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BEST of times, WORST of times

For 32 years, the CPM has replaced the rule of law by partisan rule in West Bengal, specialising in crimes like.....
Sunanda Sanyal Kolkata
Injustice is LAAL

The peaceful struggle of the poor people of Lalgarh retells a history of abysmal poverty and pain, total absence of good governance, and the corrupt regime of armed CPM goons
Aritra Bhattacharya Lalgarh
At the Epicentre: Neither Spring, nor Thunder

So, whatever happened to the peasant revolt led by Naxalite legend Charu Majumdar in the original birth place of the revolution 42 years after?
Chaman Lal Naxalbari (West Bengal
Fishworkers to have a say in coast protection

The Centre has agreed to drop the current coastal management zone (CMZ) notification, perceived to be controversial, with that for a coastal regulation zone (CRZ)
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A Synthesiser for Mamata

The fiery Mamata Banerjee, obsessed with throwing out “fascist CPM” from Bengal, loves her spartan lifestyle
Rakhi Chakrabarty Delhi
Caught between State and Maoists

While the Chhattisgarh government claims that Salwa Judum is a spontaneous civilian movement of tribals against the atrocities of Maoists....
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STIFLED FREEDOM

Iranians do not want to change the entire system. But, they do want more personal liberties and a good government that can tackle corruption. And, they want to be connected with the rest of the world
Shubha Singh Tehran/Delhi
The Poverty of Philosophy

CPM and its tailist loyalists can’t find the ground beneath their feet. They are fast losing the ABC of Dialectical Materialism
Amit Sengupta Delhi
All’s not LOST for CPM

Given the strong traditions of anti-Congress, anti-BJP ideology of Bengal, it is theoretically possible for the CPM to recover lost ground if they make some course corrections
Nilanjana Gupta Kolkata
Something Sinister about it

There’s more to Operation Lalgarh than ‘flushing out’ Maoists
Amit Sengupta Delhi
No interpreter of maladies

Uninterrupted power for 32 years has blunted the sensibilities of the Left to feel the pulse of the people. The communists had raised expectations when they swept to power in 1977. But, they failed to live up to it. Instead, they injected sloth and nepotism in every state-run institution
Rakhi Chakrabarty Kolkata/Delhi

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