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August 2009
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Change of Guard seems imminent in Japan
31 August 2009, by Rajaram PandaIntroduction Japan goes to the polls on August 30, 2009. Prime Minister Taro Aso who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the LDP-New Komeito coalition announced snap polls after a resounding defeat in Tokyo’s Metropolitan (...) -
Our Pledge Today
19 August 2009, by SCFifteenth August will once again be celebrated throughout the country as Independence Day in five days’ time.
After 62 years as we approach our sixtythird Independence Day the face of the country has undoubtedly changed for the better in (...) -
From Niyamgiri: Rise Aflame
19 August 2009, by Suhas BorkerWe were born free
this is our land
this is our forest
this is our river
this is our mountain
and deep beneath the stone on the mountain-top
rages the timeless sacred fire of our dignity.
On to this
you cast your ‘development’ spell
to steal our (...) -
India Will Be What We Are
19 August 2009, by Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru’s broadcast to the nation on August 15, 1948 is noteworthy because the words he uttered then hold considerable importance for our contemporary political life. Excerpts from that address are being reproduced here. —Editor
Let us (...) -
The Night Must End
19 August 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFifteenth of August continues to be a sacred day in the mind and heart of the people of this great country. To celebrate the end of the long night of foreign rule and to breathe the air of freedom cannot but be a proud occasion even after (...) -
Our Nation’s Self-Enduring, Self-Correcting, Self-Renewing Impulse
19 August 2009, by Gopalkrishna GandhiThe Constitution of India was made by the good for the honest. It is worked by the wise for the experienced. This marks a maturing of our Republic. It also tells us that the timber of our parliamentary functioning is being seasoned in varied (...) -
Why We Must Oppose the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill of 2009
19 August 2009, by D. BandyopadhyayA law is amended generally to bring in improvement or to be in conformity with some important judicial decisions. The Land Acquisition (LA) Act of 1894 does require revision to conform to the current-day situation. So far, there could not be any (...) -
“When the People Lead, the Leaders will Follow”
19 August 2009, by K SaradamoniThis is not a slogan that I have coined. I got it from the write-up on the US Solidarity Economy Network which organised its first National Forum on the Solidarity Economy: Building Another World. The write-up continues:
The current economic (...) -
Free Market—Disinformation of the West
19 August 2009, by D G BokareThere is a constant effort to say the economy of the developed nations is in reality a free-market economy. This is not said by any ordinary person but even by recent Noble Laureates like Amartya Sen, Joseph E. Stiglitz and others. We cannot say (...) -
India and the New Great Game
19 August 2009, by M K BhadrakumarI. Introduction
The Central Asian question is no more the same as it used to be in the 1990s. No one speculates anymore that it was inevitable that the region would descend into anarchy. However, the problems endemic to a critical period of (...)