Swarajya Mag Magazine - May 2017

In this issue

The Right to Education Act, far from helping realise a dream, is a nightmare. The government is dithering and our children are paying the price.

The Problem With Science

The scientific community must train a new generation of communicators who are trained properly in science, but also know how to resonate with the public.

10 mins

Order, Chaos, Stability

The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the inability of people to collaborate for the common good may be a roadblock on the path to global peace.

6 mins

Nuclear Discontents

All doctrines require regular reappraisals and the Indian nuclear doctrine will inevitably have to respond to contemporary challenges.

5 mins

Tradition And Modernity

How are we to engage with contemporary reality in a purely traditional idiom? The first of a three-part series.

8 mins

Techno-Sceptic Thoughts

We are being told every day that technology will solve all our problems. But will it also create more hazards?

10 mins

Cow Slaughter Ban Industry

Uttar Pradesh’s drive against illegal slaughter of buffaloes and goats has led to widespread corruption and confusion.

5 mins

The Horror Called RTE

THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION ACT, FAR FROM HELPING REALISE A DREAM, IS A NIGHTMARE. THE GOVERNMENT IS INACTIVE ON THIS AND OUR CHILDREN ARE PAYING THE PRICE. 

10+ mins

The Evidence Is Compelling And Conclusive That RTE Has Failed

DR JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN is the founder of the LokSatta movement and Foundation for Democratic Reforms.

10 mins

Possible Solutions

The RTE Act, in conjunction with the 93rd Constitutional Amendment, is bad for the country, and especially children. So what can be done?

4 mins

Inimitable

Legendary vocalist Vidushi Kishori Amonkar passed away on April 3, leaving behind the key to many musical mysteries in her experimental singing. 

8 mins

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Swarajya Mag Magazine Description:

Independent India's first magazine that advocated less government and more freedom. We fought the license raj, the Emergency and more. Relaunched in 2014.

In 1956, journalist Khasa Subba Rau with the patronage of C Rajagoplachari “Rajaji”, India’s last Governor-General, freedom fighter and statesman hailed by Mahatma Gandhi as his “conscience keeper”, launched a weekly magazine called Swarajya.

Swarajya was intended to convey the founders’ quest to translate the joy of freedom not only from foreign rule, but full freedom as defined and promised by the preamble of our constitution.

Swarajya represented the first coherent intellectual response to Nehruvian socialism and the ever expanding Big State in newly independent India.