May 24, 2008

• The Unvanquished in Nandigram and Singur
  29 May 2008, by SC
  Once again it is the people’s will, articulated through the ballot, that has triumphed over brute force. The panchayat elections in West Bengal have testified to the indomitable strength and power of the people—the ruling CPM’s total rout in  (...)
• Current Inflation: Deconstructing the Underlying Social Factors
  29 May 2008, by Arun Kumar
  Introduction: Why Unanticipated?
  Inflation is suddenly big international news. Till the other day, in the Economic Survey in February end and the RBI quarterly report in January, there was no indication that we were facing an impending sharp  (...)
• Judgment on OBC Reservation
  29 May 2008, by Rajindar Sachar
  The Constitution Bench judgment on upholding reservation in higher educational Institutions has come on expected lines, in the light of the judgment in the Indira Sawhney case (1992). Though 27 per cent quota for OBCs was loosely challenged, but  (...)
• Political Parties besieged by Fatigue?
  29 May 2008, by K Saradamoni
  Punjab, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh—the recent elections gave all the three States to the BJP. The Congress spokesmen had no difficulty in telling us about the incumbency factor and that they have not done that badly. I thought that the Left  (...)
• Ahmadinejad’s Visit: A Defining Moment
  29 May 2008, by M K Bhadrakumar
  The Indian Cassandras warned the country that the world would regard us as non-serious and whimsical if we befriended Iran. They said India’s image was bound to take a knock if it engaged Iran constructively in a spirit of cooperation. That was  (...)
• On World Situation, Tibet and Nepal
  29 May 2008, by Jawaharlal Nehru
  [(Jawaharlal Nehru’s fortyfourth death anniversary falls on May 27 this year. Remembering the architect of modern India on this occasion, we are publishing excerpts from one of his speeches on foreign affairs in Parliament (on December 6, 1950)  (...)
• Indira and the Legacy
  29 May 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  One of the striking impressions of the AICC pilgrims returning from Bombay is about the Prime Minister’ style in dealing with the critics of government policies.
  This question is not something which came up all of a sudden at the Bombay AICC. In  (...)
• The Perpetual Struggle
  29 May 2008, by Som Benegal
  [(MUSINGS)]
  The Jaipur terrorist blasts have brought on the usual recriminations, accusations and counter-accusations, the scoring of points, the utter helplessness and renewed assurances of strong action, the ruthless pursuit and punishment of  (...)
• Reflections on Nehru
  28 May 2008, by Sajjad Zaheer
  I loved and respected him, worked with him and even followed him in many ways, and yet I was among his severest critics, and perhaps no one was a greater disappointment to me and to my group than Jawaharlal Nehru.
  Our two families were known to  (...)
• Nehru’s Scientific Attitude
  28 May 2008, by Anees Chishti
  Science has brought all these mighty changes and not all of them have been for the good of humanity. But the most vital and hopeful of the changes that it has brought about has been the development of the scientific outlook in man.
  —Jawaharlal  (...)

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