EDITORIAL
Last Sunday (November 9) PM Narendra Modi carried out the first expansion of his Cabinet after being sworn in six months ago.
By making Goa CM Manohar Parrikar a full-time Defence Minister he has sought to rectify the imbalance evident (...)
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More than a Streak of Authoritarianism
16 November 2014, by SC -
A Wide Gap yawns between the BJP and Congress
16 November 2014, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
In the midst of all the churnings that are transforming India’s political space, no one is talking about the Communist Parties. Obviously no one cares. The decline and fall of this once promising movement has been so steady and so (...) -
Icons of the National Movement
16 November 2014, by Kuldip NayarPandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh- bhai Patel are the two icons of the freedom movement. One was Left-of-the-Centre and the other Right-of-the-Centre but they sank their ideological differences to win freedom.
After independence, the (...) -
Communal Harmony And Deep Concern For The Poor: Basic Heritage of the Freedom Struggle
16 November 2014, by Bharat DograOne of the most inspiring aspects of India’s freedom movement was that it emphasised many-sided constructive activities for creating a better society. While many significant concerns were emphasised, the two most basic concerns were—harmony of (...) -
BJP Brooms and Communal Riots
16 November 2014, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
Is there a broom that can brush aide the suffocating-polluting air around! The atmosphere in this Capital city is so poisonous that most of us are either coughing or sneezing or wheezing or sitting completely sick! Sick and tired of (...) -
G-20: Reviving the Call for a Global Financial Transaction Tax
16 November 2014, by Kavaljit SinghThe G-20 Leaders’ Summit will take place on November 15 and 16 in Brisbane, Australia. The Summit is expected to discuss a wide range of global policy issues and challenges from corruption to taxation to employment to financial regulation to (...) -
Nehru for Today
16 November 2014On the occasion of Jawaharlal Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary on Novermber 14, we are remembering our first PM by reproducing his following words that are highly relevant in the present situation. Thereafter we are, besides reproducing an (...) -
Meaning of Agni
16 November 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The week, that marked the twentyfifth anni-versary of the passing away of Jawaharlal Nehru —on May 22, 1989, India projected a political image of its strength and determination before the world which no amount of borrowed (...) -
Reclaiming Nehru’s Legacy
16 November 2014by Sucheta Mahajan
On the eve of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, it is time to pause and recall some aspects of his contribution to the freedom struggle and the transition to a modern, independent India. He was the (...) -
Nehru and Planning in India
16 November 2014, by Girish MishraIn 1937, the Congress formed Ministries in seven provinces under the Government of India Act of 1935. The massive vote received by the Indian National Congress even under a restricted franchise system aroused new expectations and imparted it (...)
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