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April 2009
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Towards a New International Monetary and Financial Architecture
18 April 2009, by Muchkund DubeyFor the last year-and-a-half, the world economy is in the throes of a global recession. It started with the collapse and bankruptcy of some of the most important multinational financial corporations of the United States and soon engulfed the (...) -
Honouring Ambedkar
18 April 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyThe award of the Bharat Ratna posthumously on B. R. Ambedkar raises mixed feelings. No doubt Ambedkar was one of the stalwarts of modern India; the high-water mark of his career was that he contributed most to the drafting of the Indian (...) -
Doormats Cast(e) Aside
18 April 2009, by S G VombatkereEvery “respectable” person has a doormat at his/her doorstep. Doormats serve a useful purpose, namely, that of cleaning the soles of footwear before entering the home. Visitors are expected to use the doormat to leave the dust and grime of the (...) -
We Admire Taliban
18 April 2009, by Sharad RajimwaleWe belong to the Ram Sene of Karnataka, and Shiva Sena of Maharashtra, and Bajrang Dal that rules the roost among Hindus in the north. Whatever the names, we have a vision of the Hindu Rashtra that is not far different from the image of the (...) -
Bunkar Sandesh Abhiyan: A Campaign for Protecting Livelihoods of Weavers and Artisans
18 April 2009, by Bharat DograIn recent years it has become increasingly difficult for a large number of handloom weavers and other craftspersons to sustain their livelihoods. While earlier also there were problems relating to the grip of middlemen and the actual artisans (...) -
Fighters for a Great Yesterday! Brand Advani: Perils of Rebranding!!
18 April 2009, by Subhash Gatade[It is for the first time in his nearly five-year-old tenure as the PM that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a stinging attack on L.K. Advani—the PM-in-waiting as far as the Sangh Parivar is concerned. The Prime Minister was candid enough to (...) -
Track Record of the Shiela Dikshit Government in Delhi
18 April 2009, by Suvrokamal Dutta(The following article was written sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons.)
The recent Delhi Assembly election results have proved as to who rules Delhi. Truly after the third successive victory Shiela Dikshit has (...) -
Reinforcing New Stereotypes
18 April 2009, by Kumkum Roy[(Book Review)]
Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: Battling Stereotypes by Madhu Purnima Kishwar; Sage Publications, New Delhi; pp. 420; Price: Rs 495.
Madhu Kishwar is someone who has been zealously campaigning for decades, championing a (...) -
The Newspaper as a Looking Glass
18 April 2009, by Uttam Sen[(Media)] The world of journalism is regularly split into various categories by external purveyors. English and vernacular, mainstream and regional, to name a few. In these classifications there is one constant: the employee or wage-earner, (...) -
Tribute: Smitu Kothari
18 April 2009, by Praful BidwaiNothing sums up Smitu’s involvement with civil society organisations and social movements—that is to say, the core of his life-activity—as eloqu-ently as the brilliant calendar his organisation, Intercultural Resources, produced three months ago. (...)