Who Are The Naxalites?

The term ‘Naxalites’ has come to be used as a generic term for all active members of the various South Asian Marxist or Communist parties who aim to bring about political and social revolution. The Naxalites are mostly Maoist in nature and, therefore, aim to live and work in remote terrain where they can bring about a parallel government that will one day supplant the official government.

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Naipaul: What Is Wrong with India?

In his extraordinary book, India: A Wounded Civilization,* Nobel prize winner V.S. Naipaul dissects contemporary Indian society (the book was written in 1976) and identifies some of the problems with that society. At the time of writing, the country was undergoing the Emergency imposed by then leader Mrs Gandhi, which included censorship, restriction of civic freedoms and enhanced powers for the security services.

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Williams: The Forms of Utopia

In his essay “Utopia and Science Fiction,”* the cultural theorist Raymond Williams identifies four distinct types of utopia. The first of these is the paradise, in which a better place elsewhere is described as being present in the universe. An example of this is the eponymous Utopia of Thomas More.

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Marketing: Considering the Price

There are only two basic business strategies: be better or be cheaper. It is not necessary to be both – indeed, they should never appear together (unless it is to destroy a rival and create a monopoly or some other disreputable activity). All things being equal, it is preferable to be better than to be cheap. People are not inspired to be cheap.

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