July 12, 2008

• Essence of Left Revolt
  16 July 2008, by SC
  What was inevitable has happened. With the PM conveying to the media on board the aircraft enroute to the G-8 summit meeting in Toyako that his government would be proceeding to the IAEA “very soon†, the Left parties were left with no option but  (...)
• A Question of Leadership
  16 July 2008, by C B Muthamma
  At the height of the public debate over the nuclear agreement with the US, with the voicing from many quarters of concern that India was at risk of losing its independence in foreign policy, the government’s reply was that India was a big country  (...)
• Obama as Presidential Candidate in the US
  16 July 2008, by Shree Shankar Sharan
  Obama is an altogether new phenomenon in America, even traumatic to some. The phenomenon looks even bigger from a distance in Europe. Coming so soon just 40 years after the grant of civil rights it seems an earth-shaking event to his people in  (...)
• India Blows Up A Monsoon
  16 July 2008, by M K Bhadrakumar
  It cuts both ways when an unelected politician heads the government in a democratic country. On the one hand, he may not be adept at the politicking that becomes essential, especially when he leads a coalition government. But on the other hand,  (...)
• Politics of Food
  16 July 2008, by Kamala Prasad
  India is back to the days of looking at the sky. Inflation was stated first to moderate from September 2008 provided the monsoon was normal. Now, hopes are being raised that nine per cent rate of growth of the GDP may still be realised, despite  (...)
• Tribute: An Iconic Army Chief
  16 July 2008, by R K Bhatnagar
  Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, India’s iconic Army Chief who led India to victory in the 1971 war that resulted in the creation of Bangladesh, died at the Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, half-an-hour after midnight on June 26, 2008 at  (...)
• Bhutan And The Happiness Index
  16 July 2008, by Arun Kumar
  Recently the PM was in Bhutan, a unique country. It is one country that wholeheartedly believes in a Happiness Index and not the much touted Per Capita Income as a measure of the well- being of its people. The PM must have observed an unhurried  (...)
• India’s Stake in Afghanistan
  16 July 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  In the last two years, there has been non-stop coverage in the media and in the diplomatic circles about Bosnia, but very little about the happenings in Afghanistan. From the angle of ethnic conflict, both represent a dimension which needs to be  (...)
• Some Notes on Rethinking Marxism for the Future of Socialism in India
  16 July 2008, by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
  [(DISCUSSION
  CPI leader and former Union Agriculture Minister Chaturanan Mishra, in his article “Need to Redefine Socialism after the Collapse of the Soviet Union†(Mainstream, Annual 2007), called for a discussion on the subject. D.G. Bokare,  (...)
• Adequately Protected in India?
  16 July 2008, by Neetika Yadav, T Priyadarshini
  India started a process of economic liberalisation in the 1990s. One of the main features of this process has been to simplify rules and regulations to attract foreign investment. As a result of this, India is becoming easier to enter from a  (...)

0 | 10