The Congress should see the message that stands out in the form of the Assembly election results, on the portents it holds.
Addressing the media on March 7, a day after the results of the five Assembly elections were announced, Congress (...)
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The Writing on the Wall
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Time for Kashmir Solution
2 April 2012, by Kuldip NayarThere was a time when any statement on Kashmir, either by the Prime Minister of India or that of Pakistan, used to create rumpus. Politicians and the media on both sides would dwell on for several days on what a particular remark tried to (...) -
Union Budget 2012-13: The Well-to-do Must Tighten their Belts
2 April 2012by PANNALAL SURANA
“Great burden put on the people”—was the shrill cry of the electronic media after the Budget for 2012-13 was presented to Parliament. And what was repeated umpteen times? The A/c travel has become costlier, cigarettes, drinks, (...) -
Dimensions of Sri Lanka Crisis
2 April 2012, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
The searing experience of genocidal attack on a whole minority group in neighbouring Sri Lanka has naturally sent shock waves throughout India. It would be wrong and invidious to regard it as a matter of emotional upsetting (...) -
Stop Human Rights Violations, Adopt Practical Steps to Meaningful Reconciliation
2 April 2012DOCUMENT
The following is a Joint Statement of Sri Lankan intellectuals, mobilised under the aegis of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, issued on February 17, 2012. It could not be used earlier for unavoidable reasons.
Several valuable (...) -
Need for a National Legislation for Journalists’ Protection
2 April 2012, by Prabhakar KulkarniPress freedom in our country is not a special privilege of journalists. It is the general principle of freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution for all citizens that is being enjoyed by journalists as citizens. In the absence of any (...) -
India’s Public Debt Explosion: Heading Towards Bankruptcy
2 April 2012, by B P MathurThe huge public debt the Western countries have accumulated, has created an economic crisis and threatens their standard of living. Daniel Gross, the economic editor of Yahoo Finance, writing in Newsweek (Special Issue 2011) says: ‘Until now (...) -
Russia Nudges Syria to Move On
2 April 2012, by M K BhadrakumarThe United Nations Security Council statement on Syria on March 21 marks a turning point. The unanimity of opinion over the year-long crisis in Syria is appearing for the first time; why and how this happened needs to be understood. Russia (...) -
Inside Free Bangladesh: Pilgrimage to Tagore’s Hermitage
2 April 2012, by Sumit Chakravartty[The following article appeared forty years ago in Mainstream (January 15, 1972). It is being reproduced after forty years to mark the fortieth anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence on December 16, 1971 and the fortyfirst anniversary of Sheikh (...) -
Three letters in response to Ather Farouqi’s ’Islamic Banking in India at the Service of Pan-Islamists’
2 April 2012COMMUNICATIONS
Investors are Exposed and Exploited
Apropos the commentary on Islamic banking entitled ‘Islamic Banking in India at the Service of Pan-Islamists’ in Mainstream (March 3, 2012), let me say that the proponents of Islamic banking are (...)
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