From N.C.’s Writings
The sensational criminal case that has come up in Bombay focussing on an alleged plot to kill Nusli Wadia and implicating in it an Ambani close to Dhirubhai and some of the underworld mafia, has serious political (...)
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Polluted Politics
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An Open Letter to Prakash Karat
2 April 2014, by Bharat DograRespected Prakashji,
Greetings. We are passing through a critical phase of important decision-making before the crucial general elections this year. As the most prominently placed leader of the biggest Left party with a national-level presence, (...) -
Fun Times in India
2 April 2014, by Badri RainaMUSINGS
These are fun times in the world’s largest democracy. As General Elections approach, doctrainaire distinctions between politics and sport are finally crumbling. Purchase and sale, purchase and sale—that is the presiding mantra; if (...) -
Elections and Wider Social Change
2 April 2014, by Bharat DograAmidst the chaos and festivity of India’s multi-party colourful election campaign, it is not easy for saner voices of broad-based social change to be heard. If the print media has hardly any space for it, the electronic media has even less. (...) -
Culture of Political Vendetta overtakes Cultural Vibrancy of West Bengal
2 April 2014by Rajeshwar Mishra
The Background
I am quickly bogged down by the mathematical modelling and theoretical complexities explain-ing human behaviour pertaining to society, economy, politics and culture. When, therefore, somebody is able to (...) -
Chhattisgarh Incident Exposes Activists on Police Reforms Front
2 April 2014by B.K. Manish
The recent ambush attack in which 16 CRPF jawans lost their lives in the Tongpal area of Chhattishgarh has generated considerable amount of comment from pen-pushers of various orientations in the front and op-ed pages of leading (...) -
Sustainable Energy for Sustainable Human Development : An Overview
2 April 2014, by V Mathew KurianI. Introduction
Sustainable energy may be perceived as the engine of sustainable human development. Though the idea of ‘development’ in the immediate post-World War era, was conceived as ‘economic development’, in due course of time it has evolved (...) -
Arab Spring and Democracy: Reinventing the Debate
2 April 2014, by Jajati K PattnaikArab Spring1 and democracy are the catch-phrases in the contemporary intellectual discourse to define the trajectory of democratic transformation in the Arab world envisaging political participation, rule of law, increasing human capabilities, (...) -
The BJP’s RSS Dilemma
2 April 2014by Arun Srivastava
The mathematics of politics does not follow the rules or grammar of arithmetic. It has its own language. The six-day political churning, from February 22 to 27, which witnessed secular Dalit leaders Ramdas Athawale of the RPI, (...) -
In Pakistan and at Home
2 April 2014, by Kuldip NayarI was at Lahore when Pakistan defeated India in the Asia Cup cricket match. There were celebrations and firings in the air. This is understandable because a country which is one-seventh of India feels elated by vanquishing it in some field. Even (...)
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