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The results of the State Assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra have doubtless highlighted the fact that the Modi wave, that ensured a spectacular outcome for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls (it won absolute majority on its own (...)
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Assembly Poll Outcome: The Grim Reality
24 October 2014, by SC -
Whither Congress?
24 October 2014, by Kuldip NayarThe defeat of the Congress in Haryana and Maharashtra in State elections does not come as a surprise. This was expected. Those who have followed the political developments since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections had inferred that the party was a (...) -
BJP’s Volte Face on Black Money
24 October 2014, by Barun Das GuptaIt is becoming clearer by the day that the Congress and BJP are the obverse and reverse of the same neo-liberal coin. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s latest statement that the identity of those Indians who have stashed away billions of dollars (...) -
Jan Dhan Yojana: Ambitious but Ambiguous Plan
24 October 2014, by Kavaljit SinghThe Jan Dhan Yojana (People’s Wealth Plan)—an ambitious financial inclusion programe—was launched amid much fanfare in India on August 28, 2014. The initial target of the Jan Dhan Yojana is to cover 75 million unbanked households by January 26, (...) -
India-China: Reflections on 1962
24 October 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
This week, thirty years ago, the Chinese Army had mounted a full-scale military attack along the entire length of our northern border. For three years previous to that there were occasional clashes, accompanied by angry (...) -
Modi’s Japan Visit and Reactions in the Chinese Media
24 October 2014, by Gunjan SinghThe interactions between India and China are viewed with a very keen interest by the international community. The domestic politics and leadership transitions in these countries are also events of great interest for the world. India and China (...) -
Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future
24 October 2014, by M K BhadrakumarAfghanistan has witnessed two major events in the most recent weeks. One is the assumption of office by Ashraf Ghani as the next President of the country, succeeding Hamid Karzai. The second has been the signing of the two “back-to-back” security (...) -
Secular Forces at Crossroads
24 October 2014by Arun Srivastava
The secular alliance of the RJD, JD(U) and Congress no doubt has checkmated the BJP’s juggernaut in Bihar and managed to send a strong message to Narendra Modi that his efforts to work out a new kind of social engineering (...) -
Was Pakistan testing Modi? ISI’s Foolishness subverts Collective Progress awaiting South Asia
24 October 2014IMPRESSIONS
Suddenly reality is catching up with Narendra Modi and India. We are learning that showmanship can go thus far and no further. The first hint came when the Chinese President’s visit coincided with stepped-up Chinese incursions in (...) -
General Elections 2014 and the Changing Political Equation in Bengal
24 October 2014by Nirupam Hazra
The 2014 election results in the State of West Bengal clearly show the dominance of the ruling Trinamul Congress as it has won thirtyfour out of fortytwo seats. Its main Opposition, the Left Front, is reduced to only two seats (...)
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