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Tribute to Sailendra Nath Ghosh
26 October 2013[(Sailendra Nath Ghosh, 90, one of the country’s earliest environmentalists and a social philosopher, passed away at his residence in New Delhi in the early hours of October 18, 2013. He is survived by his three daughters and grand-children, his (...) -
Tribute to Narendra Sharma
26 October 2013[(Tribute to Narendra Sharma
Narendra Sharma, the leading labour correspondent of the country, passed away in Delhi on October 20 after a brief illness. He was 90. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Sharma joined active (...) -
Amid Warped Priorities and False Gods, the Most Political of all Presidents
26 October 2013, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
This much is true: but for the media’s competitive derring-do we wouldn’t know how our politicians are plundering the country. But that blessing is accompanied by a curse. The media trivialises half the news and sensatio-nalises the (...) -
In Memory of Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938–2013)
26 October 2013, by Shamsul IslamTRIBUTE
The death of Govind Purushottam Deshpande (GoPu and GPD to his friends and fans) recently at Pune is an immense loss to academia the world over, Indian theatre and culture. With his death we have lost an intellectual and activist who was (...) -
US Obduracy in Syrian Crisis
26 October 2013, by Mansoor AliSome politicians in Europe, the US and countries of the Persian Gulf have concluded that the UN experts’ report about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, published on September 16, was evidence of the Syrian authorities having used sarin gas (...) -
UPA-II Government Cornered, Exposed — Yet Again
21 October 2013, by SCEDITORIAL
The registering of an FIR against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and his group of companies, Hindalco, by the CBI on October 15 for alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks has really sent shockwaves across the (...) -
Obamacare and the Politics of Libertarian Right
21 October 2013This article was written before the shutdown of the US Government ended after senior lawmakers of the country worked through the night on October 15 to reach a deal (to extend the US borrowing authority till February 7, 2014) to avert a debt (...) -
The Modi Myth
21 October 2013, by A B BardhanAfter completing the tortuous process of anointing Narendra Modi as the party’s prime ministerial candidate the BJP has launched a campaign blitz to build a larger-than-life image of Narendra Modi. The process inside the BJP itself required the (...) -
India, Pakistan Should Discuss Joint Action against Al-Qaeda, Taliban
21 October 2013, by Kuldip NayarIn his reply to my letter, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said: “I look forward to a time when Pakistan and India will be able to shed the debilitating baggage of the past and focus more on the future, when opportunities, rather than challenges, (...) -
Uphold JPC’s Credibility
21 October 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The Joint Parliamentary Committee probing into the securities seam has inevitably to extend its protracted labours. The star character in the securities scandal, Harshad Mehta, having gone back on his previous position and (...)
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