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Logjam broken in Parliament, but...
12 December 2011, by SCAfter several days of deadlock with Parliament unable to transact any business due to Opposition protests on various issues, including and notably FDI in retail, the logjam has finally been broken with the UPA Government giving in to the BJP and (...) -
About Time Parliament Censures the Executive
12 December 2011by SHOBHA AGGARWAL
“Sir, I am shocked to see such a brief reply, which is no reply at all. I admit that it is a failure on the part of the Parliament for holding the Government and the Executive accountable for their failure to notify Central (...) -
West Bengal: First Six Months of Mamata in Power
12 December 2011, by Barun Das GuptaMamata Banerjee’s firm and principled stand on FDI in retail trade made the Centre blink. The FDI proposal has not been ‘withdrawn’ but ‘kept on hold’. It was a tactical retreat by the Congress for buying time and garner necessary support in (...) -
FDI in Retail Trade — A Decision Most Foul and a Case of Self-goal
12 December 2011, by Kamal Nayan KabraAt long last the cat is out of the bag. By moving heaven and earth over a period of nearly four years and camouflaging the decision by various conditions, more cosmetic than real, to mollify the expected and legitimate opposition to it, the (...) -
FDI in Retail: Federal Deficit in Decision-making
12 December 2011, by Amna MirzaThe winter session of Parliament was speculated to be on fire due to debates over the Jan Lokpal Bill and the final outcome of the Team Anna-UPA II Government duel. What emerged surprisingly was the decision to allow foreign direct investment in (...) -
America is Already Here making Subtle Inroads
12 December 2011, by Humra QuraishiObstacles staring right in the face. Revolts brewing from different quarters. No I’m not referring to Team Anna, with the Gandhian leader almost set to go fasting once again before the year ends. But the gravest danger comes in the wake of the (...) -
Debate on the Land Acquisition Bill 2011
12 December 2011, by Ambrose PintoJairam Ramesh, the Union Minister for Rural Development, is one of the many Ministers in the present government who makes radical statements on behalf of the people and yet has no hesitation in being totally faithful to the norms of (...) -
American Tradition and the Concept of Human Rights in United States’ Foreign Policy
12 December 2011, by Sunita SamalIntroduction
Human rights represent an ambitious attempt to bring rationality into the political institutions and civil society. Liberty and human rights are both a cause of the American Revolution (1776) and had been a purpose for drafting the (...) -
Kishenji’s Killing: Some Important Questions
12 December 2011, by Diptendra RaychaudhuriTruth is seldom etched in black and white. Most often it is all grey.
The attitude towards Kishenji, and all the works he carried out throughout his life, stands testimony to this. While to many he was a villain, to some others he was a hero, a (...) -
Grim Warning from Bhopal
12 December 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
It was a massacre of innocents by all counts. What happened at the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal in the early morning of December 3 was not just a tragedy but a heinous crime which killed nearly two thousand and hospitalised (...)