The Kaziranga Killing
by Mohammad Nurul HassanThe gunning down of two persons by the Assam Police in the protest march against the eviction drive in Kaziranga is a serious matter for marginal communities across the globe....
View ArticleSaffron Law in Congress-ruled Karnataka
The pseudo-nationalists have made Kashmir an issue of nationalism in Karnataka. If indivi-duals or groups meet together to discuss or debate on Kashmir or screen a documentary about Kashmir, it is...
View ArticleControversy over Kerala Onam and Vamana Jayanti
by Varghese P.J.From time immemorial Onam has been celebrated for a particular period of time as an agricultural festival based on a common belief of Mahabali's reign which provided welfare of all...
View ArticleIs India Rising? What are the New Hopes, New Fears? A Reporter's Account...
IMPRESSIONSThere is no end to books coming out on India. On Narendra Modi alone there are already more than a dozen. Expect more. Obviously the market is good even if some books say nothing a la P.V....
View ArticleWarmongers are Anti-National
The Indian Government, after the surgical strikes on September 29, 2016, the details of which have not been made very clear, in response to the Uri attack on September 18, appears to be in a complacent...
View ArticleMisplaced Blame-game
Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has said that there is no room for improvement in relations between India and Pakistan so long as Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. This is...
View ArticleDispel the Spectre of War—It is Doable
India's September 29 cross-LoC strike was conducted professionally, as expected of the apolitical Army of the Indian Republic. Pakistan‘s predictable response is denial of it ever having happened. It...
View ArticleUniform Civil Code: Why and How?
by Ram PuniyaniWhat is called a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) deals with the personal laws (marriage, divorce, maintenance, custody and inheritance). Our criminal and civil laws are the same for all the...
View ArticleGoa Meetings in Perspective
EDITORIALSeveral major developments have taken place in the last few days. But none of these can possibly minimise the importance of the recent meetings in Goa: the Indo-Russian summit punctuated by...
View ArticleA Centennial Remembrance: Recruiting ‘Terrorism' during World War I - A Case...
by K.C. YadavMuch is found in print on the First World War, 1914-1918. Recruitment in Punjab during the global conflict, our present concern, is also not a barren field; there are several studies...
View ArticleGoa Summit Strengthens Indo-Russian Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership
No Indo-Russian summit was held in such an anti-Russian media hysteria stemming from the Russia-Pak military exercise, yet no other summit in recent years has been so successful as the 17th...
View ArticleRemembering October-November 1984
From N.C.'s WritingsEarly next week, on October 31, the country would be observing the tenth death anniversary of Indira Gandhi who had been cruelly shot down on this very day by her own security...
View ArticleJudicial Decisions relating to Minority Educational Institutions: An Overview
by Nilima Chandiramani‘Protection of minorities is the hallmark of a civilisation,' said the Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The framers of the Indian Constitution showed utmost sensitivity to...
View ArticleAdivasis in the Indian Republic
Perhaps the greatest sin that independent India's ruling class committed was that it relent-lessly engaged in the most brutal exploitation of India's original inhabitants commonly known as the...
View ArticleJNU Row and the Forgotten ‘Right to Reply'
by Surbhi Karwa and Shivam Yadav“Let people know the facts and the country will be safe.”—Abraham LincolnThe media is the fourth pillar of democracy— we have been taught this since our early lessons in...
View ArticleIndia Changes Tack on RCEP Negotiations
Recently India abruptly changed tack by expressing its willingness to drop the three-tiered approach on tariff liberalisation under the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)...
View ArticleGrowing Inequality in Wealth and Income: Threat to Nation's Stability
The new ‘World Wealth Report' points to an increase in the number of crorepatis from 2.36 lakhs currently to 5.54 lakhs by 2025 (at the 2015 prices). But these figures are not reliable. In the Indian...
View ArticlePakistan poses Problems too Serious to be left to Jingoist Anchors and Sangh...
IMPRESSIONSPatriotic quibbling will not hide the basic fact—that Pakistan has boxed India into a tight corner. As happened in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack eight years ago, every muscle in our...
View ArticleThe Kashmir Question
by Binish MaryamThe hasty departure of the Britishers from India in 1947 resulted in the emergence of two independent states, India and Pakistan. Though sharing a common history, the two states have...
View ArticleWhither Justice for Religious Minorities?
by Ram PuniyaniRetired judge of the Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju wrote (September 26, 2016) to the Supreme Court judges: “You are aware that one Ikhlaq was brutally lynched by cow vigilantes...
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