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Kashmir: Long Haul
Can the light be at last seen at the end of the tunnel in Kashmir? This question has now come up with the statement by the Union Home Minister that the time to resume the political process in Kashmir has (...)
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Kashmir: Long Haul / Ayodhya and Hindu-Muslim Unity
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JAMMU AND KASHMIR POLL 2014: Wonders Will Never Cease
15 December 2014, by Badri RainaHere is what seems to be the historic irony of the coming election season in Jammu & Kashmir: that the “nationalists” should be pinning their prospect of success on a silent collaboration of the “separatists”. A veritable Benzene ring with a (...) -
Communal Harmony
15 December 2014by Sadhan Mukherjee
The majoritarian approach to our body politic today presages a great danger to our communal harmony. These two words—communal harmony—represent our national ethos which is inextricably linked to our democracy. They constitute (...) -
The Uses of the Past
15 December 2014, by Mukul DubeAlmost all people seek to justify their beliefs and actions by invoking the past. They look to the past also to find ways to claim that they are better than others. They speak of past glories, whether real or imaginary, to make the barrenness of (...) -
Safe Nuclear Power — Fact And Myth
15 December 2014, by S G VombatkereThe nuclear energy programmes of many countries are either at a standstill or are actually declining. Prominent among these are the USA, Sweden and Denmark, and most recently Germany. The reasons for this are to be found solely in public (...) -
Kabir Kala Manch, Bangalore Police and Free Speech
15 December 2014, by Ambrose PintoThe Kabir Kala Manch, a cultural organisation that was formed in Pune, Maharashtra in 2002 in the wake of the Gujarat riots, was in Bangalore on November 21, 2014 for a performance in St. Joseph’s College. The venue was booked days in advance. Yet (...) -
Understanding Ram Pal Phenomenon
15 December 2014, by Ranbir SinghHaryana has once again been in the news for the wrong reasons. The challenge to the authority of the State and judiciary by the self-styled Sant Ram Pal of Satlok Ashram of Barwala (Hisar) had created an explosive situation. It took more than a (...) -
Divisive Politics and Attack on Secular Polity
7 December 2014POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Recently BJP President Amit Shah told a party rally at Kolkata that the leadership of the Trinamul Congress was involved in the Khagragarh (Burdwan) blast and that the Saradha chit fund scam money had been sent to Bangladesh (...) -
Bhopal Tragedy: Thirty Years After
7 December 2014COMMENTARY
Thirty years ago on the night of December 2-3, 1984 the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from the Union Carbide’s fertiliser plant in Bhopal causing a disaster beyond one’s imagination. According to current estimates, some (...) -
Self-inflicted Wounds Seldom Heal
7 December 2014, by Rajindar SacharI am reminded of this whenever I think of the transfer policy of High Court judges being followed by the Supreme Court. No doubt the power of transfer from one High Court to another is to be found in the Constitution. But when in 1963 some (...)