A Party in Search of an Auspicious President

With Advani back at the helm of the BJP, the long expected reorganisation of the party has finally begun. Advani has started its third presidential term by paying a highly symbolic visit to the RSS headquarters at Nagpur and accusing the Congress of ‘appeasing’ the Left and playing with the country’s security. Another old war horse of the BJP.....Full text

State-Maoist Encounter: Beyond the Euphoria of Merger and Truce

AFTER few rounds of proxy talks conducted through mediators and emissaries, the Andhra Pradesh government and the PWG leadership have now embarked on a course of direct talks. As we go to press, after four days of talks, the PWG leaders have been escorted back to their jungle hideouts. The government has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the talks. At the end of four days. Full text

The “too many, too little” myth: Supreme Court judgement on two-child norm

Despite the Left crying itself hoarse over the CMP, the UPA government at the centre has been doggedly pursuing its reforms agenda. One of the most important areas where the reforms are targeted to take deeper roots is the financial sector. This is the preferred route for international finance capital, to dominate the economy. Full text

UPA Orders Cuts in Prakash Jha’s Film on JP: Laloo Hails Emergency for Upholding Discipline

TThe UPA government’s claims of restoring democracy damaged by its predecessor NDA regime already seem to have taken a beating. Taking a cue from the RSS and Shiv Sena style of cultural policing (governing the censor board with a sledge-hammer, banning films, burning books, tearing up paintings, vandalising film sets…), the UPA government has already begun to dictate as to what will pass and what will not. Full text

Spectre of Starvation and Prospects of Resistance

Andhra Pradesh under Chandrababu Naidu had first shot into limelight as the model of neo-liberal development. The darling of the corporate world constructed 45 flyovers in the state capital to turn Hyderabad into cyberabad, but did not spend anything on the development of rural infrastructure. ....Full text

Weavers’ Convention in Varanasi against Suicides and Starvation Deaths

Large scale suicides by the farmers of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka has exposed the grim reality behind the official hype of corporate farming, genetically engineered seeds and soft loans that globalization promises to offer in abundance to the Indian farmer. Indebtedness is driving the farmers of Punjab, the heartland of green revolution to suicide.. ....Full text

Starvation Death in Ghazipur

Sudarshan Kurmi of Dandapur village in Mardah block died of hunger on Sep 14. A CPI(ML) investigation team reported from the spot that the deceased had not eaten anything for last three days and he died empty stomach after a day's hard labour ....Full text

Wrong Policies Leave Lakhs of People Starving

The recent starvation death reported from the Kraska village of district Alwar reflected the sorry plight of lakhs of poor villagers who have been left to starve without any means of livelihood after their fertile lands, which they were tilling for generations, were taken away forcibly by the government nearly a decade ago for the Sariska sanctuary project. Once flourishing, now the peasants are left to survive on occasional jobs .... ....Full text

Starvation Deaths in Deoghar District

Satar village in Deoghar is only 7 km from the town. Inahabited by 300 families, it has road and electricity, school and primary health center. With all these symbols of 'development', very recently this village has witnessed starvation deaths. Barring a small privileged section, majority of the villagers have reached to the brink of starvation. This was the third consecutive year of drought and they have no employment. Most of them are agricultural labourers and fishermen living below poverty ..Full text

People’s Protest Against State's Inaction

Drought for the third consecutive year in Palamu region of Jharkhand has aggravated the situation where lakhs of people are starving and thousands are reeling under severe malnutrition and subsequent ailments. Death toll is ....Full text

Bihar Poor Fight Back against Criminal-Police-Feudal Nexus

7^th Bihar State Conference Resolves to Intensify the People’s Movement against the Repressive, Corrupt and Highly Criminalised Laloo-Rabri Regime ...Full text

8th Conference of CPI(ML) Uttar Pradesh unit held in Varanasi

"Say no to starvation, unemployment and suicide deaths! Intensify the struggle for jobs, social security and democracy! Bring about a Leftward shift!" This was the banner of the 8 th conference of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Party which was held a ...Full text