Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies

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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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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On 2nd March 2012, Prof. Praful Bidwai delivered a talk on the topic “Hurtling towards Disaster: Climate Change at Durban.” He exposed the capitalist political agenda behind the climate change talks and he also criticized the position taken by India at Durban. Dr. Rohan D’Souza from JNU was the main discussant.  Students and intellectuals participated in the discussion. …Read More: Hindi | English

The entire world was looking at the incredible happenings in west Asia with a lot of curiosity. Comrade Mamdouh Habashi, who is an active politician of Socialist Party in Egypt and also a scholar of international repute, was in Delhi. He accepted our request to talk about the specificities of various countries and the emerging situation in West Asia and North Africa. He delivered a brilliant lecture. Comrade Tran dac Loi from Vietnam was also present on this occasion and…

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Taking the advantage of the presence o f Pakistani comrades in Delhi while they were on their way back from Aurangabad, JAISS organized a meeting at a very short notice on Pakistani Agriculture. Two comrades from Pakistan Kisan Sabha threw light on the crisis faced by Pakistani agriculture and plight of the rural masses. They informed that most of the arable land is in the control of military personnel and the land distribution is more skewed than in India. Comrade Atul Kumar…

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On September 29th, a memorial meeting to mark the unexpected passing of Professor Arjun Kumar Sengupta, distinguished economist and parliamentarian, was held at the offices of the Joshi Adhikari Instititute of Social Studies at 4 Windsor Place, New Delhi. The meeting was well attended by students and representatives of several organizations. Colleagues and peers of the late Professor, including Com. A.B. Bardhan, General Secretary, Communist Party of India, Com. D. Raja, MP Rajya Sabha, and Shri S.P. Shukla, former Member,…

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