July 2009

• Adivasi: A Contentious Term to denote Tribes as Indigenous Peoples of India
  27 July 2009, by J.J. Roy Burman
  In India the term ‘Adivasi’ has gained immense popularity in the last few decades to identify the tribes. This term is more commonly brought to use by the NGO circles and activists of the ‘mainstream’ or ‘mainland’ India. The term has also  (...)
• Respond to the MPs’ Legitimate Concerns
  27 July 2009, by SC
  While the sordid drama involving two women politicians—UPCM Mayawati and UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi—continues to animate the political scene of not only Lucknow but New Delhi as well once again focusing attention on the growing alienation of  (...)
• Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa’s “Final Resolution†of the Tamil Problem and India’s Options
  27 July 2009, by M K Bhadrakumar
  The death of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, circa May 18, 2009 remains an enigma wrapped in mystery. The exact details of what happened, we may never know. Things have never been what they appeared on  (...)
• Indo-Sri Lankan Economic Cooperation: Contemporary Scenario
  27 July 2009, by Bharti Chhibber
  With the end of civil war in Sri Lanka and the defeat of the LTTE, a frictional chapter in Indo- Sri Lankan history has come to an end. It is time for India and Sri Lanka to start a new chapter with renewed vigour and vitality by rigorous  (...)
• Remembering Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
  27 July 2009, by Pankaj Naithani
  This article reached us before June 29, Prof Mahalanobis’ birthday, but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons.
  Various statistical activities, such as crop-cutting surveys, socio-economic surveys, economic census, agriculture  (...)
• The Poison in Bangladesh Polity
  27 July 2009, by J Sri Raman
  Was Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed fed poisoned food while in detention during 2007-08? The question should be a matter of concern not for reasons of her health alone and not only for the country that gave her a landslide election  (...)
• Dissecting the Agrarian Crisis in Punjab
  27 July 2009, by Rajiv Kumar
  BOOK REVIEW
  Rural Development in Punjab: A Success Story Going Astray by Autar S. Dhesi and Gurmail Singh (eds.); Routledge, New Delhi; 2008.
  There was a forecast of starvation in India during the 1960s due to food deficit. As a response to  (...)
• Prospect from Simla
  27 July 2009, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  From N.C.’s Writings
  This month marked the 37th anniversary of the Simla Summit. On this occasion, we reproduce the following piece by N.C. in ‘Editor’s Notebook’ (Mainstream, July 8, 1972). This needs to be read in the context of the just  (...)
• Obama’s Visit to Russia in Retrospect
  27 July 2009, by S Nihal Singh
  The short point to US President Barack Obama’s first visit to Russia in his new avatar is that he forgot to reset the button before leaving Washington. To say “forgot†is to indulge in euphemism because the American foreign policy-making elite has  (...)
• Armageddon and After
  27 July 2009, by N A Karim
  The CPM will never be the same after the disastrous Delhi decision of the Central leadership on July 12, 2009.
  The long awaited final decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party-Marxist on that day after prolonged discussions  (...)

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