Monthly Archives: September 2000

At least in one respect, the Marxian dream has come true in India – the state has withered away. It’s an all-India phenomenon, not just in the blood-red villages of Bihar or West Bengal. What’s more, it’s given us the dictatorship of the proletariat. Some of us are now beginning … Read More →

The non-dualism of the Hindu tradition has received a mortal blow from the BJP–Sangh parivar’s crude and ill-conceived overture to the Muslim community. Neither the BJP nor the Sangh parivar, basking in the self-perceived glow of their new-found secular credentials, will appreciate the damage they have done to the nation’s … Read More →