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October 2009
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Letter From Kolkata: Dissecting Vedic Village Scandal
25 October 2009, by Amitava MukherjeeSome of the corporate houses of the country have now reasons to feel despondent. Contrary to public perception, even after Singur and Nandigram they had not lost faith in the West Bengal Government’s ability to acquire agricultural lands of poor (...) -
Sri Lanka: Five Months After
25 October 2009, by Apratim MukarjiSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa must be a rare civilian leader who has given birth to a new military concept by winning the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Defence academies and experts have been studying what has (...) -
Behind Sri Lankan Bloodbath
25 October 2009, by Brahma ChellaneyColombo’s victory over the Tamils shows India’s power is on the wane.
Thousands of non-combatants, according to the United Nations, were killed in the final phase of the Sri Lankan war this year as government forces overran the Tamil Tiger (...) -
Fanatic Dalits, Empowered Dalits?
25 October 2009, by Subhash GatadeBOOK REVIEW
Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation by Badri Narayan; 2009; Sage; pages 195.
The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, —a world which yields (...) -
Tottering Britain and Partition
25 October 2009, by P.K. NigamTo understand the correct history of India’s independence and partition, it is necessary to know Britain’s economic position after WW II. Churchill had said: “We are not fighting this war (and spending money) to lose our Empire.” Till the war end (...) -
Remembering Balagopal: A Feminist Pays Her Tribute To A Comrade
25 October 2009, by Nandita HaksarTRIBUTE
My first introduction to Balagopal was as a brilliant mathematician with a doctorate from the Indian Statistical Institute. He was a lecturer at the Kakatiya University in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. Balagopal had to leave his job at the (...) -
K. Balagopal: A Memory to be Cherished
25 October 2009, by V. GeethaTRIBUTE
At first it seemed a huge, obscene lie, the news of his death. It did not seem possible—he had been busy as always the weekend before, at a human rights convention in Ananthapur, to mark 10 years of the Human Rights Forum, the (...) -
Edward Moore Kennedy—Defender of a Dream
25 October 2009, by Sheel Bhadra KumarTRIBUTE
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, the legendary political patriarch of the most influential family of American politics and a man who knew huge privilege and terrible tragedy in near equal measure in his life, passed away on (...) -
Indonesia Today: Post-Election Reassessment of the Military
25 October 2009, by Navrekha SharmaThe following article reached us quite sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. However, in view of the undiminished validity of its contents, it is being published now. —Editor
Indonesia’s second direct presidential (...) -
Stop Offensive, Hold Unconditional Dialogue
25 October 2009DOCUMENT
The following is the resolution adopted at the National Convention of the Citizens Initiative for Peace held in the Capital on October 20, 2009. The convention was addressed, inter alia, by Justice P.B. Sawant, Prof Randhir Singh, Aruna (...)