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Clean JP versus Corrupt Dynasty
7 November 2012, by Kuldip NayarRvolutionaries have a short span of fame. They are forgotten sooner than their length of struggle and sacrifice has lasted. Mahatma Gandhi, who ousted the British rule, is mostly remembered because of the Indian currency notes which carry his (...) -
The Right to Privacy Does Not Mean the Right to Do Wrong in Private
7 November 2012, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
The bad news is that there seems to be no end to the plundering of India. Sign any deal, there is kickback. Auction any resource, there is quid pro quo. Spot any stretch of land, there is hanky-panky. Worse, where there is (...) -
After Fifty Years
31 October 2012, by SCFifty years have passed since the troops of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), under the directive of Chairman Mao Zedong and his colleagues in the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) leadership in Beijing, crossed our frontier in the north-east in (...) -
Agreement between the Ministry of Rural
Development (GOI) and Jan Satyagraha
31 October 2012DOCUMENT ON LAND REFORMS
1. National Land Reforms Policy: While land reforms is clearly a State subject under the Constitution, the MoRD acknowledges that a National Land Reforms Policy announced by the Central Government could have its own (...) -
On Malala and Our ‘Malalas’
31 October 2012, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Malala … what a lovely name. And with that her very spirit, her grit. Her beautiful eyes and that innocence writ large. For minutes at a stretch I’d sat staring at her well-featured face, and then took to reading and re-reading those (...) -
World Food Day and We, the People, Resolve
31 October 2012by SOHEB LOKHANDWALA
“To those who are hungry, God is bread,” is what Mahatma Gandhi said before independence (1946). Now the question is whether it is valid even after 65 years of our freedom. Unfortunately, the answer is in the affirmative (...) -
Heralding Irreversibility of the ‘Twentyfirst Century Socialism’ Project
31 October 2012HUGO CHAVEZ’S VICTORY IN VENEZUELA
by SRINIVASAN RAMANI
Nullifying the dire projections from the Western media about a possible end to the Hugo Chavez’s presidency in Venezuela, the leader of the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) (...) -
Some Thoughts on the Syed Kazmi Case
31 October 2012, by Mukul DubeSyed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi, an Indian journalist who lived in Delhi and had worked with the Iranian news agency IRNA since 1988, was picked up by the police in the forenoon of March 6, 2012. The time of arrest was, however, recorded as 8.30 pm. (...) -
The Jingle of Coins
31 October 2012, by Kuldip NayarMEDIA
What the New Yorker, an American fortnightly, has told about the Jain brothers, Samir and Vineet, presiding over The Times of India group, has been known to most. The contribution by the New Yorker is that it has nailed the doubts and (...) -
Chinese Attack and CPI
31 October 2012, by Mohit SenOn the occasion of the Chinese aggression’s fiftieth auniversary this month we are continuing to publish and reproduce relevant articles on the subject.
The Chinese pinpricks on the border continued all the time. The Indian posts were also moved (...)
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