Bhubaneswar Bureau In social media Face Book, eminent media person Saswat Pattanayak has summed up his posting of March 5 in the following words: Every freedom struggle has its specific parameters, myths, goals, limitations and strengths. By being critical of … Read more →
(This most relevant write-up is acquired from the posting of Saswat Pattanayak in social media) “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will … Read more →
By Saswat Pattanayak In this era of two-minute research noodles made viral through smart memes and quick tweety wits, Subhas Chandra Pattanayak’s “Nabakalebara: Legends and Reality“ (Shabdasparsha, 2015) is not one that everyone would probably want to read. I will not therefore pitch … Read more →
By Saswat Pattanayak Comrade A B Bardhan (1924-2016) was not just the foremost communist mass leader of India who raised working class consciousness among millions through his oratory and organizational persistence, he was also the Marxist historian who accounted peoples’ … Read more →
Saswat Pattanayak Last year alone, an earthquake – among many – left 9,000 dead in Nepal. Stampede among the devotees caused death of 2,200 people in Mecca. Over 3.1 million children – under five – died of malnutrition everywhere in … Read more →