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Eyeless in New Delhi
19 April 2010, by SCPrime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit offered him an opportunity during his meeting with the US head of state to raise India’s concerns in the wake of the latest Afpak policy framed by President (...) -
Rethink Counter-Maoist Strategy
19 April 2010, by Digvijay SinghThe recent incident in Dantewada wherein the Maoists killed 76 CRPF jawans has triggered a heated debate about the establishment on one side and the Naxalites on the other. One section calls for strong action against the Naxalites, even calling (...) -
Judiciary at the Crossroad—Some Posers
19 April 2010, by Rajindar SacharThe judiciary, though one of the three wings of the sovereignty, is considered to be the weakest by the public even if in the constitutional scheme it should be the strongest. But this downgrading unfortunately is brought about by self-inflicted (...) -
Untouchable Ambedkar—the Saga of his Discrimination in America
19 April 2010, by A K BiswasThe 119th birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar has been observed on April 14 this year. On this occasion we offer our sincere homage to that towering personality by publishing the following article and a piece that N.C. wrote (...) -
Honouring Ambedkar
19 April 2010, by Nikhil ChakravarttyThe award of the Bharat Ratna posthumously on B.R. Ambedkar raises mixed feelings. No doubt Ambedkar was one of the stalwarts of modern India; the high-water mark of his career was that he contributed most to the drafting of the Indian (...) -
Suppression Won’t Work, Caring May
19 April 2010, by T J S GeorgeLet us say P. Chidambaram has his way. Crack Army battalions are ordered into the forests of the Naxal-tribal belt. A formidable arsenal of weapons short of the nuclear are pressed into service. The Air Force, despite its better judgment, is (...) -
Fighting Naxalism the Democratic Way
19 April 2010, by Mahi Pal SinghSince the biggest incident of massacre of 76 CRPF personnel by the Maoists at Dantewada, Chhattisgarh on April 6, 2010 heated debates have been taking place in the media about how to tackle the menace of Naxalite/Maoist violence in the country. (...) -
The Challenge of the Maoists
19 April 2010, by Surendra MohanThe Maoists have got entrenched in the forested areas inhabited mainly by the Scheduled Tribes in the mineral rich areas of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Although the Naxalite movement had started in 1967 when the CPI-M adopted the (...) -
Stop Operation Green Hunt, Start Dialogue with the Local People
19 April 2010Interim Observations of the Jury of Independent People’s Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt
The Independent People’s Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt (organised by a (...) -
Statement following April 6 incident at Dantewada
19 April 2010We condemn in no uncertain terms the killing of more than 70 CRPF personnel by the Maoists in the Makrana Forests of Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on April 6. We also condemn the killing of more than a hundred tribal villagers by the security forces (...)
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