Friends, professors, comrades and students came together Friday to celebrate the life and legacy of Yechury. Three books by the late CPI(M) leader were also launched at the event.
Narendra Modi has brought the old left and right together. Once bitter ideological opponents have joined hands and are pushing back, trying hard to protect their vision of India.
In his Rajya Sabha farewell speech on 10 August 2017, Sitaram Yechury spoke about living in a post-truth period, where 'objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.'
Sitaram Yechury, the former Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) general secretary who died Thursday, was ideologically sound, politically committed, socially acceptable, and culturally refined, writes his colleague Md Salim.
Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, passed away Thursday. In this 2009 Walk The Talk interview, he talked about idealism, coalition governments and Left's opposition to the nuclear deal.
For better part of last two decades, Yechury was among most recognisable Communist leaders in Delhi, admired for his political agility in a Left riven with many contradictions.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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