THE RADICAL CONTENTS : Page No. HUMANIST Articles and Features: Vol. 83 Number 2, May 2019 ‘We did not like how army’s 4 name was being misused’: Monthly journal of the Indian Renaissance Institute General Shankar Roy Chowdhury (retd) Devoted to the development of the Renaissance Movement and to the promotion of human Elections 2019: India at Cross roads 6 rights, scientific temper, rational thinking and Ram Puniyani a humanist view of life. There’s always an alternative 8 Founder Editor: Avijit Pathak M.N. Roy The barbarization of India 10 Advisor: Sunanda K. Datta-Ray Dr. Narisetti Innaiah Swami Aseemanand Acquitted! Editor: 12 Ram Puniyani Mahi Pal Singh How Not to Appoint a Lokpal 14 Editorial Board: Anjali Bhardwaj Ramesh Awasthi, Rekha Saraswat, N.D. Pancholi, Dipavali Sen Why Narendra Modi’s #MainBhiChowkidar 16 Campaign Is Sheer Hypocrisy Printer and Publisher: Swati Chaturvedi Satish Chandra Varma 50 Lakh People Have Lost Their Jobs Since the 17 Send articles and reports to: Demonetisation Exercise, Says Report Mahi Pal Singh at E-21/5-6, Deepa Balakrishnan Sector 3, Rohini, Delhi- 110085. (M) 09312206414, 08178491055, 07042548234 Govt’s Electoral Bonds Scheme Lets Shell Firms Give 18 Black Money to Political Parties, EC Tells SC or E-mail them to: Debayan Roy
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