June 07, 2008

New Delhi, April 30: The Left and the BJP were involved in a war of words in Parliament on Wednesday, when the Left accused the saffron party of “having an attitude of selective concern” about national security. The Left also blamed the Sangh Parivar of inciting communal disharmony, even as the Centre admitted that it has information on some religious groups creating “bad blood” in the name of religion, caste and language in the country.
On a question on the Tenkasi bomb blast case and its (…)

Introduction
After the adoption of the New Economic Policy in 1991, the Indian economy is becoming more and more mature with the passage of time on account of structural changes undertaken in different sectors and areas. The GDP growth rate has been much higher than the neo-Hindu rate growth and it has averaged over eight per cent during the past three years. While there has been acceleration in the industrial sector, especially manufacturing and services sector, and the country is (…)

Recent happenings in West Bengal is a further pointer to the fact that politics in our country has reached its nadir, an unfortunate inevitability to which all the political parties, most of all the Left bloc, have contributed. It was almost a re-enactment of the political scenario of the late 1960s when a foul-mouthed CPM, backed by cronies like the CPI and RSP, had tried to browbeat a courageous and conscientious Governor named Dharam Vira but ultimately got the bitter lesson when Indira (…)

Of late freedom of the press is under attack in different parts of the country. On June 1, the Ahmedabad Police filed a complaint against Bharat Desai, the [. . .] the newspaper against City Police Commissioner O.P. Mathur’s alleged links with a mafia don. And on June 5 there was an attack by hoodlums allegedly associated with a political organisation now sharing power in Maharashtra on the Thane residence of Kumar Ketkar, the editor of Lok Satta and a prominent journalist, for having (…)

India’s democracy has several strengths, but it is also a fact that an increasing number of citizens have a feeling at the time of elections that none of the contesting candidates truly represents their aspirations. If we make a list of the most pressing needs of our society, then we find that none of the leading parties (which have been in power at the Centre or in some States at some time or the other) have shown a firm commitment for striving to meet the real needs of society. There is (…)