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2001
No 1
September
No 2
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No 3
November
No 4
December
2000
No 1
February
1999
No 5
September
No 6
Nov - Dec
1998
2002
No 2
February-March
No 3
July
No 4
August-September
No 5
October-December
2001
No 1
September 2001
Beginnings of a Nightmare:
Imperialism and Fundamentalism in South Asia
India Unmade:
Disastrous Economic Policies Of the Vajpayee Government
On Identities, Nstiolal and others
I am a Bihari, Bangladeshi, Axomiya, Marwari, Jewish, Palestinian, Bahira and proud of it…
By Tarun Bhartiya
Communalism and Tribal Welfare
Towards a Critical Perspective on Secular Action
By Archana Prasad
Journalism: Profit over People
By J B D'Souza
Shape of Knowledge:
Convocation Address at the University of Delhi
By Romila Thapar
On Two Great Plebian Rulers of Mysore
By Naresh Nadeem
No 2
October 2001
The Resistible Rise of George & Osama
New York to Kabul
A View from South Asia
Hiroshima to New York:
a tale of terrorism
By ND Jayaprakash
From Wounded Knee to Afghanistan:
a century of US military interventions
By Zoltan Grossman
Fact Sheet on Afghanistan
Return of the Terrorist
The Crimes of Ariel Sharon
Falling Per Capita Availability of Foodgrains for Human Consumption in the Reform Period in India
By Utsa Patnaik
Vocabulary in Indian Arts
By KM Shrimali
Playing With Fire
the media eggs on
By Nalini Taneja
A Citizen's Voice
By Mohd. Anwarul Haque
The Indian State and the Madrasa
By Yoginder Sikand
Naipaul & Co. and Quotes from the 'Civilised World'
Responding with Terror
By Aijaz Ahmad
A Hindutva Foreign Policy
By Prakash Karat
The Algebra of Infinite Justice
By Arundhati Roy
No Blood for Oil, Mr President!
By Sitaram Yechury
The Clash of Ignorance
By Edward W Said
No 3
November 2001
Propaganda of the Empire
Governments and media in South Asia fall in line
Limbs of No Body
Indifference to the Afghan Tragedy
By Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Hunger and Democracy
Political Economy of Food in Adivasi Societies
By Archana Prasad
Globalization and Politics of Identity
By Ram Puniyani
The Relevance of Taslima Nasrin
By I K Shukla
'With us or against us' Crisis
Media's hunt for liberal Muslims
By Anjali Mody
Clash of Stereotypes
By Amar Farooqui
In the Name of Right to Education
Is the Indian government going to perpetrate a fraud through the 93rd Constitution Amendment Bill?
More Quotes from the 'Civilised World'
"World opinion is with us"
George Bush, US President.
The people of Afghanistan do not accept domination of the Northern Alliance!
RAWA's appeal to the UN and World community
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
a history of bio-chemical weapons
By Zoltan Grossman
War Is Peace
By Arundhati Roy
Hypocrisy, Hatred and the War on Terror
By Robert Fisk
The Coming Apocalypse
By Geov Parrish
The Disinformation Campaign
By Phillip Knightley
There is no war on terrorism
If there was, the SAS would be storming the beaches of Florida
By John Pilger
No 4
December 2001
North and South of Terrorism
Private agendas of ruling powers in South Asia
September 11 and Its Aftermath
Where is the World Heading?
By Noam Chomsky
Impact of Globalisation on Working Women in the Unorganised Sector
First Vimal Ranadive Memorial Lecture
10 April 2001
By Jayati Ghosh
"My beating by refugees is a symbol of the hatred and fury of this filthy war"
Report by Robert Fisk
in Kila Abdullah after Afghan border ordeal
Doon's tailors and the National Fabric
By Anil Nauriya
In Early December Every Year
By Dilip D'Souza
War-drummers at work, again
By Harish Khare
Breeding Little Hawks
By Javed Jabbar
History vs Propaganda
By Romila Thapar
The Campaign Against History
By Sumit Sarkar
A Convert’s Complaint
Analyzing Naipaul’s Views on Islam
By Zafar H Anjum
US, tum aur hum!
Recent travails of Indian foreign policy
By Amir Ali
2000
No 1
February 2000
Wages of Neglect:
South Asia at the turn of the Millenium
Capitalism in Asia at the End of the Millennium
By Prabhat Patnaik
The women workers of Dhaka
By Jeremy Seabrook
The Right Wing Cultural Project
By KN Panikkar
Selling the Fascist Ideology
By Ashok Nehru
Communalisation of Education in India:
an update
By Nalini Taneja
No Poverty, No Violence
Women’s Agenda For New Millenium
By Kalindi Deshpande
1999
No 5
September 1999
Do we want this Government back?
General Elections in India
Stability for Whom?
Stability Of Governance
By Utsa Patnaik
WOMEN AND ELECTIONS IN THE DAYS OF BJP RULE
A Report
The roots of violence in Pakistani society
By Eqbal Ahmad
How Mahajan and his spin-doctors dissect day's news
By Kaveree Bamzai
Conflict and Violence in the Educational Process in Pakistan
By Khurshid Hasanain and A. H. Nayyar
The Concerned Indian's Guide to Communalism
By A. G. Noorani
No 6
Nov - Dec 1999
NDA wins but no wave for BJP
Indian Elections
Assault on Culture and Democracy in the Name of Nation
The Martyrdom of
Gandhi
By Anil Nauriya
The Vajpayee salespitch
How BJP's spinmeisters fixed an image for a desperate Prime Minister
By Pamela Philipose
Class dismissed
A little-known consequence of the disinvestment in public sector units in India
By Vrinda Gopinath
On Measuring "Famine" Deaths :
Different Criteria for Socialism and Capitalism?
By Utsa Patnaik
Sahir Ludhianvi updated!
By Harsh Kapoor
1998
2002
No 2
February-March 2002
'Terrorise' and 'Civilise'
Right wing nationalism in tune with Bush and Sharon
My lost country
By Muzamil Jaleel
Trade in Human Misery
By Jeremy Seabrook
Pakistan's time of reckoning
By Aijaz Ahmad
These Ten Years:
Sangh Parivar has been busy redefining the nation
By Nalini Taneja
Blazing Gujarat: The Image of India's Future?
By Radhika Desai
After the expose
Hundred hours of tape, eight months of after-shocks
By Tarun J Tejpal
Did the media ransack shops, take lives, Mr Modi?
By Rajdeep Sardesai
Saffronisation and Imperialism in Indian Education
Prabhat Patnaik talks to Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya and Prasenjit Bose
Cry, the beloved country
Reflections on the Gujarat massacre
By Harsh Mander
Hindu Rashtra in action
Gujarat shows what Sangh Parivar ‘nationalism’ entails
By Nalini Taneja
A Report on Gujarat
by CPI(M) and AIDWA delegation
The agony of Gujarat
By KN Panikkar
Callousness...after the carnage
By Manas Dasgupta
Crime and no punishment
By Anjali Mody
No 3
July 2002
On the Brink of Disaster
Liberalisation, deprivation and sectarian conflicts in South Asia
Ethnic Cleansing In Gujarat
An Analysis of A Few Aspects
By Tanika Sarkar
Waterwoes
Degradation of Indus Basin: how secure is South Asia's future?
By Arjimand Hussain Talib
Religion and civilisation
By Mushirul Hasan
Outsider as Enemy
Politics of Rewrting History in India
By KN Panikkar
Passing Blame on Godhra Muslims
By David Hardiman
Censoring nuclear truths
By MV Ramana
The No-Exit Society
By Praful Bidwai
From software to nowhere
By P Sainath
In Gujarat, Adolf Catches 'Em in Schools
By Monobina Gupta
No 4
August-September 2002
All for Elections
South Asian Right caught between confidence and desperation
The Great Charade
By John Pilger
Blacksmiths of Sindh, a dying breed
By Anwer Abro
Brutality Cloaked as Tradition
By Beena Sarwar
Suburban Whites and Pogroms in India
By Vijay Prashad
On Conversions
By Shereen Ratnagar
On The Lords Victory
By Sudhanva Deshpande
Market, Morals and the Media
By Prabhat Patnaik
East and West in the Media
By Amartya Sen
Renewed Attacks on Education and Educational Institutions in South Asia
The Democratic Deficit
By Jayati Ghosh
Abnormal Normality
By Teesta Setalvad
Gujarat
An Eyewitness Account
By Shubhra Nagalia
Fascist Normalcy in Gujarat
By Nalini Taneja
Hindu Rashtra?
It's all over Gujarat
By Sanjay Pandey & Anoop Kayarat
Hell is empty
By Mukul Mangalik
Before the night falls
By K N Panikkar
Surviving Gujarat 2002
By Nivedita Menon
Our Indecent Society
By Dilip Menon
Reflections on 'Gujarat Pradesh' of 'Hindu Rashtra'
By K Balagopal
No 5
October-December 2002
From Babri Masjid to Gujarat: 1992-2002
Right Wing Surge in South Asia
A Decade of Reaction
By Prabhat Patnaik
Gujarat Elections: The Larger Picture
By Nalini Taneja
The making of a Fanatic
Young men with broken dreams of a business career are turning to fundamentalism
By Jeremy Seabrook
Diversity in South Asian Islam
By Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Limits of Tolerance
Prospects of Secularism in India after Gujarat
By Dipankar Gupta
No Honour in These Killings
By Kalpana Sharma
Communalisation of Public Discourse
By KN Panikkar
Pakistan Varsity Teachers Against Proposed 'Reforms'
The Awakening of the Sleeping Giant
By Riaz Ahmed
A Plea for New Politics
Aijaz Ahmad argues that Hindutva in India today cannot be seen apart from the growing crisis of capitalism and global imperialism
By Yoginder Sikand
Bangladesh and Its Nationalism
By Mubarak Ali
BJP is Subverting India's Constitution
With the BJP controlling the central government, the threat of subversion of the Constitution and the Parliament is very real
By Nilotpal Basu
On the Tenth Anniversary of Ayodhya
By Vijay Prashad
After Gujarat
By Radhika Desai
Doubly Alienated Muslims
Some Implications of the Gujarat Carnage
By Anand Chakravarti
Gujarat Violence
A Personal Diary
By Alaknanda Patel
Togadia of VHP in His Own Words
Quotes from a single day in the life of a Hindutva leader
By Neena Vyas
Of Two Manifestos in Gujarat
By Anjali Mody
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