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November 2009
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Twenty Years After
17 November 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyIn the sultry summer morning of May 27, 1964, when Jawaharlal Nehru left the land of his birth and its people whose affection he earned in abundance, nobody in this wide world of India had any idea how this country would look twenty years later, (...) -
Sheikh Hasina’s Resolve to Foil the Conspiracy of Destabilisation in Bangladesh
17 November 2009, by Amitava MukherjeeWith the trial of the assassins of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman well under way in Bangladesh, violent incidents are taking place there pointing to a worrying and live nexus between Islamic fundamentalism and the anti-freedom struggle forces. Unless (...) -
Managing Disasters and Displacement
17 November 2009, by S G VombatkereAbstract
The article presents the political and economic impacts of various kinds of natural and man-made disasters and associated displacement of populations, and argues for a wider and more inclusive definition of disasters in the interest of (...) -
A Peace Prize for Vague Promise, not for Real Performance
17 November 2009, by N A KarimOf the now six Nobel Prizes the announcement of the names of awardees for Literature and Peace raises a few eyebrows everywhere every year. Unlike the science subjects, selection from among the nominees for peace is indeed a difficult task. (...) -
India Must Beware of the Chinese Dragon
17 November 2009, by Suvrokamal DuttaChina’s demand for the removal of two Indian Army bunkers from its outpost at Batang La in Sikkim near the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction recently can be seen from two angles. First, as a case of highhandedness of a few Chinese border officials (...) -
India-China Row Over Arunachal Pradesh: A New Irritant or Mere Posturing?
17 November 2009, by John S. MoolakkattuChina had always been a paradox for India, and a potential threat the country had downplayed as long as Pakistan was seen as the main adversary. After the 1962 war, India had exercised moderation while dealing with China as it did not want (...) -
Should We Have Talked to the Chhattisgarhi Mother?
17 November 2009, by Somnath MukherjiThe much anticipated Operation Green Hunt has started in fits and starts. It is a high stake hunt. The government is waiting to re-assert its authority in the forested reaches of Central India. The corporations are waiting for unhindered access (...) -
Why Panic about the Prefix ‘Maoist’?
17 November 2009, by Sankar RayPosters on the walls of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University of the Progressive Students’ Democratic Front, a pro-Naxalite outfit, have one common theme—indignation against giving a prefix—Maoist —to every expression of protest. The CPI-ML (Liberation), (...) -
Interim Report of Independent Citizens Fact-finding Mission to Manipur
17 November 2009The following is the Interim Report of an Independent Citizens Fact-finding Mission to Manipur. This was released in the form of a press release at a press conference at the Press Club, Imphal on November 7, 2009.
A team of concerned citizens (...) -
Tribute to Prabhash Joshi
17 November 2009, by SCIt was literally a bolt from the blue. On November 6 we had gone to the young man Sanjit’s residence for getting an idea of what really happened on July 23, 2009 when the police allegedly killed Sanjit in cold blood in the heart of Imphal. ‘We’ (...)