Open letter of Dr Sandeep Pandey, Vice President of the Socialist Party to Yogi Adityanath
Author: Dr Sandeep Pandey
Dr Sandeep Pandey is General Secretary of Socialist Party (India). He is activist, Ramon Magsaysay awardee; Gen. Secretary, Socialist Party (India); Lok Rajniti Manch; NAPM; Asha Parivar; PhD (UC Berkeley); visiting faculty IITs IIMs
Narendra Modi’s new found love for Tamil
Tamil Nadu is not a Jammu and Kashmir or a Nagaland. It is the seventh most populous state of India with a clear Hindu identity, and a distinct culture contiguous to Indian culture but at variance with the idea of Brahminical Hinduism sought to be promoted by BJP/RSS.
AMIT SHAH SHOULD RESIGN, writes Gandhian activist Sandeep Pandey
The release of the culprits of Bilkis Bano is an attempt by the BJP government to create communal polarization ahead of the impending Gujarat assembly elections.
Bharat Jodo yatra can be interpreted as Nafrat Chhodo (Quit Hatred)
Can Bharat Jodo Padyatra build itself to meet humongous task of the political turnaround of Indian society? Divided we will fall, connected we can work together to rebuild, united we can rise. It’s time for Bharat Jodo.
Agnipath: Path of militarisation of society?
Narendra Modi’s government just doesn’t seem to learn from its past mistakes. From demonetisation to Farmers’ laws with the decision on Kashmir, the Citizenship Amendment Act and Covid lockdown in the interim the citizens of this country have had to suffer because of not just the unwise decisions of the government but also the manner…… Continue reading Agnipath: Path of militarisation of society?
UP PREPARES FOR CHANGE
As Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections draw to a close, a wind of change seems to be blowing through the state. Initially, it was thought that because of the farmers’ movement the Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance will dominate Bharatiya Janata Party only in western UP. Although the revival of SP had begun much before the…… Continue reading UP PREPARES FOR CHANGE
This corruption of Police devastates human lives
By Advocate Mohammad Shoaib and Sandeep Pandey That corruption is rampant in the police department is a common experience. However, there is another form of corruption that devastates the lives of individuals and their families. It has now emerged as a common phenomenon that police more often than not register false cases because of which…… Continue reading This corruption of Police devastates human lives
Who should be held responsible for deaths due to negligence?
When India was reeling under the severest impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the peak of around 450,000 new cases was reported in 24 hours around mid April 2021, then an interesting chronology of events were taking place regarding the Covid vaccination programme (along with Kumbh in Uttarakhand and elections in West Bengal and Uttar…… Continue reading Who should be held responsible for deaths due to negligence?
What is the best way of disposing off a dead body?
As Covid consumes human life in a very conspicuous way we are confronted with the additional problem of disposing off human corpses. Cremation grounds are lit with continuous pyres, graveyards are running out of land and now Ganga has become a mass grave potentially polluting its water. In India, one estimate reveals that funeral pyres…… Continue reading What is the best way of disposing off a dead body?
THE MORAL STRENGTH OF STRUGGLE AND SERVICE
MORAL STRENGTH OF STRUGGLE AND SERVICE : The Sikh community has ensured that anybody coming to participate in protests will not face any inconvenience of any sort.
TIME TO JUDGE THE JUDGEMENT: Kafeel’s is no ordinary case. How many judges are doing their duty today?
When the only cause for elation, even a smile in the morning, is news of the release of an innocent detainee with the words that his detention ‘was bad in law’, then democracy is indeed staring at its nadir. Priyanka Gandhi called Kafeel after his release. We would have liked to call the judges who…… Continue reading TIME TO JUDGE THE JUDGEMENT: Kafeel’s is no ordinary case. How many judges are doing their duty today?
Who Will Clean The Deep Rot of Indian Education System?
It is unusual for a bright young scholar like Amrendra Narayan, with a PhD in Nuclear Physics from Mississippi State University, preceded and followed by research stints at Indian Institutes of Technology at Kanpur and Mumbai, respectively, to go and work at a relatively little known Veer Kunwar Singh University in a small town Arrah…… Continue reading Who Will Clean The Deep Rot of Indian Education System?
UP GOVERNMENT EXPOSES ITS INSECURITY
One would wonder why after such a show of triumphalism at the foundation laying ceremony of grand Ram temple on 5th August in Ayodhya the Uttar Pradesh government would stoop so low to put a lock outside the Aam Admi Party office in Lucknow. What makes it feel insecure? After all, AAP is an outsider…… Continue reading UP GOVERNMENT EXPOSES ITS INSECURITY
PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD BE ASKED TO WORK NOT FOR PROFIT FOR 3 YEARS
All the narratives of a progressing nation, Rajiv Gandhi’s ‘marching into the 21st century,’ Atal Behari Vajpayee’s ‘shining India,’ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s ‘providing urban amenities in rural areas,’ Manmohan Singh’s achievement of 8-9% Gross Domestic Product growth rates and Narendra Modi’s ‘smart cities’ have crumbled in the wake of national-level migrant workers’ crisis during the…… Continue reading PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD BE ASKED TO WORK NOT FOR PROFIT FOR 3 YEARS
SUCH A TEMPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTABLE TO RAM AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO A COMMON HINDU
Ram has been described as Maryada Purushottam, the most virtuous among men. He left his kingdom merely because he didn’t want to hurt the sentiments of his stepmother and went on a 14 years exile. It was not in his character to enter into a dispute. He had to enter into a fight with Ravana…… Continue reading SUCH A TEMPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTABLE TO RAM AND SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO A COMMON HINDU
The arrest and harassment of Professor Sudha Bharadwaj – A People’s Advocate
Professor Sudha Bharadwaj has been in jail since August 2018. She was taken into police custody on 26 August 2018 on suspicion of being involved in Maoist terror activities after Republic TV claimed that she had allegedly written a letter to Maoists and was conspiring to create public disorder and unrest in India. The channel…… Continue reading The arrest and harassment of Professor Sudha Bharadwaj – A People’s Advocate
A Caged Journey to Home
‘Madam, Jhooth Nahi bolenge, ‘1500 pada hai, hum 75 aadmi ek truck me aae the (Madam, I’ll not lie, we came back in Rs. 1,500 per head, 75 of us packed in one turck),’ Ram Kishore confessed to the first writer when she called him up in his village Dalkheda in Unnao District to verify…… Continue reading A Caged Journey to Home
THE PURPOSE OF MAKING NAGALAND GOVERNOR’S LETTER TO CM PUBLIC ?
The Governor of Nagaland R.N. Ravi has written a scathing letter to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio alleging complete collapse of law and order and the unwillingness of the elected government to resist several armed groups indulging in extortion and violence. Ravi has revealed that some of these groups are running their ‘governments,’ illegally levying taxes…… Continue reading THE PURPOSE OF MAKING NAGALAND GOVERNOR’S LETTER TO CM PUBLIC ?
The law of Sedition: Endangering the very idea of an inclusive Democracy
British left India in August 1947 but left many of their draconian laws here as a colonial legacy. Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code 1860, i.e., the law of sedition is one such law. British Government of India had inserted it in the penal code in the late 19th century to curb anti-colonial activities…… Continue reading The law of Sedition: Endangering the very idea of an inclusive Democracy
PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO BORDER DISPUTES
Unable to resolve its border disputes with Pakistan and China, India has now managed to create a dispute with Nepal in the process of building a road to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet through areas which are claimed by Nepal. History has taught us that such disputes will require disproportionate attention and resources and will remain…… Continue reading PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO BORDER DISPUTES