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Mar

2022

War for Warning or Warning for War? : Understanding Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialIndia, Narendra Modi, NATO, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Unraine war, USA-Russia conflict

Written by : Dr. Pratip Chattopadhyay Photo : Shutterstock.com Summary: Russia has invaded Ukraine and it is the most devastating ‘war’ Europe has witnessed in recent times and this should be enough warning to the United States and NATO forces for further advancement towards the East. Russia has not unleashed a ‘war’ on Ukraine but has ‘warned’ the NATO and United States about possibility of serious ‘threat’ of war in case of unwanted approach towards Russia. These are two contrasting views that has covered the analytical discourse since Russia orchestered attacks in Ukraine from February 24th 2022. In between these…

Sep

2021

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Olipath, Centrality and Trust Issues: India-Nepal Muddled Neighbourhood Friendship

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialIndia, Indo-Nepal Relation, K.P Sharma Oli, Narendra Modi, Nepal, SAARC

Written by : Dr. Anup Shekhar Chakraborty. Photo credit : Shutterstock.com Comrades in Alliance: House of Cards The Left-wing politics in Nepal has obliterated Rajshahi (Monarchy) and associated caste-class social hierarchies, yet Samajwad (Socialism) remained a statist utopia. Nepal’s uniqueness is that it tends to present trends in deviation from global experience. While globally communists and communist ideology are in life-support, and communist parties have dwindled, let alone be in determining political positions, Nepal post-2018 presents a case in contradistinction. In 2018 the electoral alliance of the two main communist parties in Nepal won a nearly two-thirds majority in Parliament.…

Jul

2021

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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Footprints of United Coalition Era in India?

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialBJP, Coalition politics, Congress, Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, TMC

Written by : Pratip Chattopadhyay The assembly election of West Bengal in 2021 turned out to be a great deception for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its supporters. The Trinamul Congress (TMC), the ruling party recorded a thumping victory with 213 seats out of 292 seats in which polls were conducted. The result of the election came out as a replay of the Delhi assembly election last year. In the immediate post-election phase, we witnessed a spate of violence among the rival party members at the grass root level, then conundrum over arrest, re-arrest and finally bail of two…

Mar

2021

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Silence Please! Developmental Democracy is Parading in India

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialBJP, democracy, JNU, Narendra Modi, Nationalism, NDA Government

Written by : Pratip Chattopadhyay Photo : Shutterstock.com Summary: Democracy in India has seen many twists and turns in its evolution but under the present dispensation of Narendra Modi led NDA government, democracy in India has taken a distinct developmental turn, rhetorically in slogans like ‘development for all, development with all for trust of all’, and practically through reform measures in economic sector. As against the ‘swadeshi’ and ‘nationalist’ sentiment that BJP manifests, the present developmental turn is modelled on neoliberal paradigm of development. Quite naturally because of rootedness of Indians, farmers and commoners stages protest firmly against such developmental…

Jan

2021

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Dance of the Dragons and the Bromance: Friendships in the Neighbourhood

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialBhutan, China, India, Narendra Modi, SAARC, Sino-India conflict, Xi Jinping

Written by : Dr. Anup Shekhar Chakraborty Photo : shutterstock.com Winds of Change: Old Friendship Questioned? What has kept India-Bhutan bromance kindling is Bhutan’s deep social imaginaries of gyagar (holy-land India) linked to the wisdom of the 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk Guru Padmasambhava. Bhutan and its people have diligently stayed true to their religio-cultural links with India- their gyagar neighbour. Over the years, India took its smaller neighbours for granted creating trust deficit among its neighbours and compelled them to wayfind newer friends – Bhutan has mostly been an exception to that trend. India Bhutan camaraderie commemorated 50 years of…

Dec

2020

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On China: The ‘Left Over’ of Indian Foreign Policy

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialChina, India, Narendra Modi, sino-indian conflict, Xi Jinping

Written by : Pratip Chattopadhyay Photo : shutterstock.com Snippet: In the midst of Covid pandemic the latest tension in western sector of Indo-China border around Ladakh region has exposed blatantly the pandemic that has set in Indian (non) -foreign policy towards China in post-Cold War period due to India’s over-dependence on and over-self-presence before United States of America to use India as US ploy against China in Asia. So autonomy of India’s foreign policy towards China has been jeopardised. Off late Dokhlam stand-off in 2017 and Ladakh border skirmish are seen as attempts to recover whatever is left of ‘autonomy’…

Dec

2020

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Farmers Suicide in India – A Continuum of Neo-Liberal Policies : Part-2

Current Affairs, EconomicsCoronavirus epidemic, Covid-19, farm bill 2020, Farmers suicide, GDP, Indian Economy, Narendra Modi, Neoliberalism, PM-Kishan scheme

Written by : Srijan Das Photo : shutterstock.com The central government had released model farming acts in 2017. The Standing Committee on Agriculture (2018-19), however, noted that a number of the reforms suggested in the model acts had not been implemented by the states. In particular, the Committee found that the laws that regulated Indian agricultural markets were not being implemented fairly and honestly or serving their purpose. Centralization was thought to be reducing competition and (accordingly) participation, with undue commissions, market fees, and monopoly of associations damaging the agricultural sector. A committee consisting of seven chief ministers was set…

Sep

2020

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Farmers Suicide in India – A Continuum of Neo-Liberal Policies and Remedies : Part -1

Current Affairs, EconomicsCoronavirus epidemic, Covid-19, farm bill 2020, Farmers suicide, GDP, Indian Economy, Narendra Modi, Neoliberalism, PM-Kishan scheme

Written by : Srijan Das Photo : shutterstock.com While India's GDP contracts 23.9% in April-June quarter due to lockdown and linked to negative effects from some of the economic policies adopted in past years, the manufacturing sector recorded a drop of 39.3 percent from a growth of 3 percent last year and the mining sector shrank by 23.3 percent from a growth of 4.7 percent last year, whereas the agriculture sector stood out as a beacon of hope growing 3.4 percent in the first quarter of 2020-21 from 3 percent last year. Initiating a process of introspection With each passing…

Jul

2020

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Nepal-India Virtual Neighbourhood ‘Halla Gulla’

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialGorkha, India, Indo-Nepal Relation, K.P Sharma Oli, Madhesi, Narendra Modi, Nepal, SAARC

Written by : Dr. Anup Shekhar Chakraborty, Kolkata Photo credit : Shutterstock.com The Virtual Neighbourhood Virtual communities are places/sites where people meet, and they also are tools; the place-like aspects and tool-like aspects only partially overlap. Cyberspace opens the possibility to disengage the constrictions in the existing notions of neighbours, neighbourhood, and neighbourhood spaces. The virtualization of the neighbourhood effectuates matrixes of alleys 'cyber mohalla’, where much like the bazaar (market), gossip/chattingthe connecting link between people is made. Through such gossip/chatting and group interaction, the raw material for ‘Peoplehood’ (South Asians, Gorkhas/Nepalis, Indians, etc.) is reproduced in the virtual space…

Jun

2020

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Independent India? : Time For Introspection

EconomicsAAP, BJP, INC, Independent India, India, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Manhoman Singh, Narendra Modi, Sardar Patel

Written by : Pooja Sharma Photo credit : Shutterstock.com India had travelled a long way before we finally achieved independence. British had conquered India following the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The East India Company then ruled a more substantial part of India. The East India company invaded India and made it a colony with the aim of profit-making and exploitation. The approach adopted by the British to rule India was ruthless and unregulated. However, the British India company got dissolved in 1874. The power went from company to Crown. Even though the Crown was based on utilitarian principles, it…