PSUs Gigantic Fraud

Sitaram Yechury The process of disinvestment of the public sector is the gigantic fraud committed on the Indian people. Together with the loss suffered due to the bank scam, this amount of money would have ensured that our country need not have gone to the IMF or to any external creditor to

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Marxism and Religion

Sitaram Yechury Many find it strange, at times amusing, that Marxists, confirmed atheists, are quoting religious personalities and scriptures to expose the pseudo-Hindu character of the Saffron Brigade today. The advocates of fascistic pseudo-Hinduism embarrassed by such exposure, take refuse

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Economic Reforms

Sitaram Yechury THE Government of India has released what it calls a discussion paper titled “Economic Reforms — two years after and the tasks ahead”. As the title suggests this is an exercise aimed at justifying the reforms undertaken so far and unveiling the

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COMMUNALISM, RELIGION AND MARXISM

Sitaram Yechury The December 6 destruction of the Babri Masjid and the subsequent developments constitute a qualitative change in contemporary Indian politics. These developments represent an assault on the very foundations of modern, secular and democratic India that was established following

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CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS: UNCERTAIN RETURN TO PEACE

Sitaram Yechury The long overdue general elections for a Constitutional National Assembly in Cambodia have finally concluded. Conducted and supervised by the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) through the week beginning 23rd of May, these elections saw a record turn-out of nearly 90

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BJP Yatra

Sitaram Yechury The BJP has embarked on yet another yatra. This time not one but four. The comparatively lukewarm response notwithstanding, these are an effort on its part to regain lost initiative. The developments in the last couple of months — the CPI(M)-sponsored no-confidence motion,

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Birth Centenary of Mao Zedong

Sitaram Yechury The birth centenary of Mao Zedong is an appropriate occasion to recollect the gigantic impact of the Chinese revolution on world history. The significance of the event needs little repetition. The very nature and complexity of such a herculean effort makes it impossible to

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Assassination of Chris Hani

Sitaram Yechury Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) was assassinated on Saturday, April 10, 1993. This shockingly premature termination of a vibrant symbol of the South African people has robbed the liberation struggle movement of its tallest leaders and

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Testamanet of Contradictory Eloquence

Sitaram Yechury Mr. Advani’s articles (Indian Express December 27-28,1992) are a testament of contradictory eloquence. Duplicity and subterfuge characterise the painful attempt to whitewash the BJP’s criminal, violation of law, the shameful capitulation of the assurances that its

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