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Tragedy of Culture in Indian Anthropology
15 March 2011, by J.J. Roy BurmanAnthropologists the world over have devoted quite a bit of attention to cultures of ‘Primitive Men’ as exotic elements and romanticised them. In India not only the cultures of the tribes but even that of general society has been romantically put (...) -
Unimpressive and Mired in Controversy
21 February 2011, by SCWithin a day of the PM’s televised interaction with editors of TV channels the Union Government has annulled the contract which Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), had entered into with Devas Multimedia in (...) -
Civilisational Cairo versus Fools
21 February 2011, by T J S GeorgeCairo has a distinction other ancient, continuous-civilisation cities like Damascus, Baghdad and Varanasi have never had: It is the heart-beat of pan-Arab culture, its influence stretching for beyond its national boundries. Egyptian novelist (...) -
People’s Power
21 February 2011, by Shree Shankar SharanThe world has been charmed by the exercise and display of people’s power in Egypt. It all started in Tunisia over a common man setting himself aflame because of the callousness of authorities setting off huge demonstrations ending with the (...) -
Bliss was it in that Dawn!
21 February 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
In the wake of the memorable mass upsurge in Egypt we reproduce the following piece by N.C. on a similar uprising in China in 1989—it was published on May 27, 1989 precisely a week before the massive student movement in (...) -
A Zillion Brilliant Blooms of Tahrir: Egypt’s Tryst with Destiny
21 February 2011by Rajarshi Mitra
Egypt is magic, the land of stories, memories, and the exotic. She never failed to mesmerise the world, and as the present shows, she continues to. Observing and admiring, like the world is, I was reminded of Shakespeare’s (...) -
Come to Tahrir Square
21 February 2011, by Suhas BorkerCome to Tahrir Square
Be the eye of the peaceful revolution
Here are the makeshift memorials to the martyrs
Where hundreds and thousands stood their valiant ground
See moral courage pitted against insolent might
See mounted thugs—sent to beat, (...) -
Dawn of Democracy in the Islamic West
21 February 2011, by N A KarimIn the heyday of Islam the region of North and North West Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and Egypt comprising the coastal plain and Atlas Mountains of Morocco together with Algeria and Tunisia and Spain across Strait of Gibraltar formed the (...) -
Manmohan a Role Model, but as PM Can Never be Above Suspicion
21 February 2011, by Diptendra Raychaudhuri“I sincerely believe that like Caesar’s wife, the Prime Minister should be above suspicion and it is for this reason that I am prepared to appear before the PAC even though there is no precedent to that effect.”
—Manmohan Singh at the plenary (...) -
India and the Washington Consensus
21 February 2011, by Girish MishraEver since 1967, the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture has been organised almost every year in the month of November at Teen Murti House by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.
The latest lecture was delivered by Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz of the (...)
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