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Change in India’s Stance Towards SCO: The Rise and Rise of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
1 June 2010, by Ash Narain RoyFor long India remained indifferent to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). New Delhi’s position towards the Organisation was at best ambivalent. Now that this regional grouping has acquired strength and muscle, India is showing a keen (...) -
UPA’s Report Card
25 May 2010, by SCThe ruling coalition—UPA-II—has completed one year in office. If one takes UPA-I and UPA-II together, this month the United Progressive Alliance, led by Sonia Gandhi with Dr Manmohan Singh as the head of government, completes six years. (...) -
Peace Now in Tribal Areas Open Letter to President of India
25 May 2010, by B.D. SharmaDear President,
I, with my life-long association with tribal affairs, beginning with the troublesome days in Bastar (1968) and having the privilege of being the last Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (1986-1991), am (...) -
Why Afzal Must Not Be Hanged
25 May 2010, by Nandita HaksarAll day I have been getting calls from television channels asking me for a bite on the Afzal case. I have refused. Whatever I wanted to say has been written in my book Framing Geelani, Hanging Afzal: Patriotism in the Time of Terror.
The (...) -
Maoism in the Mainstream
25 May 2010, by Ajay K. MehraEven as ’Operation Green Hunt’ is trekking a bumpy road to taming the Maoist challenge, the emerging trends indicate, though retaining their violent identity, the politics of the gun is being increasingly mainstreamed into India’s political culture (...) -
Civil Society’s Call for Immediate Cessation of Hostilities and Dialogue
25 May 2010We, the undersigned, welcome the public statement of Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party, that the extreme neglect of the tribal areas is at the root of the present crisis in those regions. We hope that this appreciation of the (...) -
Understanding the Present State of Globalisation
25 May 2010, by Amna MirzaBOOK REVIEW
Socio-Cultural Diversities and Globalisation: Issues and Perspectives edited by S.R. Mehta; Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla; pages 364; price: Rs 595.
In recent times, globalisation—the process (...) -
Why we Won’t Learn from New York
25 May 2010, by T J S GeorgeThe world will applaud the way America defeated the New York bombing attempt.
Luck, of course, plays a part in such matters. But in this case no one can deny the skill and professionalism with which the investigators proceeded until they got (...) -
The Panj Pyaras of Manu
25 May 2010, by M.N. BuchMy Gita, Bible, Quran, Guru Granth Saheb in all temporal affairs is the Constitution of India. This Basic Law, parts of which cannot be amended as per a landmark ruling of the Supreme Court in the Keshvanand Bharti case, binds all Indians to (...) -
Offloading Some Ironies
25 May 2010, by Humra QuraishiSitting in the midst of this unbearable heat, let me offload some of those ironies that hit and continue to hit. Last week’s stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station is one of those offshoots of complete mismanagement, coupled with two (...)
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