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Retired Foreign Secretary A.P. Ventakesh-waran’s passing a few days ago attracted widespread attention. The main reason was that it recalled Rajiv Gandhi’s arrogant way of belittling others. His public scolding of Andhra’s Congress Chief (...)
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Sacked by Rajiv, A.P. Venkateshwaran remained a Legend: Remembering a no-nonsense tradition of wit
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Obama Launches His War, Finally
22 September 2014, by M K BhadrakumarThe United States President, Barack Obama, unveiled in a major speech on September 10 his strategy to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The strategy has no timeline and, quintessentially, the US will pit Muslims (...) -
Pandits hit Politics in Kashmir
22 September 2014, by Kuldip NayarKashmiri Pandits, like Punjabi Hindus, have no homeland to return. Both want to go back. But the militancy that ousted them is still strong. On the top it is the local population which has been contaminated by the fundamentalists.
Some Pandits (...) -
Blindman’s Buff
22 September 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
While the national and international focus is naturally rivetted upon the uncertain future of the Charan Singh Government, the significant point is that every one of the major political groupings is also faced today with the (...) -
Rule by the Majority
22 September 2014, by Mukul DubeWhere is India, now that the BJP has been in power in Delhi for a period? Bharat Bhushan, writing in the Business Standard, uses the excellent expression “ambient intolerance” to describe our present situation. The Hindutva agenda—together with all (...) -
The Difficulty of being a Hindu
22 September 2014by Baisali Mohanty
“Hindustan is a Hindu nation... Hindutva is the identity of our nation and it (Hinduism) incorporates others (religions) in itself,” words of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief, Mohan Bhagwat, in a congregation in the (...) -
Revisiting Development and Social Justice Agenda
22 September 2014, by Bharat DograThese are difficult times for social activists in India. These are also times when an honest appraisal of previous work—achievements as well as limitations—is needed, as also fresh thinking about the challenges ahead.
India has a rich and diverse (...) -
To be ‘Modern’ and ‘Hindu’: Mobilising Ayurveda for the Nation
22 September 2014by Shivangi Jaiswal
The decades spanning the early 20th century in India were marked by competing claims on ideas, identities and symbols characterising reformist campaigns of the time. In this context, delivering lectures by the educated elite (...) -
Money-Muscle Power in Student Union Elections and National Politics
22 September 2014by Kamal Kumar and Alisha Dhingra
Student politics is seen as one of the interesting and lively aspects of the student’s campus-life, something which leverage and shape her/his future personality as well as political under-standing. The model of (...) -
Tribute to Saifuddin Choudhury
22 September 2014reproduced also is an Interview with Saifuddin Choudhury from 2000
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