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That the social development issues, health, education, ecology, rights of dalits, adivasis, women, minorities and the disabled, human rights of the oppressed sections of society- should form the core of social vision of the Left was the subject of the Durgbai Deshmukh Chair he held to work on this book. The PB Thesis that brings the issues of ‘social left’ and ‘cultural left’ to the centre of Left politics through a dialogue on framing of a five-dimensional, People’s Charter to achieve a socialist vision for Indian people and begin a process of reinventing the Indian Left is a great gift of our departed colleague not only to us but to the people of India.

Fifty years ago, an anti-cow slaughter mob nearly stormed Parliament House. Those who launched that attack constitute the core of the ruling establishment today

It is clear that the police and the state have been systematically targeting these public intellectuals and political activists since the time they wrote a fact-finding report on the repressive state machinery.

Several groups came together to organise a public meeting at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 9 November 2016, where speakers and singers and artists demanded a stop to war mongering. Photos via twiiter and facebook and a whole set by Mukul Dube are posted here

We condemn the charges filed by the Chhattisgarh state police against members of a fact-finding team that visited the Bastar region in May 2016