August 30, 2008

Imperative of Strengthening Democracy
3 September 2008, by SC
With the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as the head of state there was a new opportunity in Pakistan to strengthen its democratic institutions in order to prevent any re-emergence of military rule through conspiracies and coup d’etats. The (...)
Georgia Marks End of US Unipolar Moment
3 September 2008, by Ash Narain Roy
William Hazlitt, one of the greatest English prose writers, once wrote: “If your enemies can’t find a flaw in your reasoning, they will quickly find one in your reputation.” The Georgian forces’ assault on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, (...)
Indian Season of Troubles
3 September 2008, by Shree Shankar Sharan
Our season of troubles seem to have started again. The first was over the trust vote against the UPA Government.There was hardly a need for a trust vote but for the impetuosity of the Central Government or, more precisely, Prime Minister (...)
Singur: How Buddha ’Implemented’ Jyoti’s Pledge
3 September 2008, by Manas Ghosh
When Jyoti Basu was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the first Left Front Government in West Bengal on June 21, 1977, one of the many “solemn pledges” that he and his senior Minister, Krishnapada Ghosh, made to the mammoth gathering that had (...)
Kashmir : Nearing Zero Hour
3 September 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
Kashmir today has become the touchstone of Indian statesmanship. The crisis that has emerged there can no longer be managed by conventional methods of settling political acrimony. It has gone much beyond, and now it has assumed the magnitude of (...)
Heal and Renew
3 September 2008, by Badri Raina
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark;
O cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right.
(Hamlet)
In an act of conspicuous courage (some might say ‘audacity’) the young, bright, and fiercely upright Omar Abdullah has breached the pall of (...)
NSG Waiver : Hardball Diplomacy Needed
3 September 2008, by Reshmi Kazi
The crucial two-day meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on August 21-22 to grant unconditional waiver to India to engage in global civilian nuclear commerce ended inconclusively. The draft waiver circulated by the United States after (...)
Trust Vote, L.K. Advani, Hindutva and RSS
3 September 2008, by Amitava Mukherjee
It is now bonanza time for political ‘pundits’, time for them to editorialise and pontificate on the political shape our country is likely to witness in the aftermath of the UPA Government’s handsome win in the Lok Sabha over the issue of the (...)
Anatomy of Atrocities on Dalits in Haryana
3 September 2008, by Ranbir Singh
It has been widely reported that there has been an increase in the incidents of atrocities on Dalits in Haryana over the years. This is evident from the media coverage of the happenings at Jhajjar, Dulina (Sonipat), Harsola (Kaithal), Gohana (...)

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