financial Advisers – K.S. Chalam
• Expanding Frontiers of Public Law – Justice Sudarshan Reddy
• Euro Crises & India – K.S. Chalam
• Democratic Socialism versus Social Democracy – K.S. Chalam
• Is the Constitution a Log book? – K.S. Chalam
• Social Economy of Development in India – K.S. Chalam
• A Mother’s Sneha (Love) – Nandana Reddy
• Public Schools Versus Private Schools – K.S. Chalam
• Agriculture as necessary condition of ‘inclusive growth’ – K.S. Chalam
• Statehood for Telangana – Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy
• Green Revolution – Fact and Fiction – K.S. Chalam
• GITAM Foundation Endowment Lecture – Justice. B. Sudarshan Reddy
• The Concerned for Working Children – Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize – 2012
• Obituary for Kotta Satchdananda Murty – Ashok Vohra
• The Notion of Indianness: An Elucidation – Ashok Vohra
• Ideological Crisis in Delhi? – K.S. Chalam
• Tripuraneni, the Dravidian Icon in Andhra – K.S. Chalam
• Future of Feminist Movement – Ampashayya Naveen
• Children of the Army – Michael Miovic
• Two Historical Judgments – – Mastram Kapoor
• Necessity of Decentralization for the Improvement of Health in India – Dr. Srinivas Guntupalli
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