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21 November 2011, by Badri RainaAmerica, as you might know, has the Rifle Association. Nobody, but nobody, Republican or Democrat, may touch it. For the reason that the USP of American democracy is that an American citizen, preferably all White, may fire away at any (...) -
The Alchemy of Change
21 November 2011, by Uttam SenSeveral pertinent issues came to the surface in Press Council Chairman Justice Marakandey Katju’s interview with Karan Thapar and its effects, notably well-argued pieces, among them Siddharth Bhatia’s analysis in The Asian Age (“Justice Katju’s (...) -
It’s Peak Time in Jails Again—for VIPs: People See it as Justice, and Rejoice
21 November 2011, by T J S GeorgePublic anger against corrupt governance has never been as intense as it is today. However, there is also public jubilation as never before. Political VIPs going to jail is an unprecedented spectacle and it fills citizens with unprecedented (...) -
Hopeful Signs in Regional Setting
12 November 2011, by SCThe domestic scenario continues to be grim.
The Trinamul Congress has not yet carried out its threat of pulling out of the government at the Centre on the issue of petrol price hike (as it is now on the backfoot due to a variety of factors) but (...) -
Gaddafi and After — Libya’s Progress
12 November 2011, by Uttam SenThe manner of Muammar al-Gaddafi’s removal was chilling: the faces of his young killers on video recordings mirrored total disdain for their helpless quarry, whose misery was to eventually end with a bullet to the head, according to the purported (...) -
NATO Settles Down in Libya
12 November 2011, by M K BhadrakumarThe role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-sation (NATO) in Libya opens a new chapter in international security. Its so-called Operation Unified Protector (OUP) was shrouded in contro-versy insofar as it unilaterally insisted that its Libyan (...) -
Assessing Anna Hazare
12 November 2011, by P R DubhashiSome, belonging to self-proclaimed progressive circles, characterised Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption and his fast demanding an effective Lok Pal Bill as “a narrow, middle class, upper-caste phenomenon”. The criticism seems wide off the (...) -
Nehru’s Words in Present Context
12 November 2011[On November 14 this year falls Jawaharlal Nehru’s one hundred and twentysecond birth anniversary. On this occasion while remembering him, we reproduce the following addresses made by him. We are also reproducing N.C.’s editorial he wrote on the (...) -
Nehru for Today
12 November 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS -
Splendid Partnership
12 November 2011, by A.K. DamodaranOf the many achievements of Jawaharlal Nehru as a national leader, world statesman and a sensitive individual who had the rare oppor-tunity of shaping the destinies of a whole nation and, at the same time, possessed the gift for standing back (...)
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