IMPRESSIONS
Politicians’ shenanigans are getting bolder and nastier by the day. The Narendra Modi personality cult is raised to the level of equating him with the revered Mahadev himself (Har, har, Modi!); P. Chidambaram threatens to turn (...)
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Our Leaders Ignore the Rules of Democracy and Play by Religion, Caste and Roguery
6 April 2014, by T J S George -
No Record of Surrogate Mother and Child at Regional and National Levels
6 April 2014by Sonali Kusum
Surrogacy is a $ US 2.8 billion trade across the world and India’s commercial surrogacy is a $ 2.5 billion industry in the country.1 This is as per the estimate of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
It is an admitted and (...) -
Implementation of Millennium Development Goals by UNDP
6 April 2014by Portia B. Conrad
In 2002, the Government of Pakistan became one of the first countries in the world to establish a national public-private partnership devoted to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This partnership includes the (...) -
Tony Benn’s Death marks End of an Era
6 April 2014communication
With the passing of Anthony Wedgewood Benn (Tony Benn) an era has come to an end for radical socialism in Britain.
Though he was born in an aristocratic family Mr Benn renounced his peerage in order to serve in the House of Commons (...) -
Messiah of the Middle Class or Demogogue?
6 April 2014by Arun Srivastava
Narendra Modi’s supporters and admirers claim that he is the most talented politician of our time. They may be right. Their perception is based on his oratorical skill and style to attract the people. In a democracy it is (...) -
Non-binding Gestures
6 April 2014, by M K BhadrakumarThe voting pattern on the United Nations forums invariably gives some indication of policy directions of member-states. On the face of it, India took a similar stance of abstention on two high-profile regional issues that came up for voting last (...) -
Towards a Brave New World?
2 April 2014, by Uttam SenPOLITICAL NOTEBOOK
The hurly-burly of elections is probably dimini-shing the thrust of changes in the national psyche, seeking coherence in a period of drift. The rationalisation is being forged with a fair bit of attention to detail. Discourse (...) -
Will Modi, Gandhi, Kejriwal Look Up the Map and Note that Crimea is Not Too Far?
2 April 2014, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
In our obsession with the elections, we’ve lost track of the world. As it happens, the US is “just three steps away from war with Russia”, as an American strategist put it. A Russian commentator put it thus: “Russia is the only country (...) -
Will Ukrainian Crisis and Economic Sanctions on Russia Lead to Moscow’s Political Isolation?
2 April 2014by R.G. GIDADHUBLI
The US President, Barak Obama, has demon-strated that he has succeeded along with his West European partners in isolating Russia for annexing Crimea by excluding Vladimir Putin from attending the G-8 meeting on March 25, 2014 (...) -
Khushwant Singh passes away at 99
2 April 2014, by Humra QuraishiTRIBUTE
Sardar Khushwant Singh lived life at his own terms. He spoke fearlessly. He wrote along the same strain. No contradictions. Just no hypocrisy, no frills and none of the modern-day complications. Till date he hadn’t got himself a computer (...)
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