December 23, 2006

• Minority Rights in India: Christian Experiences and Apprehensions
  24 April 2007, by Emanual Nahar
  Minority rights have gained greater visibility and relevance all over the world. India is no exception to it being a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-linguistic and multi-cultural society. Diversity of all types is the very soul of India. It  (...)
• Upsurge of the Underprivileged
  24 April 2007, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  Whoever rules Uttar Pradesh gets the passport to Delhi. This has long been the rule during the days of the Congress hegemony. Actually, Uttar Pradesh can claim to have reared as many as seven Prime Ministers: Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur  (...)
• Sachar Committee Report on Indian Muslims: Right Wing Lies Exposed
  24 April 2007, by Badri Raina
  India’s majoritarian fascists, represented in Parliament by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are in a blue funk. The findings of the “Prime Ministers’ High Level Committee” (set up on March 9, 2005) headed by the former Chief Justice of the Delhi  (...)
• Sachar Committee Report : A Review
  24 April 2007, by Anees Chishti
  The report of the High-Level Committee appointed by the Prime Minister under the chairmanship of Justice Rajindar Sachar, retired Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, to study the ‘Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community  (...)
• Socialists-Communists: Need for a Continuing Dialogue
  24 April 2007, by Surendra Mohan
  The parliamentary General Election in 1967 was contested by the non-Congress parties with limited electoral adjustments. Dr Lohia’s strategy of non-Congressism was more or less accepted in practice, if not in theory. After the election, Samyukta  (...)
• Should Rule of Law Mean Rule of Flawed Laws?
  24 April 2007, by Shree Shankar Sharan
  A rule of law means law enforcement but does not mean enforcement of a flawed law. That is where Parliament has an advantage over the Supreme Court. In reviewing enforcement it also debates the adequacy or inadequacy of the law. The Supreme  (...)
• For Left Expansion in the Hindi Region
  24 April 2007
  New Age has published a critical article from noted journalist Praful Bidwai regarding the CPM and CPI headlined “Tight-rope Walk with UPA”. It is a welcome feature that New Age allows such views to be published in its columns. If some other  (...)
• Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries
  24 April 2007, by Surendra J Patel
  Dr Surendra J. Patel, who passed away in Geneva on December 15, 2006, was indeed one of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. At a time when the so-called ‘globalisers’ are in full control of the international economic system, it is  (...)
• Champion of Equity and Justice in International Economic System
  24 April 2007, by Muchkund Dubey
  Tribute
  Dr Surendra J. Patel, an eminent Indian economist and a distinguished international civil servant, passed away in Geneva on December 15, 2006. After receiving his Ph.D degree in Economics from the prestigious Wharton School of Business  (...)
• Renewing Resolve amid Formidable Challenges
  24 April 2007, by SC
  As Mainstream enters the fortyfifth year of its modest but purposeful existence one is gripped by a feeling of allround depression.
  Today there is a UPA Government at the Centre and it is dependent on its very survival on the crucial support  (...)

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