Activities

Seminar on “Bihar me Urdu ke Samne Chunoutiyan”

Seminar on “Bihar me Urdu ke Samne Chunoutiyan”

By Prof. S.N.Malakar Joshi- Adhikari Institute of Social Studies (JAISS) organized a two days seminar on 28-29, March 2015 at Mangalam in Khagaria town (Bihar). It was organized in co-operation with National Council for the Promotion of Urdu Language (NCUPUL). Government of India. Pragatisheel Lekhak Sangh(PWA), Khagaria District, Bihar also joined the seminar with a programme “Mushaira”. The topic of Seminar was “Bihar mein Urdu ke Samne Chunoutiyan”. Bihar being one of the most important provinces of the country where…

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Comrade Govind Pansare: This Martyrdom shall Not be Wasted

Comrade Govind Pansare: This Martyrdom shall Not be Wasted

By Noor Zaheer, Vineet Tiwari and Sarang Upadhyay THE GREATEST COMMITMENT OF A MAN TO HIS CAUSE IS KNOWN BY HIS WILLINGNESS TO DIE FOR IT. – Heart of the Matter, Graham Greene A condolence meeting in the memory of martyred Comrade Govind Pansare veteran leader of Communist Party of India, was organized in Delhi on March 10. Comrade Pansare was shot in a dastardly act by some unknown killers on February 16 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The memorial meeting, held at…

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Study of Collective Farmig under Kudumbashree Mission in Kerela

Study of Collective Farmig under Kudumbashree Mission in Kerela

JAISS took up a study of assessment of collective farming programme under Kudumbashree Mission in Kerala in July 2012. The study will be finished by January, 2014. This study is in connection with the earlier study on marginal farmers and agrarian crisis. We concluded in our earlier study that more than 80 per cent of landed agricultural households have only marginal or small holding. With this small land holding, agriculture does not present a viable livelihood to them. This is…

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Turmoil in West Asia

Turmoil in West Asia

By C. Adhikesavan Joshi Adhikari Institute for Social Sciences, New Delhi, organized seminar on the Current Development in West Asia – Turmoil, Genocide and Extremism on August 9, 2014 at Ajoy Bhavan, Headquarters of Communist Party of India. Eminent academicians including Prof. A K Pasha delivered lecture on the Development in Iraq, Prof. Bansidar Pradhan on Palestine Question and Turmoil in Gaza Strip, Atul Aneja on Temporary Solution in Asia and A K Ramakrishnan on the Current Situation in Egypt….

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Impact of Urdu Language on Local Dialects of Bihar: Social Implications

Impact of Urdu Language on Local Dialects of Bihar: Social Implications

The JAISS organized a national seminar on “Impact of Urdu language on local dialects of Bihar: Social implications”, at D.S. College Katihar, Bihar. The Seminar was followed by a Mushaira. Vice-Chancellor of B.N. Mandal University, Prof. Mishra inaugurated the Seminar. The Principal of B.S. College chaired the inaugural session and Prof. Ajay Patnaik delivered the welcome address. The keynote speech was given by Prof. Haidari. Prof. S.N. Malakar, who was instrumental in organizing the Seminar in Katihar, introduced to the…

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Left Renaissance: Experiences from Latin America

Left Renaissance: Experiences from Latin America

The Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Sciences (JAISS) was proud to host two eminent economists and political scientists, Marta Harnecker and Prof. Michael Lebowitz, on 22nd March 2014 in Delhi at Ajoy Bhawan’s S. V. Ghate Hall. They spoke on the topic ‘Left Renaissance: Experiences from Latin America’. Marta Harnecker, from Chile, studied with Louis Althusser in Paris. After returning home she was forced into exile by the coup against Salvador Allende. She went to Cuba where she lived and worked…

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Fourth World Socialist Forum Conference

Fourth World Socialist Forum Conference

The Fourth World Socialist Forum Conference was organised by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Communist Party of China in Beijing. It was. The organisers of this conference invited Dr. Jaya Mehta and Com. Anil Rajimwale to participate and present papers in the seminars. Dr. Jaya Mehta presented a paper titled “Dynamics of Capitalism under Crisis: The Indian case” and Com. Anil Rajimwale’s paper was titled as “New situation and tasks of the communist parties. To download the paper click…

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Egypt: Recent Developments and their Implications

Egypt: Recent Developments and their Implications

Dr. Qamar Agha, a known expert on West Asian issues, was invited to speak at a gathering organized by JAISS on Egypt. He outlined the historical reasons of today’s situation in Africa and Arab Countries. He discussed in detail about the links between ‘Politics of Oil, Democracy and Terrorism.’ He also emphasized upon the need to intervene in such issues of larger influence and appealed to all democratic and people centric forces to put pressure on Indian government to stop…

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A Weeklong Workshop on National and International Experiences of Cooperatives in Agriculture

A Weeklong Workshop on National and International Experiences of Cooperatives in Agriculture

JAISS organized a weeklong workshop from 18 March to 23 March 2013 on experiences of cooperatives in agriculture of various countries. Delegates from China, Cuba, Venezuela, Nepal, Tanzania, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Vietnam and India attended the workshop and made the deliberations. The key note address was given by noted economist Prof. Prabhat Patnaik. Prof. Utsa Patnaik, Shri S. P.  Shukla, Dr. Sulbha Brahme, Prof. Ajay Patnaik, Prof. Subodh Malakar, Com. Sudhakar Reddy, Com. A. B. Bardhan, Com. D. Raja,…

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Venezuelan Election and Latin American Left

Venezuelan Election and Latin American Left

JAISS organized a talk by eminent Marxist thinker and writer Prof. Aijaz Ahmad on Latin American Left with a special focus on Venezuela. This meeting was kept in the context of landslide victory of Hugo Chavez in Venezuelan Elections. Venezuela, under the leadership of Chavez and in close collaboration with Cuba, rejuvenated the struggle for Socialism in Latin America. At the same time, the capitalist world, the imperialists of our time are afraid of growing popularity of this small country…

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