Mainstream“Yours is the first official state visit of my presidency, it’s fitting that you and India be so recognised.” With these words President Barack Hussen Obama warmly welcomed PM Manmohan Singh in the White House on November 23.
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November 2009
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PM in US, BJP on Mat, Sena on Rampage
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‘There can be No Greater Betrayal or Crime in a Democracy’
28 November 2009The Liberhan Commission was set-up to probe the demolition of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. Justice M.S. Liberhan submitted the Commission’s report to the government on June 30, 2009—after 17 years and numerous extensions. The (...) -
US’ Dalliance in Beijing is Short-lived
28 November 2009, by M K BhadrakumarDiscourse between India and Pakistan can be deceptive—like when cats hiss. You can never quite tell dalliance from discord. The fact remains that at different levels, despite their occasional shrill rhetoric, contacts have been going on between (...) -
Brace Yourself, Crisis will Worsen!
28 November 2009, by Bharat JhunjhunwalaLeaders of the global economy are pleased these days. Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke sees ‘green shoots’ showing up on the economic landscape. Master investor Warren Buffet has claimed that ‘the financial panic is behind us’. (...) -
Lalgarh and Jungle Mahal: Where are we Heading?
28 November 2009, by Sailendra Nath GhoshThe events in Lalgarh and Jungle Mahal portend a grim disaster. Even if it is temporarily suppressed by large concentration of security forces, the resentment will be smouldering. More powerful and more widespread protest movements will emerge (...) -
Foreign Policy Perspectives and the American Scene
28 November 2009, by P N HaksarNovember 27 this year marks the eleventh death anniversary of P.N. Haksar, the eminent administrator and distinguished diplomat as well as one of the country’s foremost thinkers. The former Principal Secretary to PM Indira Gandhi was also a (...) -
Remembering P.N. Haksar: A True Friend of Bangladesh
28 November 2009, by Monaem SarkerI feel humble to remember a distinguished son of India, Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar, diplomat, statesman, architect of the Simla Agreement 1972, an Indian from Kashmir but truly a citizen of the world. Above all, he was great friend of Bangladesh. (...) -
Emerging Role of Kazakhstan
28 November 2009, by Satish KumarIn the last one month two Presidents of European countries visited Kazakhstan. One was the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the other Austria’s Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman. Sarkozy visited the country for the signing of an (...) -
Politics and Economics of Sugar
28 November 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyThe government had an awkward time facing an angry Parliament on the sugar price scandal. Although the adjournment motion could be defeated by the government in the Lok Sabha by the sheer force of its brute majority, it was clear to the members (...) -
Austerity: Is it a Drive or the Usual Practice?
28 November 2009, by Pankaj NaithaniThe recent appeal for austerity due to the hike in oil prices has become a burning issue to discuss and deliberate upon. Whereas a number of sensible reasons can be attributed for such calls in our country, some of them are obvious. Any country (...)
