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A New Opening
1 October 2013, by SC“Political slugfest over V.K. Singh’s intel unit ops”—read the headline in one of the inside pages of The Times of India of September 21, 2013. A day earlier The Indian Express had a frontpage lead story under the heading: “Unit set up by V.K. Singh (...) -
Idea of India in Peril
1 October 2013, by Kuldip NayarGujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has asked the Jamaat-Ulma Hind, representing the Muslims, to list four or five steps he should announce to win their confidence. The (...) -
Why Syrian Question Matters
1 October 2013, by M K BhadrakumarIndian diplomacy can look back with satisfaction at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg. The summit’s declaration echoed India’s concerns over the spillover effects of volatile currency withdrawals on the emerging economies. It recognised the (...) -
Now it is Syria
1 October 2013, by Sukumar PathakAfter Afghanistan and Iraq it is now Syria’s turn to be devastated by incendiary and high explosive bombs, artillery shells and rockets by the American Army and Air Force.
Afghanistan was accused of hiding Osama bin Laden; Iraq of having (...) -
Uphill to Peace
1 October 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The initial sense of relief at the announcement of the peace initiative in the Gulf has now given way to premonitions because of the US camp’s reluctance to respond. Whatever may be the final outcome of these peace (...) -
The Right to Food Programme —
Some Questions
1 October 2013The National Food Security Programme involves $ 21 billion per year to subsidise grain for about 810 million people. The main cause of malnutrition includes high prices, poor sanitation. Many people add that 43 per cent of children go hungry as (...) -
The Metamorphosis of Muzaffarnagar
1 October 2013, by Arup Kumar SenThe recent riots in Muzaffarnagar bear testimony to the fact that riots are no longer an urban phenomenon. In the past, riots happened in the cities. But, now they have spread their wings in the countryside as well.1 Moreover, the Muzafffarnagar (...) -
How Spread of Bt Cotton Contaminates the Food Chain
1 October 2013, by Bharat DograWhile hazardous GM technology was allowed to be spread more easily in cotton on the ground that it is a non-food crop, it is clear that when cattle, sheep, goats etc. feed on Bt cotton residues, then health hazards also spread to the entire (...) -
Fourth Estate, Event Management and the Societal Interlude
1 October 2013by Saket Bihari
The Media: An Introduction
The Fourth Estate is a spectacle par excellence that is hewn in the rationale of profit-seeking and rent-seeking and which remains a great deal intertwined with the rationale of the spawning of (...) -
Democracy in Virtual Media
1 October 2013by Satraajit Palchoudhury
The twentyfirst century is the century of technology. The emergence of the new media has changed the dimension of media discourse in its totality. This version of the media is more interactive. In fact it will be apt to (...)
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