Mainstream Weekly

A Tribute to Valiant Bhagat Singh

Bharti Chhibber — 2019-09-28T18:57:41Z

BOOK REVIEW
The Bhagat Singh Reader byChaman Lal (ed);Noida: Harper Collins;2019; pp. 616; Rs 799.
On September 28, 2019 we are celebrating the 112th birth anniversary of gallant revolu-tionary Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh character-ised the true Indian spirit of honour and sacrifice. He had the valour not only to dream of India's independence from foreign rule but also fearlessly fight for it. Bhagat Singh, alongwith his small group of revolutionaries, took on the British colonial empire (…)

- 2019

ASEAN and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Time to Act

Bharti Chhibber — 2017-09-23T20:58:05Z

South-East Asia cannot ignore the Rohingya crisis any longer as it is not only about Myanmar but it has repercussions for the whole regional scenario. Although the issue had been brewing up for quite a few years, the international community realised it in 2015 when thousands of Rohingya refugees were marooned at sea for many days as they were not allowed in neighbouring Thailand's and Malaysia's coasts. Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia's initial refusal to take refugees abandoned in water (…)

- 2017

Engaging Narrative of Past and Present Sino-Indian Economic, Cultural, Social Milieu

Bharti Chhibber — 2017-05-27T16:30:59Z

BOOK REVIEW
China and India: History, Culture, Cooperation and Competition edited by Paramita Mukherjee, Arnab K. Dev and Miao Pang; New Delhi: Sage; 2016; pp. 232; Rs 945.
In today's globalised world in an age of information and communication technology, soft power is considered a more effective dimension of diplomacy going beyond the economic and military power. Soft power is ‘the ability to shape the preferences of others'. Havard Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr. in Soft Power (2005) (…)

- 2017

Understanding Complex Dimensions of Manipur

Bharti Chhibber — 2016-09-24T20:04:10Z

BOOK REVIEW
Mother, Where's My Country? Looking for Light in the Darkness of Manipur by Anubha Bhosle; 2016; New Delhi: Speaking Tiger; pp. 250; Price: Rs 499.
Of late two very consequential developments captured the headlines of newspapers with one thing in common—the State of Manipur. In a recent judgment on a plea by hundreds of families in the North-Eastern State of Manipur for a probe by a Special Investigation Team into 1528 cases of alleged fake encounters involving the Army and (…)

- 2016

India-Germany Relations: Natural Partners in a Globalised World

Bharti Chhibber — 2015-12-06T20:04:35Z

India and Germany share historical trade relations dating back to as far as the 16th century. Presently, Germany is India's most important trading partner within the European Union. With India's economic liberalisation in the 1990s, the bilateral trade has increased from 2.7 billion euros to 16 billion euros in 2014. In the first seven months of 2015, the bilateral trade increased by 13 per cent compared to 2014. However, there is a lot of scope for the two states to further deepen their (…)

- 2015

Dissecting Civil Conflicts in South Asia

Bharti Chhibber — 2015-11-04T17:20:15Z

BOOK REVIEW
Civil Wars in South Asia: State, Sovereignty, Development edited by Aparna Sundar and Nandini Sundar; Sage, New Delhi; 2014; pp. 273.
The Oxford dictionary of Politics defines civil war as a ‘military conflict centred on territory within a state, involving combatants from the state, over the political right to control that territory. Civil wars usually involve govern-ment forces and the territorial aspect of the conflict means that civilian involvement and civilian deaths are (…)

- 2015

Refugee Crises in Europe: A Human Catastrophe

Bharti Chhibber — 2015-09-28T16:03:22Z

How images affect the human mind is quite evident with the kind of effect the picture had of a crumpled body of a three-year old face-down, washed ashore the Turkish coastline or that of rubber dinghies overfilled with desperate women, men and children. These images have brought out the enormity of the contemporary refugee crises in Europe, the biggest movement of people to Europe since the Second World War.
However, how ironical is the fact that the civil war in Syria, which is entering (…)

- 2015

India-France Cooperation: Towards Enhanced Bilateral Partnership

Bharti Chhibber — 2014-08-08T17:45:19Z

The recent visit of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to India may not have resulted in clinching of the Rafale jet deal which is being negotiated since January 2012 but it surely is an important step in enhanced bilateral partnership between the two countries. If the agreement materialises in the future the induction of Rafale fighter jets is expected to bolster the ‘air dominance' doctrine of the Indian Air Force. The deal involves technology-sharing and the production of most of the (…)

- 2014

India-France Relations: Tremendous Scope Ahead

Bharti Chhibber — 2013-02-26T17:03:08Z

The recent visit of the new French President, Francois Hollande, to India can be seen as an important stepping-stone in developing an enduring and close partnership. It may not have resulted in inking the much-talked-about Rafale jet deal (the sale of 126 Rafale combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force), which is being negotiated since January 2012, but the fact that this was President Hollande's first visit to a large Asian democracy and he chose India over Brazil, Russia and South Africa (…)

- 2013

A Major Power with No Place for Women?

Bharti Chhibber — 2012-07-26T23:07:12Z

Where is India going? Are we moving towards becoming a major player in world politics, an economic superpower or a regressive country where women have no place to live, no freedom, no dignity, no voice, no rights, not even basic human rights? Violence against women has become the order of the day, and these are not sporadic, occasional incidents, these have become an everyday affair. We open the news-papers in the morning, and they are full of reports of atrocities against women. Not all the (…)

- 2012