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May 2009
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Is Nehru Coming Back?
2 June 2009, by Girish MishraLooking at the ongoing worldwide economic crisis and serious attempts at exploring ways and means to overcome it now and prevent it from recurring in the future, the return of the Nehruvian approach seems to be a strong probability. Jawaharlal (...) -
Collapse of Leftist Front
2 June 2009, by Balraj PuriThe election to the fifteenth Lok Sabha is a landmark in the politics of India in more than one sense. Each of its aspects is being discussed or will be discussed by political analysts. In particular, the contribution of Dr Manmohan Singh’s (...) -
Why Fool Yourselves?
2 June 2009, by Ashok MitraIn a country where three-quarters of the population are poor by any criterion, and at least one-quarter live below the level of subsistence, the Left cannot but be acutely relevant. What is perhaps of equal relevance is an adequate parliamentary (...) -
Unfair Representation to Fair Sex in Lok Sabha from Haryana
2 June 2009, by Ranbir SinghAlthough women had made a significant contribution in the development of Haryana during the period 1966-1977 through their role in the Green and the White Revolutions, they failed to enter the Lok Sabha from the State in the 1967 and 1971 (...) -
Multiculturalism and Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience
2 June 2009, by Indrajeet SinghThe decade of the 1999s witnessed a major transformation in the political and social realm of the Indian society. The Indian state changed its strategy. It took steps towards a more liberal state. Now India is a market-oriented society. The (...) -
Verdict 2009 Interpretations: What Lies Ahead?
2 June 2009, by Amna MirzaAs we sit to ponder about the verdict of the Lok Sabha Election 2009, a tough battlefield lies ahead for the churnings in the Indian political domain. For the Congress, there seems to be no room for complacency that it has performed in a (...) -
Crushing Democracy in Myanmar
2 June 2009, by Loveleen KaurAung San Suu Kyi is a living symbol of democracy and hope in Myanmar. In the last two decades the military junta has kept her under house arrest for more than thirteen long years. At a time when she was about to be released after completing her (...) -
Alchemist (in Memory of fellow-activist Smitu Kothari)
2 June 2009, by Sagari ChhabraA blind turtle
from the depths
of the ocean floor
finds its way
to the surface;
its mouth aquiver
searching for the
golden lasso—
the shadow of
the crescent moon.
So hard, they say,
to get human life.
But in this
short span,
you diffused the (...) -
Bargain
2 June 2009, by Khurshid AlamI’ve seen
many men of lesser quality
rise upwards
and have immense influence
on the people around
and many others of best quality
fall down
under the excuse of recession
when job is badly appraised
and responsibility blindly assessed
and salary (...) -
Election 2009 : The People For Ever
23 May 2009, by SCFive years ago, on May 13, 2004, it was written in these columns under the same heading “The People For Ever” following the results of the 14th Lok Sabha polls:
One of the famous poems of poet Bishnu Dey translated into English from the original (...)