May 2009

• Apex Court’s Welcome Step
  2 June 2009, by SC
  While the stand-off between the Congress and DMK on portfolio allocation and the number of berths the Tamil Nadu ruling party would have in the Union Cabinet has ended with an amicable settlement and the Council of Ministers’ expansion is due on  (...)
• Devouring Tiger: Marauding Tiger?
  2 June 2009, by Apratim Mukarji
  Velupillai Prabhakaran died the way he lived, by the bullet. The tiger of violence that he chose to ride at a young age finally devoured him. The nearly 26-year-old civil war in Sri Lanka has ended as was anticipated for sometime. Ideally, it is  (...)
• Lok Sabha Poll 2009: UPA Returns to Power
  2 June 2009, by Kamala Prasad
  The election to the 15th Lok Sabha has thrown up some surprises. Predictions have been proved unrealistic. It is time to put the outcomes in perspective.
  The leader of the winning coalition has called the outcome “historic†. Manmohan  (...)
• Election Results: Some Reflections
  2 June 2009, by Amitava Mukherjee
  As expected, the results of the Lok Sabha election have led to revolts against Prakash Karat and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee within the CPM as well as the Left Front. Although the CPM leadership tried to put up a smart face, yet the chasm was too  (...)
• The Keshpur Line
  2 June 2009, by Meher Engineer
  Here is a “Result Declared†. It is taken from the website of the Election Commission of India. ; S.No.; Name; Party; Votes; 1; GURUDAS DASGUPTA; CPI; 625923; 2; NARAYAN CHANDRA SAMAT; BSP; 12065; 3; NURE ALAM CHOWDHURY; AITC; 478739; 4; MATILAL  (...)
• Grassroots Issues and Elections
  2 June 2009, by Bharat Dogra
  At a time when there is widespread concern over the neglect of grassroots issues in the election campaign, efforts of activists to secure the commitment of (generally) reluctant politicians for protection of livelihoods and environment deserve  (...)
• Twenty Years After
  2 June 2009, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  In the sultry summer morning of May 27, 1964, when Jawaharlal Nehru left the land of his birth and its people whose affection he earned in abundance, nobody in this wide world of India had any idea how this country would look twenty years later,  (...)
• Jawaharlal Nehru : excerpts from his speeches and writings
  2 June 2009
  [( On May 27 this year falls the 45th death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. On this occasion we are carrying some relevant excerpts from his speeches and writings for the benefit of our readers. We are also reproducing a speech by our former  (...)
• Nehru, the Parliamentarian
  2 June 2009, by R Venkataraman
  It is a privilege for me to address this distinguished gathering of parliamentarians, authors, scholars and journalists, assembled here today to honour our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 96th birth anniversary. A little over  (...)
• Nehru and Non-alignment
  2 June 2009, by P.V. Narasimha Rao
  We are presently celebrating the birth centenary of Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the greatest sons of India. He was a multi-faceted personality. He was first and foremost a patriot, a great freedom fighter who bravely faced personal privation  (...)

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