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July 2009
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Iran: Rafsanjani’s Gambit Backfires
7 July 2009, by M K BhadrakumarIranian politics is never easy to decode. The maelstrom around the June 12 presidential election intrigued most avid cryptographers scanning Iranian codes. So many false trails appeared that it became difficult to decipher who the real (...) -
Indians Down Under
7 July 2009, by Badri RainaThe Kangaroos have been behaving badly. Hopping mad, you might say.
This time not on the cricket field, but on the streets, and inside Indian homes and hostel rooms down under.
A number of Indian students studying at Aussie (...) -
Marxism in India: Need for Total Rectification
7 July 2009, by Bipan ChandraThe following article was published in Seminar in June 1974. In view of its relevance at this juncture it is being reproduced with due acknowledgement and the permission of the author, the distinguished historian and Professor Emeritus, (...) -
China : Who’s Counter-revolutionary?
7 July 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttySometime ago, I was attending an interesting discussion on the subject of a national alternative. The discussion concentrated largely on the basic approach to the malaise of the present order, and was bereft of the excitement of a (...) -
Limits of Growth-centric Approach in Targeting Poverty and Inequality
7 July 2009, by Satyaki RoyBook Review
High growth, Rising Inequalities, Worsening Poverty: India’s ‘Development’ Experience by Kamala Nayan Kabra; Books for Change; 2008; pp. 130; Rs 190.
The disconnect between high growth and poverty reduction in India is precisely (...) -
Internationalisation of the Arctic: A Move Fraught with Dangers
7 July 2009, by Benjamin ToddOn April 29 this year the eight Arctic Council Ministers signed the Tromso Declaration, The Declaration is a guideline for the work in the Arctic Council in the next two years.
The Arctic Council has been meeting at the Foreign Ministers (...)