July 21, 2007

VOL XLV No 31 New Delhi , July 21, 2007
Can India Mutely Watch the Massacre of Democracy in Bangladesh?

SHREE SHANKAR SHARAN
– Chandra Shekhar : A Profile

M.K. BHADRAKUMAR
– Lal Masjid : What Lies Ahead?

VIVEK KUMAR
– Sociology of Presidential Elections in India

DIPAK MALIK
– Gandhi and Jean Baudrillard

N.V.K. MURTHY
– Public Service Broadcasting : Illusion and Reality

On Agriculture, Land Reforms and Industrialisation
21 July 2007

[(COMMUNICATION)]
Arup Kumar Sen’s write-up, “Land Acquisition and Industrialisation in West Bengal: Report of a Workshop” (Mainstream, July 7, 2007) reflects the concern of our intellectuals for balancing the development and displacement of poor masses.
In India, agriculture has been and continues to be the most important economic activity with the largest volume of employment. It is, therefore, essential to ensure the well-being of all those who make their contribution to the (…)
Taj Mahal
21 July 2007, by Sahir Ludhianvi

I do not care If the Taj means to you The great symbol of love; I do not care If perchance You should bear Towards its aura of colourful romance A reverence deep and true: Love, not here, not here But elsewhere Must be our rendezvous.
What sense does it make For the poor to be Frequenting These haunts of royalty? What sense does it make For soulful lovers To traverse A pathway So rudely dense With the imprint of an imperial day?
Past the trappings And the frill work of romance You must (…)