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South Korea’s ties with China reached a new milestone when President Park Geun-hye attended China’s ceremony and military parade on September 3 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the country’s “victory” in the “War of Resistance (...)
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Park in China: Assessing Middle Power Diplomacy
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The Bihar Election Scenario
3 October 2015, by Barun Das GuptaTo many observers of the Bihar election scenario, it would seem that the battle is really between two personalities—and voter appeal —of the performing Nitish Kumar and the promising-the-paradise Narendra Modi. This is underlined by the fact that (...) -
Overkill will only fetch Sympathy for Dynasty; Pettiness in Politics is Counter-productive
3 October 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
A. Surya Prakash showed how to do it, today’s culture vultures are showing how not to do it. In a well-researched analysis in 2009, Surya Prakash told us how at least 450 government programmes involving public expenditure of lakhs of (...) -
Netaji and Mystery of the Secret Files
3 October 2015, by Mohan K. TikkuNow that Mamata Banerjee has served the appetiser, everybody is hungering after the big meal. The 64 Netaji files running into 12,744 pages that the West Bengal Chief Minister declassified on September 18 seem to indicate that Netaji had (...) -
Reservations sans Development
3 October 2015, by Kuldip NayarLeaders of different communities had so much confidence in the fairness of the country when it won freedom that none of them wanted reservations. The Muslim leaders rejected the then Home Minister Sardar Patel’s offer of a 15 per cent quota in (...) -
Democratic Constitution and Political Violence in Nepal: A Part and Parcel of the Transition Stage?
3 October 2015by Sanjal Shastri
Over the last few days, Nepal has taken giant steps in its journey to become a constitutional democracy. The accepting of the Constitution marks a new stage in a decade-long effort to usher in a constitutional framework. (...) -
Nepal: Modi’s Dream Merchants Messed Up Policies
3 October 2015, by M K BhadrakumarAt times one cannot but feel sorry for the Foreign Secretary. Over the years, his has become a thankless job. The incumbent official, S. Jaishankar, is being pilloried for having been lackadaisical in preventing Nepal from adopting just this (...) -
Need for Synergy and not Rupture between Indian and Nepali Polities
3 October 2015by Vijay Pratap
Nepali, Indian and international media—all have published extensively the debates on the dynamics of Constitution-making and its promul-gation in Nepal. The viewpoints of both the establishments of India and Nepal have been (...) -
Federalism: Nepal’s Final Frontier
3 October 2015by Jayant Prasad
Nepal’s transition to a pluralist democracy faces a final challenge — failure of the three major parties to accommodate the legitimate demands of Janajati and Madhesi groups for true federalism. Greater consensus and not the (...) -
Forceful Case for an Alternative Development Model
3 October 2015, by B P MathurBOOK REVIEW
To Choose Our Future by Ashok Khosla; Development Alternatives and Academic Foundation, New Delhi; 2015; pages 127.
Sustainable Development holds the key to India’s future and its prosperity. Unfortunately the model of development we (...)
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