Sitaram Yechury Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad. My first brush with this name came many years before I understood what politics was all about. That was in 1967. As an school student, one literally had to memorise this long complicated name to answer an inevitable question of general
Behind the recent controversies centering around the recitation of saraswati vandana and vande mataram lies the fundamental diabolic strategy of the RSS and the Saffron Brigade to impose their vision of a `Hindu Rash¬tra’ negating the very basis of a modern Indian state based on
Sitaram Yechury It is, indeed, heartening to see the country rise as one man to hail our scientific community on the successful nuclear tests. And, in a rare show of solidarity, the nation, cutting across all shades of the political spectrum, has resolved to fight the sanctions imposed by some
Sitaram Yechury In the end of May, the Communist Party of Greece hosted an international meeting on the theme “The Communist Parties Under The Current Conditions”. This meeting was to mark two events — the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Greek Party and the 150th
Sitaram Yechury As the Assembly elections draw close, the BJP’s desperation is growing to a high pitch. Unable to face the mounting people’s wrath against the murderous price rise, the BJP’s ridiculous claims of “good governance” is reaching unprecedented heights
Sitaram Yechury By the time we reach our readers, India would have witnessed one of the most significant of striking action by the working class. The nation-wide industrial strike on December 11th coinciding with the second day of the two day all-India strike of public sector employees brought
Sitaram Yechury It has now become customary for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to invite representatives from major political parties apart from the ruling party ministers to address its national conference and annual session. This year, this experience has been unique in many
Sitaram Yechury IN an act totally violating the Indian constitution, the Union home ministry had sent a central team of officers to investigate the law and order situation in West Bengal. Earlier, the ministry had sent such teams to Tamil Nadu and Bihar. This constitutes a gross interference in
Sitaram Yechury The budget for this year presented by the first BJP-led government to the country represents a frontal attack on the livelihood of millions of working people. This budget is neither “Swadeshi” nor growth oriented. It contains proposals that will unleash an
Sitaram Yechury The BJP general secretary’s revelation that its prime ministerial candidate is the mukhota (mask) hiding the real mukh (face) of the BJP is a description that is not confined only to Mr. Vajpayee. As the elections draw closer, the BJP’s behaviour exposes it as a wolf