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As Egos Clashed in India, China Won: The Untold Story is Told Again
21 November 2012, by T J S GeorgeWho were the guilty men of India’s China war? This year, for the first time, the Defence Ministry paid homage to the soldiers who perished in that horror 50 years ago. But official reluctance to face facts continues. The Hender-son-Brooks inquiry (...) -
Mao made the Blueprint for Chinese Aggression of 1962
21 November 2012, by Sankar RayHowsoever absurd and tendentious it may seem to top official Communists from the CPI-M to Maoists and their fellow-travellers, the strategy for invading India on October 20 was finalised at the Tenth Plenum of the Eighth Central Committee of the (...) -
Tribute to Paul Kurtz - Secular Humanist Philosopher
21 November 2012TRIBUTE
by Ravela Somayya
The sudden death of Dr Paul Kurtz on October 20 in the USA at the age of 86 is a great loss to the world humanist movement. He was a renowned philosopher and founder editor of the Free Inquiry magazine. He was the (...) -
Judiciary as Reliance Gift Horse
21 November 2012by Sandhya Jain
While appreciating India Against Corruption’s putting the spotlight on Reliance Industries, its face-off with the CAG and reputed role in the exit of Jaipal Reddy from the Petroleum Ministry, the author would like to point out (...) -
Inviting Multinationals: Need for Introspection by Senior Congress Leaders
21 November 2012, by Bharat DograAt the November 4 rally the Congress re-affirmed its strong commitment to outlining an agenda of so-called ‘economic reforms’ led by the growing inroads of multinational companies and foreign investment in retail trade and other critical areas of (...) -
Destroying the Edifice
7 November 2012, by SCThe PM’s major reshuffle of the Union Cabinet and Council of Ministers has raised more dust and generated a bigger storm than what he had bargained for. The two most significant developments in this reshuffle were the promotion of Salman Khurshid (...) -
Remembering Indira Gandhi Today
7 November 2012, by Sumit ChakravarttyOctober 31 this year marked the twentyeighth anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s assassination. On this occasion we are carrying the following excerpts from an article published in this journal’s October 31, 2009 issue.
“The ‘Indira hatred’ slogan of her (...) -
Washington’s Pakistan Meltdown
7 November 2012, by Dilip HiroDilip Hiro, a South Asia expert, is the author of 33 books, the most recent being Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia (Yale University Press, New Haven and London). He contributes regularly for TomDispatch. The following article is being (...) -
The Coming Famine In India
7 November 2012[(Dr Binayak Sen, an internationally renowned medical practitioner and social activist (a leading figure in the People’s Union for Civil Liberties), was incarcerated in Chhattisgarh and held in detention in Raipur having been branded as a Maoist (...) -
An Appeal for Legal Help
7 November 2012Dr Sunilam (ex-MLA) has been a consistent fighter for the cause of farmers for the last several years. He and two of his colleagues, Shesh Rao Suryavanshi and Prahalad Aggarwal, of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti have been sentenced to life (...)
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