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[(Vilma Espin Guillois, the symbol of women in revolutionary Cuba, passed away in Havana on June 18, 2007. President of the Federation of Cuban Women, Vilma, 77, was comrade-in-arms of Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz. She was the (...)
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July 21, 2007
VOL XLV No 31 New Delhi , July 21, 2007
Can India Mutely Watch the Massacre of Democracy in Bangladesh?
SHREE SHANKAR SHARAN
Chandra Shekhar : A Profile
M.K. BHADRAKUMAR
Lal Masjid : What Lies Ahead?
VIVEK KUMAR
Sociology of Presidential Elections in India
DIPAK MALIK
Gandhi and Jean Baudrillard
N.V.K. MURTHY
Public Service Broadcasting : Illusion and Reality
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Vilma’s Struggles
21 July 2007, by Fidel Castro Ruz -
Bhagat Singh, Bose and the Mahatma
21 July 2007, by Ashok CellyGandhi’s treatment of Bhagat Singh and his comrades is one of the most intriguing episodes of India’s freedom struggle. Bhagat Singh was a fearless and intensely patriotic young man who wanted to see his country free and a just social order (...) -
Public Service Broadcasting : Illusion and Reality
21 July 2007, by N V K MurthyThe Indian broadcast media, Akashvani and Doordarshan, owned and controlled by the Government of India, refer to themselves as the public service broadcasting media. But, are they, in reality, public service media? Let us take a closer look. (...) -
An Open Letter to Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
21 July 2007, by Shamsul IslamRespected Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Namaskar.
The Republic of India is all geared up for the 13th presidential poll and your esteemed self is in the fray as an ‘Independent’ candidate. You will agree with me that whoever occupies this august (...) -
Need for a Just Deal for Denotified and Nomadic Tribes
21 July 2007, by Bharat Dogra120 MILLION SUFFER FROM NEGLECT AND OPPRESSION
It is generally not realised that as many as 120 million people in India belong to the denotified and nomadic tribes (DNTs). They are among the worst victims of neglect and oppression. Denotified (...) -
New Ringtones from Condy Rice - Align with Dubya, or Pay Big Price
21 July 2007, by Badri RainaEpigraph(s)
History is a moral necessity for a nation which is the world’s dominant power. It is the best antidote to delusions of omnipotence and omniscience.
Arthur (...) -
Political Entrepreneurs and the resulting Vicious Circle of Rent-seeking
21 July 2007, by Vinod K AnandThe inclusion of the role of the “State” in the conventional framework of Economics brings us to the domains of what is termed as the New Political Economy (Anand, 1996), the positive side of which very clearly defines the role of the State in (...) -
Educational Development through Participatory Orientation in Indigenous Schooling in Northern Canada and Orissa
21 July 2007, by Sujit Kumar Choudhry[(BOOK REVIEW)]
Indigenous Education at Crossroads: James Bay Cree and the Tribal People of Orissa by Lauren Alcorn; published by Sikshasandhan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa; 2006; pp. 132; Rs 120; ISBN: 81-87982-32-2.
The book Indigenous Education at (...) -
China’s Everest Conquest is India’s Waterloo
21 July 2007, by Suvrokamal DuttaThe recent Chinese decision to construct an all- weather road for the tourists to Mount Everest with the purpose of the coming Olympic Games have raised many eyebrows at the international level. It has sent ripples throughout the Indian (...) -
Reflections on the Print Media
21 July 2007, by Satyapal DangVery big transformations have taken place in our print media. (I have not used the word “radical” deliberately.) The number of daily newspapers has increased very much—the English ones as well as the Hindi ones, and maybe others too. Many of them (...)