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Good Values
24 October 2012, by Badri RainaAnjali Damania, the anti-corruption volunteer, is the daughter of an RSS worker of long, and brought up to believe in the values of clean and patriotic conduct. Such are the facts she has revealed in her long sms sent to Shri Nitin Gadkari, the (...) -
Protecting Tribal Land and Livelihood: Tribal Minister’s New Initiative
24 October 2012, by Bharat DograRecently the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Panchayat Raj, V. Kishore Chandra Deo, created a stir by asking the Andhra Pradesh Government to cancel the lease of seven bauxite mines in Visakhapatnam to protect the land rights and (...) -
Political Culture of Engaging with the State
24 October 2012, by Suranjita RayIndia has a rich history of political culture to engage with the state. The transition from a colonial hegemonic state to a post-colonial, non-hegemonic, democratic and decentralised state that claims to be increasingly citizen-friendly, needs (...) -
Russia Bridges Middle Eastern Divides
24 October 2012, by M K BhadrakumarA multi-billion dollar arms deal with Iraq, a summit meeting with Turkey, a fence-mending exercise with Saudi Arabia, a debut with Egypt’s Sphinx-like Muslim Brothers—all this is slated to happen within the period of a turbulent month in the (...) -
What Invasion has Shown Up • Need for World Publicity
24 October 2012, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
October 20 this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Chinese aggression on India. On this occasion we are carrying N.C.’s ‘New Delhi Skyline’ published in Mainstream seven days after the invasion.
A fresh appraisal of (...) -
Looking Back on History: Fifty Years after the Chinese Aggression
24 October 2012, by Barun Das GuptaOn October 20, 1962, the Chinese Army launched a full-fledged aggression—there is no point in trying to dilute that hard fact by saying it was a mere ‘border war’—against India. This year, 2012, marks half-a-century of that event when India was (...) -
The 1962 War
24 October 2012, by Kuldip NayarThe India-China war in 1962 is 50 years old. Yet the question that remains unanswered is whether it was a military debacle or a political hara-kiri. It is true that our defence forces were vanquished and got a thorough beating. But are they to (...) -
Background to the Chinese Invasion
24 October 2012DOCUMENT
The following is a factual background to the large-scale Chinese invasion that took place in September-October 1962. It was released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)’s External Publicity Division around that time fifty years (...) -
Reflections on Nehru and Sino-Indian War
24 October 2012, by Amitava MukherjeeAFTER FIFTY YEARS
Even fifty years after the India-China war of 1962, balanced and dispassionate analysis of the event is hard to come across. While the Chinese side of the story is available in plenty there is a strange and inexplicable (...) -
National Emergency arising out of Chinese Aggression
24 October 2012The following is the full text of the resolution adopted at the first mee;ting of the CPI National Council after the Chinese aggression. Thiis meeting took place in New Delhi on November 1, 1962.
The National Council of the Communist Party of (...)
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