Tag Archives : Nandigram

If there has to be one stunning outcomes of recent Lok Sabha elections in India, it certainly is the debacle of Left and CPI(M) in West Bengal, one of the long standing communist states of the country. No one expected leading Opposition party, Trinamool Congress, led my not so popular a political figure, Mamata Banerjee to win majority of state seats [...]

The second phase of polling which took place yesterday in parts of West Bengal was one of the most violent elections seen by any state. The violence in Nandigram and different parts of the state is an indicator that popularity of the ruling CPI (M) party which has been in power for more than 30 years is waning. But the votes are cast. There has been [...]

In Mary Oraon, protagonist in Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt,’ we find the concrete alternative to capably resist not only the injustice of gender politics but also the incursion upon tribal land and forests by feudalism, colonialism, and global capitalism. There is a reason why Australia figures in the story. Mary and the trees planted on her tribal [...]