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Bangladesh: Before Accusing Sheikh Hasina Government Need for a Close Look at Yunus’ Grameen Bank
8 April 2011, by Amitava MukherjeeIt is difficult to predict what denouement the spat between the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh Government and Mohammed Yunus, the Noble Laureate, would ultimately reach but it has undoubtedly brought to the fore many pitfalls of the micro-credit (...) -
Taming the “Wild West” of Microfinance
8 April 2011, by Kavaljit SinghThe recent suicides by over 60 poor borrowers in the State of Andhra Pradesh have brought the operations of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) under public scrutiny. It is well documented by both print and electronic media that these (...) -
Retelling the Rajarhat Story
8 April 2011, by Arup Kumar SenThe Land and Land Reforms Department of the Government of West Bengal first issued Section 4 (of the Land Acquisition Act 1894) in 1995 to acquire 21 moujas for the Left Front’s flagship project, the Rajarhat Satellite Township. Already, 2421 (...) -
On Dealing with Nuclear North Korea
8 April 2011, by Ninan Koshy“I was stunned by the sight of 2000 centrifuges in two cascade halls and an ultramodern control room. But it was not until the long drive back to Pyongyang that the political implications of these findings hit me. It will be more important than (...) -
Muslims’ Trauma in India Today
8 April 2011, by Humra QuraishiI have before me this recently released volume titled—What It Means To Be A Muslim In India Today. Published by ANHAD, this report is based on two important meets—a national meet on the status of Muslims in contemporary India which was held in New (...) -
Governance and the Armed Forces
8 April 2011, by S G Vombatkere“Indian Army, Rape Us”
The naked protest by women in Imphal, Manipur, on July 19, 2004, in front of the Assam Rifles Headquarters was in righteous protest against the custodial rape and murder of Thanjiam Manorama allegedly by Assam Rifles (...) -
Last Days of the LTTE: India’s Dubious Role
8 April 2011, by Apratim MukarjiWell before the last days of the civil war in Sri Lanka had begun to be counted, it was clear to the world at large that the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government was determined to pursue its military campaign single-mindedly to its logical conclusion, (...) -
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister
8 April 2011by Shobha Aggarwal
Respected Sir,
In December 2005 your good-self had launched the flagship scheme, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), with the stated objective of urban development. The policy document clearly enunciates (...) -
Ideal and Waste: Char Adhyay Reread
8 April 2011, by Amiya DevThis article was sent to us quite sometime ago but it could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. It is now being published since next month will fall Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
We know that Châr Adhyây (Four (...) -
How the RSS Dreads the Terror Tag
8 April 2011, by Subhash GatadeMR BHAGWAT, IT’S TIME FOR AN APOLOGY!
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Ram Madhav, the bispectacled (ex-) spokes-person of the RSS, is not known for his sense of humour.
It is a different matter that some of the media people just could not control their smiles when sometime (...)
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