Articles by Mukul

'sanity' on the insane riffraff mobilised within the fold of the Sangh parivar? And, finally, can 'Indian nationalism redefined in Hindu terms' effectively 'keep the disparate elements in India together'? Obviously, the answer to all the three questions is an emphatic 'no'.

revenue effort won the Barrackpore Municipality eligibility for reward as contemplated under the 'Revised Grants Structure' recommended by the Bhabatosh Datta Commission on Municipal Finance in West Bengal. That the reward never came from the state government's Local Bodies Directorate is another matter.

Struggle of Two Himalayan Villages Mukul IN the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh, Papriana and Jamak villages of Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts respectively, art trying to raise their voice against the kind of 'development' policies being pursued in this geographically fragile and sensitive Himalayan region. Although Papriana and Jamak are very far off from each other, their fate is the same today. Papriana was almost fully destroyed in the massive landslide in August last and Jamak totally wiped out in the devastating earthquake in October. Landslide and earthquake affected many places in these districts, but these two villages were among the worst. Both had been, for many years conscious of the dangers of being ruined in the wake of the so-called natural disasters. However their voices was ignored and suppressed time and again.

Workers' Struggle Halts Privatisation Moves Mukul The long and arduous struggle of the workers of the UP Cement Corporation against attempts at a take over by the Dalmias has succeeded in pushing the government into calling a halt to its privatisation moves.