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100th anniversary of the October Revolution
In this issue
22-12-2017
20 STORIES
Periyar and Socialism
Self-respect and socialism
The choice Periyar made then changed the course of history and politics in Tamil Nadu.
Science
Shining achievements
Decades of state investment in planning and science propelled the Soviet Union to the forefront in a wide spectrum of fields, notably mathematics, phy
Women
Road to emancipation
Women were a significant force in the mass uprising that culminated in the revolution and were instrumental in shaping the attitudes and policies of t
Capitalism today
What is to be done?
World capitalism has entered a period of protracted crisis, pushing the working population into acute distress, unemployment and insecurity. As at the
Lead Story
What they said on science in Soviet Russia
Planning
Success and slowdown
The conceptual case for a system of social ownership combined with planning was transformed into a reality in the Soviet Union and proved immensely su
Literature
Vibrant and heterogeneous
The Soviet literary scape had a variety of literature from the officially feted to the critical to the dissident; even under the official canon of soc
Legacy
A new epoch
The October Revolution had a universal significance. For the first time, socialism came on the agenda of world history as a concrete alternative to ca
Impact on India
Imprint on freedom struggles
The October Revolution must be seen as an event that profoundly changed the character of the Indian people’s struggle for freedom and for carrying for
Book Extracts
On Lenin
Asembly Elections/Gujarat
The communal card again
The BJP once again takes recourse to communal propaganda in a desperate bid to recapture the initiative on the campaign front from the opposition, com
Controversy
Khilji as villain
The protests against the film "Padmavati" and the vilification of Alauddin Khilji are part of the Hindu right-wing’s scheme to distort histo
Art & architecture
Celebration or reflection?
Commemorating the October Revolution raises the problem of understanding the relationship between the political revolution and the creative arts.
Cinema
On the silver screen
The creative urges of the pioneers and innovators of cinema in the Soviet Union surged in the heady aftermath of the October Revolution and through th
Publications
Reading the Revolution
At a time when a wary colonial regime ensured that news of the Russian Revolution was blocked out in India, it was left to small bands of socialists t
Lead Story
What does socialism in India mean?
End of Exile
Train to Petrograd
The journey that took Lenin and other revolutionaries from Zurich to the Finland Station in Petrograd and changed the history of Russia and the world
Decolonisation
Comrades in arms
The October Revolution had a profound impact on the developing world. The people of the global South, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, looked to Mos
The October Revolution
Red October in retrospect
With the October Revolution, the locus of the revolutionary dynamic began to shift towards the East and more generally towards lands that were struggl
Letters
Letters to the Editor
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Is NTA’s MCQ fixation failing India’s higher education?
The die is caste
NTA’s dangerous obsession with centralisation
Editor’s Note: Dirty skeletons in the NEET closet
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Is it the end of the road for the Akali Dal?
Karnataka: The southern outlier
Dravidian parties at a crossroads
Maharashtra: All sides get ready for a bigger battle
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28-06-2024
With Modi leading a coalition government, what lies ahead for India’s tense neighbourhood?
The Dalit-Bahujan finally roars
What Modi 3.0 means for the market and economy
Salaam, Indian voters!
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Voice-over onslaught in Baby Reindeer
Clues, culprits, and cultural crossovers: Indian detective fiction is entering the mainstream
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