Trimming ‘excess’ of Marxism in favour of globalisation (West Bengal Newsletter)
April 8th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Statues of Karl Marx and his lifelong friend Friedrich Engels still stand proudly in a main park of the 300-year-old capital city of Bengal. No ... Read more...
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Is Mamata trying to make Marx & Engels history in Bengal?
April 6th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) A school education syllabus committee, appointed by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, has decided to trim heady doses of Marxism and include globalisation, movement ... Read more...
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Knowledge should not be banned: Kabir Bedi
October 23rd, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Actor Kabir bedi has started a protest opposing Delhi University's decision to remove late poet and translator A.K. Ramanujan's essay 'Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples ... Read more...
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Competitions, calendar release on Husain’s birth anniversary
September 16th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) M.F. Husain's art and life were marked by a rare synthesis of cultures, colours, creative expression and controversies that sent him on an self-imposed exile, ... Read more...
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British schools to teach history of British India and slave trade
August 27th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 27 (IANS) Secondary school students in Britain are to be taught history of Mughal and British India and black slavery as part of the government's move to make students ... Read more...
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ABVP protest against derogatory remarks over Hindu gods in DU course
February 28th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Thursday went on a hunger strike to protest extracts from an essay recommended for reading in a history course ... Read more...
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