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A Visit to Srinagar
23 May 2016, by Kuldip NayarKashmir is normal in the sense that there are no stone-throwing incidents. Militancy, too, is on its last leg. Yet, the Valley is seething with discontent. You can feel it once you land there. It is difficult to ascribe a single reason. Many (...) -
When Cricket Determines Our Nationalism
23 May 2016by Sandeep Pandey
The defeat of India by West Indies in the T-20 World Cup triggered a controversy at the National Institute of Technology at Srinagar between Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri students. Some Kashmiri students have been alleged to have (...) -
Mahatma Gandhi and Bharat Mata ki Jai
23 May 2016by S.N. SAHU
Nationalism has always been a driving force in uniting people and mobilising them on diverse issues. In many phases of history humanity has witnessed the use of nationalism as a fierce doctrine to arouse hatred and promote violence (...) -
Better Water Management will Also Help in Resolution of Inter-State Water Conflicts
23 May 2016COMMUNICATION
Water disputes involving two or more States have frequently become a source of avoidable tensions in India. One recent instance is the conflict which has emerged once again over the construction of the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal (...) -
War for Water in India
23 May 2016by P. Sakthivel
“The World Cannot Survive without Water and Morality Cannot Exist without Rains.”—Thirukkural (20)
“Anyone who can solve the problems of Water will be worthy of two Nobel Prizes—one for Peace and one for Science.” —John F. Kennedy
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India, Eurasia, SCO: What Needs to be Done
23 May 2016by Michael Todd
On account of its preoccupation with efforts to develop strategic ties with the US and advance its “Look East” policy, India has overlooked the importance of the Eurasian region which is at the centre of the interests of the major (...) -
Elections: Trends and Projections
23 May 2016, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
In the midst of a general election, it is obviously unfair to predict who or which party is going to emerge victorious or be in a position to form the next government. This is doubly true in a situation facing us today in (...) -
Making Sense of the Struggle at JNU: A Call for Action
23 May 2016by Vikas Bajpai
The following article was written before the indefinite hunger strike by the JNU students ended following the Court order to keep the authorities’ disciplinary action in abeyance by staying it for now. However, in view of the (...) -
Do Educational Institutions need Lectures on Patriotism?
23 May 2016by RAM PUNIYANI
The issues related to our educational institutions’ patriotism started coming up to the fore with this government coming to power (May 2014). One after the other news of govern-ment intervention in different institutions, more so (...) -
The Inheritance of the Congress Socialist Party
23 May 2016by Prem Singh
At the time of the establishment of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) on May 17, 1934 in Patna, under the chairmanship of the patriarch of the Indian Socialist Movement, Acharya Narendra Deva, two goals were clear: to achieve the (...)
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