Articles by Sitaram Yechury
A charmed life for India Inc
The route to put our economy back on a high-growth trajectory lies in expanding domestic demand by generating employment through public investments to build our much-needed economic, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Dec 02, 2014 08:52 AM IST
The Right-wing route is wrong
Remembering Nehru must mean that the RSS/BJP is not allowed to inscribe their 'thought and reverie' on the ancient palimpsest of India. This requires the reversal of the present neoliberal economic reforms trajectory, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Nov 17, 2014 11:16 PM IST
BJP's cocktail of communalism, anti-people reforms
The central government is pursuing the diabolic agenda of anti-people economic reforms and communal polarisation. This is ‘vote bank politics’ of the worst order, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Nov 04, 2014 07:26 AM IST
RSS-BJP: Unmaking the Indian Republic
Modi's agenda seems to be clear: Transform the secular, democratic Indian Republic into the RSS vision of a rabidly intolerant fascistic ‘Hindu rashtra’ while simultaneously reducing ourselves to being a subordinate ally of US imperialism, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Oct 07, 2014 09:11 AM IST
Ignorance, lies pose as truth in RSS' history books
The dismissal of 11 Dalit students from a BJP state government-run school in Bikaner because they were drinking water from an earthen pot earmarked for an upper caste teacher once again highlights the continuing caste and social oppression.
Updated on Sep 24, 2014 12:27 PM IST
A mirage called ‘Modi Magic’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims to have reversed the ‘paralysis’ that had gripped the economy. But the statistics tell a different story, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Sep 09, 2014 02:53 AM IST
Ananthamurthy, writer and defender of everybody's India
UR Ananthamurthy remained a socialist by conviction and practice till the end. He relentlessly contributed to the evolution of the idea of India. He felt the imposition of anything was alien to India’s ethos, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Aug 25, 2014 10:05 PM IST
Be warned, BJP-RSS combine's agenda is to divide and rule
The RSS, which is against the idea of India as a pluralistic society, is seeking to negate the vibrancy of the mosaic that distinguishes the country, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Aug 12, 2014 01:39 AM IST
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Poison pen: Attempt to rewrite India's history is dangerous
The destruction of historical files by the BJP may have been to erase the RSS’s role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Jul 15, 2014 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
Profits before people, corporates before country
The Modi government appears to send signals that it shall implement the UPA policy trajectory of widening the divide between the two Indias more aggressively.
Updated on Jul 01, 2014 07:46 AM IST
BJP slogans are like old whine in a new bottle
Having reaped the benefit of people’s discontent during the LS elections, the BJP is now asking the people to be prepared for a more lethal dose of the same prescription as UPA's, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Jun 16, 2014 11:05 PM IST
Initial signals from Narendra Modi government are ominous
People hoping for relief from economic burdens from this new government — ‘Acche din aane wale hai’ — now face another diesel price hike, fuelling the cascading inflationary spiral. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Jun 03, 2014 03:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
The BJP’s victory is not truly representative
Despite 69% of the people voting against it, the party has a comfortable majority. It’s time to do away with the ‘first past the post’ system.
Updated on May 19, 2014 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
The victory of people’s wave will depend on free and fair polls
Ground realities are far detached from the media packaging that is predicting an emphatic win for the BJP. In fact, if there is any wave at all in these elections, it is this people’s wave seeking relief, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on May 06, 2014 02:03 AM IST
Congress and BJP: Two peas in a political pod
The serious acts of omission and commission executed by the UPA 2 government must be rejected in these elections lock, stock and barrel. But, then, the alternative that is being projected as the ‘messiah’ does not have a different set of policies to offer, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Apr 21, 2014 11:45 PM IST
BJP manifesto full of rhetoric minus steps to achieve objectives
There is little difference between the Congress and the BJP in their economic policies and corruption. Glimpses of the BJP’s real agenda emerge in the preface to its much-laboured manifesto. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 01:38 AM IST
An exercise in sheer duplicity
Defeating communalism and rejecting the economic policies of the BJP and the Congress are the first steps to realising Bhagat Singh’s vision.
Updated on Mar 24, 2014 11:13 PM IST
Profit motive: why markets love Modi
India Inc requires a ‘messiah’, a ‘strong leader’ to continue doling out such concessions and ‘sweetheart’ deals. Thus, sections of them self-appoint themselves as the ‘cheerleaders’ of the BJP PM aspirant. Writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Mar 11, 2014 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury, New Delhi
Only a non-Cong, non-BJP govt can ensure inclusive growth
Instead of subsidising the rich, if such money is used for public investments, we can have a much better ‘inclusive’ growth trajectory. In this lies the alternative policy direction, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Feb 25, 2014 02:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury, New Delhi
All BJP wants to do is advance RSS’ vision of a Hindu Rashtra
The RSS/BJP campaign pitch reminds us of the popular Hindi song with which my generation grew up — ‘Kahin pe nigahein, kahin pe nishana’ (looking in one direction, while the target is another) writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Feb 11, 2014 07:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury, New Delhi
2014 could be a year of revival with an alternative front in power
President Pranab Mukherjee concluded his Republic Day eve address by saying that 2014 will be the year of resurgence. But that can only happen with a secular democratic political alternative sans the Congress and the BJP. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Jan 29, 2014 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
Centre needs to correct India’s foreign policy orientation
The current Indo-US stand-off over the maltreatment of our diplomat has roused considerable indignation in the country. India’s long overdue tit-for-tat reaction and the pruning of benefits given to American diplomats, far excessive of the ‘reciprocity’, are necessary.
Updated on Jan 13, 2014 09:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
India needs not only an electoral alternative but a policy alternative
The political churning in the run-up to the 2014 LS elections continues to deepen. The assembly elections results vindicate the assessment that people are crying out for relief from the growing economic burdens.
Updated on Dec 17, 2013 02:41 AM IST
Indian realpolitik: no debate on issues that matter
In a democracy, while all issues must be raised and discussed, some prioritisation is essential. This must be related to the compelling issues on which people are crying out for relief, writes Sitaram Yechury.
Updated on Dec 03, 2013 11:26 AM IST
Sitaram Yechury, New Delhi
Health and education must be country’s central agenda
The current political discourse must be radically altered by making health and education central to the country’s agenda and policy trajectory. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Nov 19, 2013 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury, New Delhi
India needs alternative policies to prevent rise of communalism
The NaMo-RaGa cacophony is seriously eroding the foundations of Indian parliamentary democracy by threatening to replace it with some sort of a presidential form of democracy. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Nov 05, 2013 01:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
For Indians, choice should be between policies and not leaders
What India needs in 2014, is not the choice between alternative leaders but what it needs is alternative policies that can marshall our resources for creating a better India. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Oct 22, 2013 03:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury
Truth, hype and the Gujarat development model
Modi's assertion to 'build toilets before building temples' could be considered laudable but for Gujarat’s dismal record on sanitation under BJP rule. Sitaram Yechury writes.
Updated on Oct 08, 2013 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sitaram Yechury, New Delhi
One size does not fit all
There is diversity even among those who have the same religious identity. The current anointment is being compared by some to the ‘coronation’ of Lord Rama. Will the RSS/BJP now decree who is the right sort of Hindu?
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 11:38 PM IST
Dressed up as divinity
Narendra Dabholkar’s murder should make us realise that we need to fine-tune our education system to inculcate rationalism and a scientific temper.
Updated on Sep 02, 2013 11:13 PM IST