by N.V.K. MURTHY
Anna Hazare’s movement and hunger strike to have the Lokpal Bill tabled before Parliament created a stir in the whole country. Thousands upon thousands of people, men and women, young and old, joined the movement all over the (...)
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Anna Hazare in Historical Perspective
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Understanding Corruption in India
5 October 2011by SUDHANSHU TRIPATHI
If virtue and vice both are integral parts of human nature and both exist together, the society consisting of such human beings will certainly reflect the essentials of such nature. Evidently goodness is as natural to (...) -
Letter to Nandan Nilekani
5 October 2011, by S G VombatkereI have sent you (by e-mail to nandan.nilekani @nic.in) an article on the system considerations and security risks of the UID Aadhaar project, requesting your comments, but have not been fortunate enough to receive a response so far. I will keep (...) -
Maldives: Women, Abortion and Politics
5 October 2011by ANKITA SHREE
High numbers of abortion cases, poor pre-and post-natal care facilities, and inadequate knowledge about contraceptives are malaises prevalent in South Asia, but the issue of abortion has become especially contentious in the (...) -
CPI-M: A Victim of ’Unreconstructed Stalinism’
5 October 2011, by Sankar RayAn in-depth post-mortem of the disastrous performance of the CPI-M and Left Front under its leadership in West Bengal is to be left to historians and sociologists. Political ideologues cannot reveal the whole truth. But Kheya Bag in a (...) -
What About Breaching People’s Privilege?: Dirty Tricks Experts Blunder Again
5 October 2011, by T J S GeorgeCan the Government of India’s dirty tricks department never get it right? It had committed serial blunders while handling the Anna Hazare phenomenon. The government had been embar-rassed all along the way. Finally after Parliament accepted (...) -
Tragedy, Farce, New Revelations
28 September 2011, by SCThe massive earthquake that shook Sikkim and adjoining areas, including Nepal, Bhutan and other parts of north India (notably north Bengal), in the evening of Sunday (September 18) has taken a heavy toll. While the number of those killed in the (...) -
Prime Minister’s Tour of Bangladesh
28 September 2011, by Amitava MukherjeeThere are more in matters of Indo-Bangladesh relationship than what really meets the eye. Although certain quarters having their own axes to grind are now trying to portray Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister, as a spoilsport, yet (...) -
Bangladesh: Six Months
28 September 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The following Political Notebook by N.C. was written precisely forty years ago on September 27, 1971 and published in the October 2, 1971 issue of Mainstream. This is being reproduced as we steadily approach the fortieth (...) -
Revolution, Freedom or Re-colonisation of Libya: An Overview
28 September 2011, by Arshi Khan[The following article was written sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. Its contents, however, remain valid in the current situation through which Libya is passing. It is thus being published for the benefit of (...)
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