Mainstream Weekly

In the Name of Woman Unite the Adi Shakti, do not Divide it

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2010-03-20T06:14:00Z

The Indian nation and parliamentary democracy are today passing through huge crises of an unprecedented nature never seen before. The issue behind the whole crises today is sadly the issue of woman who for ages has been a force of unity and not division in the family, society and/or state. The woman, who has been projected in Indian scriptures as the Adi-Shakti, Aad-Nareswar or for that matter Shiv-Shakti, has become a huge contention of debate in the name of women's liberation among the (…)

- 2010

India Must Beware of the Chinese Dragon

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2009-11-17T13:06:21Z

China'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 who entered the Indian territory inadvertently and came face to face with these Indian bunkers. Oblivious of where their actual position on the ground is, these officials then raised objections about the bunkers. This scenario seems probable because, (…)

- November 2009

Track Record of the Shiela Dikshit Government in Delhi

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2009-04-18T18:55:01Z

(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 proved that she is the unchallenged empress of Delhi no matter how serious the challenges are from her political foes. Shiela Dikshit has proved it once again that the coveted throne of Delhi will remain with her again for at least for five years (…)

- April 2009

It's Enough Now, Uncle Sam!

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2008-09-23T12:13:36Z

Its time for the Indian Government to say to the United States of America:” It's enough now, Uncle Sam!” As time passes by one after another explosive contents of the Indo-US nuclear deal is coming in front of the public eye. The deal right from the day one had generated a political storm here in India and it seems the days ahead would definitely not be smoother.
Initially hell broke out here in India at the political level the moment the deal was first agreed upon in 2005 on the issue of (…)

- September 20, 2008

Indian Iron Needs a Solid Steel Heart

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2008-05-23T10:00:21Z

Though India is one of the largest producers of iron ore in the world, it still has huge problems facing the industry. With rich iron ore deposits throughout the length and breadth of the country these deposits are on the verge of being looted by the MNCs and other foreign companies. What is required is a clear-cut, concrete policy to deal with iron ore mining as well as the iron and steel industry. The need of the hour is to save this industry from vested interest groups; corrupt (…)

- May 17, 2008

Watershed Management—India's Crying Need

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2008-01-26T20:40:34Z

The International Committee of the National Geographic Channel defines watershed on the basis of the criterion that the effect of overland flow rather than the effect of channel flow is a dominating factor affecting the peak runoff. On larger watersheds, the effect of channel flow or the basin storage effect becomes very pronounced so that such sensitivities are greatly suppressed.
Planning and development of watersheds call for a rigorous understanding of the occurrence and movement of (…)

- January 26, 2008

Nandigram : The Gujarat of Sonar Bangla

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2007-12-25T22:12:40Z

Whatever has happened in Nandigram is as bad as the burning Gujarat of 2002 in Tagore's Sonar Bangla, if not worse. Such a thing to happen in West Bengal is unthinkable. Bengal has been known in the modern political history of India for her tolerance, progressive thinking, secularism and modernity. But alas! Bengal under Buddhadeb babu has turned into a fascist, intolerant, communal State which is perhaps the biggest negative outcome of the Singur and Nandigram carnages.
The classical (…)

- December 22, 2007 - Annual Number 2007

Emergence of Rahul Gandhi in Indian Politics

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2007-12-11T15:25:26Z

Lately Indian politics is seeing the emergence of many young political leaders into the National scene with Rahul Gandhi, the son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, taking the lead in it. Such a trend is no doubt a welcome development in Indian politics. At least now India can hope to have some dynamism in its political scene based on some vision for social and economic development.
The coming of Rahul Gandhi into the centre- stage of Indian politics should also be viewed in (…)

- December 8, 2007

Unemployed India At Sixty : The Reality Bites

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2007-09-26T13:58:47Z

Economic reforms have no doubt ushered in an economic boom in India but this boom hasn't created any jobs.
The Ninth Five-Year Plan had projected that 54 million new jobs would be generated from 1997 to 2002 but the performance has fallen very short of its target as in the past. India's labour force is growing at a rate of 2.5 per cent annually but its employment rate is growing only at the rate of 2.3 per cent; thus the country faces the challenge of not only absorbing new entrants in (…)

- September 22, 2007

China's Everest Conquest is India's Waterloo

Suvrokamal Dutta — 2007-07-21T12:55:00Z

The recent Chinese decision to construct an all- weather road for the tourists to Mount Everest with the purpose of the coming Olympic Games have raised many eyebrows at the international level. It has sent ripples throughout the Indian establishment even though the PMO in India has maintained a stoic silence on the issue.
Chinese Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng has defended his government's audacious project to build a metalled road to the Mount Everest base camp before next year's Olympic (…)

- July 21, 2007