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Other Dimensions of the Women’s Reservation Bill
24 April 2010, by Syed ShahabuddinThe continuing debate on the proposed reservation for women in legislatures through a constitutional amendment has raised much froth and fury on both sides of the political fence but has left out many conceptual, constitutional and social (...) -
Women’s Reservation Bill
24 April 2010, by Vijay KumarThe 108th Amendment of the Constitution, better known as the Women’s Reservation Bill mandating one-third reservation in favour of women, avowedly for ensuring their adequate representation in highest legislative/ deliberating body at (...) -
Experiencing the Indian Democratic State
24 April 2010, by Suranjita RayInstitutional Democracy
A conceptual understanding of the democratic state often distinguishes it from other forms of non-democratic/absolutist/feudal aristocracy institutions. By displacing monarchical sovereignty with popular sovereignty (...) -
Women and the Indian Political Process
24 April 2010, by Bharti ChhibberThe crux of democracy lies with the people. Participation of the people grants legitimacy to the government. Though women form a sizable part of India’s population, their political representation and participation is definitely below the mark. (...) -
Women’s Reservation Bill and Gender Justice
24 April 2010, by Nisha JainThe passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha is surely a historic and giant step and assumes significance due to the prevalent gender discrimination and increasing marginalisation of women on the one hand and their (...) -
The Communist Rishi
24 April 2010, by Nikhil ChakravarttyOn May 19 passed away a man in Madras about whom fulsome obituaries have been written, and condolence messages conveyed; the funeral procession wended its way through the dusty streets of Vijayawada, the city which in the past was one of the (...) -
China’s Policy towards Non-Military Threats
24 April 2010, by Simi ThambiA nation’s security is no longer the “traditional national defence” but has economic, environmental, and human dimensions as well. All three dimensions are often subsumed under the rubric of “comprehensive security”, a new umbrella concept that grew (...) -
Dialectical Advance of China in International Relations: An Overview
24 April 2010, by Arshi KhanThe trend and pattern of international relations, which is in transition, seems to be following a kind of ‘dialectical advance’ in the direction of unfolding itself due to inherent conflicts and oppositions. This dialectical process as a natural (...) -
Muslims and the Half-won Battle for Social Justice
24 April 2010, by Harish S. WankhedeThe recent Supreme Court judgment, which permitted the Andhra Pradesh Government to provide four per cent reservation quota for socially and economically backward groups among the Muslims in jobs and educational institutions, is a commendable (...) -
South Block’s Predicament: Stranded in Afghanistan and Marginalised in the Region
24 April 2010, by Mansoor AliNational Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon went to Kabul a week after the terror attack on a small hotel housing mainly Indians, ostensibly to beef up security arrangements in the Afghan capital. While this was clearly one of the main tasks of (...)
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