From N.C.’s Writings
A situation of unprecedented confusion synchronising with the onset of serious crisis for the entire constitutional structure of the Indian state presents before the nation today.
On the one side is the outright challenge of (...)
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Threat to Constitutional Structure
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A New Role for India in Myanmar
22 September 2013, by Sonu TrivediGiven the transition taking place in Myanmar from authoritarianism to democracy in the midst of ongoing communal and ethnic violence on the one hand and reform initiatives by the new regime on the other, the Indian mission in Myanmar faces (...) -
Five Star Movement and Aam Admi Party: Can the Two Occupy Political Space for Long?
22 September 2013by Tamanna Khosla
The Guardian has an interesting article on the surging sentiment for the Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy. The voters are sick and tired of the current parties and are rallying behind Beppe Grillo, the leader of the M5S. The (...) -
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri: A Rebel
from CPI-M
22 September 2013BOOK REVIEW
by Tikaram Sharma
My Life, My Times: Journey of a Revolutionary by Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri; Publisher: Unistar; 2010; pp. 270; Price: Rs 300.
As these lines were being typed, Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri passed away. The sad news (...) -
Supreme Task at Critical Juncture
15 September 2013, by SCEDITORIAL
The situation in UP’s Muzzafarnagar has turned grave. As we go to press the number of those killed in communal clashes in the area has risen to 48.
Since the Samajwadi Party came to power in the State eighteen months ago in March 2012, (...) -
Pentagon’s Loss
15 September 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Last month was observed the twentyfifth death anniversary of General Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s third military dictator, who was killed in an air crash in that country in August 1988. To mark the occasion we are reproducing the (...) -
Economic Mess Caused by Pranab
and Chidambaram
15 September 2013, by Kuldip NayarThat India is in an economic mess is known all over the world. What is not yet public is that the malaise was because of the wrong decisions which President Pranab Mukherejee took when he was Union Finance Minister from January 2009 to mid-2012 (...) -
Obama Copying Bush
15 September 2013, by Anil RajimwaleAt the beginning of Obama’s presidency, the present writer had written in this journal: “Obama under siege”. That was in the context of the circumstances of his becoming the President, with the sober and sensible, peace-loving people in the US and (...) -
Military Strike on Syria could be Obama’s Waterloo
15 September 2013, by Rajaram PandaThe Western (read US) military strike on Syria looks imminent. The plans for a “significantly larger” strike could include use of the long-range B-2 and B-52 bombers flying from bases in the US. President Barack Obama believes that such a strike (...) -
On Education Policy
15 September 2013, by Eduardo FaleiroThe data released recently by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development show that Goa is sliding sharply in the national education development index. It has slipped from the 13th place last year to the 21st spot now. It had slid from the (...)
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