Tag: naxalism

Naxalites should lay down their arms and challenge the ruling class to abide by the Constitution

Dilip Simeon First posted June 4, 2017; published in The Indian Express, June 5 NB: This is the third piece I have written concerning the 50th anniversary of Naxalbari. It appeared today -June 5, 2017 – in the Indian Express website. The first was entitled Annihilation. The second, Yesterday once more-50 years after Naxalbari, was published in Outlook. Here is a post… Read More Naxalites should lay down their arms and challenge the ruling class to abide by the Constitution

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My friend

NB: The title of my WordPress blog ‘After the truth shower’ originates in this poem, which was written one evening in 2010. I posted it on Blogger on October 12, 2012, after unsuccessfully attempting to publish it. It was written for my close friend Rabindra Ray (Lalloo), who passed away in January 2019. Here it… Read More My friend

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ASHUTOSH BHARDWAJ: Latest war cries against Naxals are absurd. Go visit Bastar, a war is already on

The most-quoted statement about the Naxal insurgency to demand an ‘all-out assault’ on the rebels, a statement that is again in currency following the recent Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, has come from a prime minister not really known for his assertiveness. But what complicates the irony are the events before Manmohan Singh termed Naxals the “single biggest internal security… Read More ASHUTOSH BHARDWAJ: Latest war cries against Naxals are absurd. Go visit Bastar, a war is already on

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In Memoriam. Premen Addy PhD; June 26, 1938 – January 15, 2020

First posted February 19, 2020 NB: Premen Addy passed away on January 15, 2020, coincidentally exactly a year after the death of my old friend and comrade Rabindra Ray. He was my kaka – my late father E.J. Simeon‘s maternal cousin. His father, Kiron Chandra Addy, was my granduncle, whom my father had nicknamed ‘Mejo’. He was… Read More In Memoriam. Premen Addy PhD; June 26, 1938 – January 15, 2020

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