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April 12, 2008

– Black and White

RUDDAR DATT
– Dismal Experience of NREGA

DEBIDATTA AUROBINDA MAHAPATRA
– 2008 Russian Elections and Future Scenario

C. SHEELA REDDY
– Ambedkar’s Work and Mission

ANIL RAJIMWALE
– P.C. Joshi : Organiser of Historic Movements

GIRISH MISHRA
– Galloping All-round Costs of the Iraq War

FROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
– Tibet and Indian Diplomacy

  • Not in the Image of God
    14 April 2008, by Ragini Nayak

    “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him.”
    Woman, as per the Holy Bible, was not even perceived by God until He realised “it is not good for man to be alone “and so out of the ribs of ‘the first man’ came the woman, his “helper”. “…She shall be called ‘woman’ For she was taken out of man.”
    From time immemorial woman has been perceived through the male gaze and no doubt she emerges as his second half…’subordinate’, ‘secondary’,’subservient’,’inferior’ so (…)

  • Galloping All-round Costs of the Iraq War
    14 April 2008, by Girish Mishra

    The following article was written on the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq (known as Bushfire II) that began on March 20, 2003.
    Karl Marx once remarked: “War in direct economic terms is just the same as if a nation cast part of its capital into water.” After many decades, once again, the validity of this statement has been underlined by the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the US-led coalition. A period of more than five years has elapsed, yet there is no sign of freedom, (…)