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September 2009
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Dealing with China on the Border
21 September 2009, by Chandra SenRegardless of the statements by the Ministry of External Affairs, including the assertions of External Affairs S.M. Krishna, that the situation on the Sino-Indian border was “peaceful”, the fact is that recent Chinese postures on the border are a (...) -
Judge Sonia Sotomayor
21 September 2009, by V R Krishna IyerGreat Judge Sotomayor, I salute you. Why? You are a super symbol of gender power, a fine paradigm of feminine title to judicial authority to dispense justice at the national level, a glory not only for the womanhood of the USA but a symbol of (...) -
Something Rotten in the State of Gujarat
21 September 2009, by Badri RainaI have supped full with horrors;
Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts,
Cannot once start me.
(Macbeth Modi)
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Indeed, great is the temptation to write this account wholly in Shakesperian quotation.
Four new skeletons now rattle (...) -
Andhra also going the Dynastic Way?: The Miracle of Indian Democracy Gets Further Strengthened!
21 September 2009, by N A KarimPolitics everywhere, particularly in liberal democracies is all about getting power and retaining it as long as it is possible. In India where the feudal culture is still strong, the power thus gained is cleverly passed on to sons and daughters (...) -
Of Desire, Logic and Social Conscience
21 September 2009, by T J S GeorgeThe Buddha describes lust/desire as the origin of suffering. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad states pointblank that a person consists of desires. For Manu, desire is one of humankind’s ten vices. Every source of wisdom warns us against desire, greed, (...) -
To Talk about Austerity . . .!
21 September 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyThe air is thick with talk about the economic crisis facing the country. The Finance Minister has called it “a grave economic crisis”. “We have not experienced anything similar in the history of independent India,” he has said.
In Parliament, (...) -
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2009: The Story of a Missed Opportunity
21 September 2009, by Muchkund DubeyBoth the Houses of the Indian Parliament have passed the Bill for providing free and compulsory education for children in the age-group of 6 to 14. There have been extensive debates on the extent to which this Bill will help in implementing the (...) -
Fake Encounters in Gujarat, Khushwant Singh on Partition
21 September 2009, by Humra QuraishiI was all set to write on the two recently published books on the Kashmir Valley—In The Valley of Mist by Justine Hardy (Rider-Random House) and the other one titled, Jammu and Kashmir—Cold War and the West by D.N. Panigrahi (Routledge, Francis (...) -
’Hindu Rashtra’ in Delhi?
21 September 2009, by Subhash GatadeProtest by Hindutva organisations against construction of a mosque in Rohini Sector 16, Delhi...Prayer by the Muslims not allowed by Hindutva forces on 26.6.2009 and those who were coming for the Namaz were beaten up and chased back... Hooligans (...) -
Letter from Kolkata: Behind Buddhadeb’s Fulminations
21 September 2009, by Amitava MukherjeeEven the most die-hard CPM supporter would now admit that his party is at present a sinking ship and is in extremely immature hands. At this critical juncture of Left politics when the need of the hour is honest self-introspection, Left (...)