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Assam: Neda emerges from saffron cocoon

The energetic Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which thrashed the ruling Congress in the last general elections under the banner of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has now floated a northeastern political alliance with an aim to counter the century old…

The slow, inevitable collapse of the two-party system

 In this election year, it’s clear that a seismic political shift is rumbling through America.  Widespread discontent for the status quo is surfacing from both the left and right.  A year ago, it would have been impossible to envision a…

USA: Side-effects, popping pills and pop-up politics

Used to be, when I flipped channels, I’d go from one movie to another, one drama to another, one news show to another, etc.  These days, I’m more likely to go from one commercial to another—and more likely than not,…

New world political geography, ongoing mutations

Tocqueville wrote that “history is a picture gallery where there are many copies and few originals” (1). The enormous demographic, technological, economic and cultural changes of the last few decades should have proved him wrong but, instead we can notice…

Bangladesh impasse – resolution lies with Gov’t

After a three-month long siege, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief returned home April 5 from her Gulshan party office. How funny that game of the government where law enforcers confined her there with sand-laden trucks. Independent observers opine it was only to…

Kashmiri youth, political activism, and democracy

There was an article on Countercurrents.org titled: Political Activism, Democracy And Kashmiri Youth, by Imran Khan (5 January, 2015) speaking about Kashmir youth and the place’s political field. “… We all know that from 90s till now all the college…

Lack of Toilets Keeps Women Out of Politics

By Stella Paul MALLAMPETA, India, Jul 4 2014 (IPS) – Nine months after she was elected head of her village council, 36-year-old Krupa Shanti has overseen some significant changes in this rural outpost of Mallampeta, 570 km away from Hyderabad,…

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