Counter-Terrorism: Politicians play Games instead of Calling in Professionals
Barack Obama faces bigger terrorist threats to his life than Manmohan Singh. But we don't see security guards standing behind Obama when he delivers a public speech. When Manmohan Singh or Sonia Gandhi...
View ArticleRemembering Victor Kiernan
As I complete 90 years of my residence on this earth and ponder over my long career as a teacher, I am struck by the happy accidents that marked its progress alongwith the missed opportunities to learn...
View ArticleCPM's Kozhikode Congress cuts the Last Thread Connecting it to Tantriki...
While terminating its 20th Congress at Kozhikode in Kerala the Marxist Communist Party (CPM) excluded V.S. Achuthanandan from its PB, the only member of the first generation of Kerala Communists headed...
View ArticlePalestine Under Occupation: Some Reflections
by BANSIDHAR PRADHAN “The occupation will not remove us from our land. We will stay in our land as the roots of the olive tree,” reads a poster inside the tiny Media Centre of Bil'in, a small village...
View ArticleThe Syrian Intrigue
Unspoken, unnoticed, India's Syria policy recently took a circle to return to where it all began at the ‘Friends of Syria' meet in Tunis on February 24. The visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar...
View ArticleJana Satyagraha takes Message of Land Reforms All Over the Country
At a time when land reforms are being increasingly forgotten and neglected by the Union Government as well as most State governments, a Gandhian campaign called ‘Jana Satyagraha' has been trying...
View ArticleJ&K Interlocutors Uphold Status Quo
It is strange that those who claim to be radicals on Kashmir are found wanting when put at a position to propose a solution. The government-appointed interlocutors, Dilip Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and...
View ArticleThe Siachen Imbroglio
Immediacy for Peace The title and contents of A.G. Noorani's article “Settle the Siachen dispute now“ [Ref. 1] strongly suggests peace-by-demilitarisation of Siachen on an immediate basis. His quest...
View ArticlePranab as Numero Uno
For Pranab Mukherjee, who has been in politics for about half-a-century, the Number One position has always been the proverbial ‘jam tomorrow'. At last, he is going to be the Numero Uno—the first...
View ArticleFrustrate the Diabolic Game
Finally the Congress-led UPA II—the ruling coalition at the Centre—has taken the decision: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is going to be its candidate for the Presidential poll. This sets to rest...
View ArticleEgypt's Brothers and New Middle East
Prima facie, it would seem that a great unifying figure has finally appeared on the banks of the Nile whose shadow spreads across the entire Middle Eastern political landscape. That, at least, is the...
View ArticleOn Nelson Mandela's Birthday — July 18
Spotlight Nelson Mandela turns 94 on July 18. In November 2009, the UN General Assembly declared July 18 as the ‘Nelson Mandela International Day' in recognition of the former South African President's...
View ArticleComing Battles
From N.C.'s Writings The following lines were written on June 24, 1987 and published in the Mainstream, issue of June 27, 1987 bringing out the bizarre scenario prevailing twentyfive years ago just...
View ArticleNew Beginning for Manmohan Singh
I am probably among the very few who still have faith in the capability of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take India out of the economic morass in which it is stuck. I do not like his World...
View ArticleHistory and Politics of Indian Presidents
by Vivek Kumar Srivastava On January 24, 1950 when India was on the eve of becoming a Republic, Dr Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of the Republic of India. H.V.R. lyengar, Returning...
View ArticleAscendance of Neo-Liberalism on Raisina Hill
Like the last presidential election, the current election too has been the talk of the town and country. It is good that discussions are on with respect to the election of the highest constitu-tional...
View ArticleBehind Pranab's Nomination as the UPA Candidate for Presidentship
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had threatened to resign from the Union Council of Ministers if he was not made the UPA nominee for the presidential elections after his candidature was rejected by...
View ArticleFact-finding Report on Massacre in Bastar
DOCUMENT A three-member team, consisting of J.P. Rao, Kopa Kunjam and Prof Nandini Sundar of Delhi University, visited Kottaguda, Sarkeguda and Lingagiri villages of Bastar on July 3 and 4, 2012. The...
View ArticleA Major Power with No Place for Women?
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...
View ArticleTargeting Women, Theatre of the Absurd
The country has been witness to several harrowing incidents of crime against women in the last few days, the one in Guwahati (vividly described in the article in the following page) having acquired...
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