Caste Out, Yet Again

This is the draft version I wrote for the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV No. 20, May16 2009.

[The official Indian delegation again blocked all mention of caste at the UN conference of Racism]

Tackling the Taliban

This is the draft version I wrote for the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV No. 20, May16 2009.

[A sole dependence on military solutions cannot defeat the Taliban]

Fascism with a Red Flag

This is the draft I wrote for an EPW editorial published in the of 25 April – 2 May, 2009 edition. There are significant differences between this draft and the final edit.

Maoist attacks on the people’s right to vote is similar to the fascists’ attacks on democracy