Afghans returning from Pakistan
Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees are now returning from Pakistan, with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration...
View ArticleTrump signals détente with Russia
The first definitive signals are appearing that the American foreign policies are destined to undergo a historic shift under the Donald Trump presidency. The Russia Today (RT) confirmed on November 18...
View ArticleReflections On Our Time
From N.C.'s WritingsThe concluding functions that brought the curtain down on the year-long celebrations of the golden jubilee of the ‘Quit India' struggle of 1942, presented in sharp relief the slump...
View ArticleGood Governance
Good governance means That you say it large But do it small, Or not at all.Good governance means You propitiate with thin skin, But as your subterfuge bears Fruit, your skin adds layers.Good governance...
View ArticleThe Relevance of Jawaharlal Nehru
November 27 marks the eighteenth death anniversary of P.N. Haksar, one of the foremost thinkers of twentieth-century India who left an indelible imprint on the administration of this country in the...
View ArticleBhopal Encounter a mechanism to terrorise Muslims and Secular Forces
by Arun SrivastavaIt would be purely an act of naiveté to view the killing of eight SIMI cadres through the narrow prism of encounter. An insight into the incident would reveal it is a part of the RSS'...
View ArticleDemonetisation of Currency
The debate over the demonetisation of currency reveals that real estate dealers have transacted business only to the extent of five per cent cash and 95 per cent promise. The gap is huge but it...
View ArticlePunishing the Innocents to Let Off the Guilty
by Chidambaram N.The pronouncement of the highest judicial authority of our country has put the govern-ment in the dock for adding to the miseries of the general masses. The Supreme Court on the...
View ArticleWhen Muslim Rulers Helped and Protected Hindu Temples
COMMUNICATIONFrom November 19 to 25 a Communal Harmony or Qami Ekta Week is being observed culminating in a Communal Harmony Flag Day on November 25. The Babri Masjid-Ram Janma- bhoomi controversy...
View ArticleJustice Sachar's Statement
Justice Rajindar Sachar, former President of the People‘s Union for Civil Liberties, has issued the following statement on November 19, 2016.The two-day 4th National Convention of the Socialist Party...
View ArticleWhy doesn't Narendra Modi place a Limit on Maximum Income?
If the purpose of withdrawing bigger denomi-nation notes of Rs 500 and 1000 was to make it difficult for people to store and use black money, why have new big denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000...
View ArticleThree Demonetisation-Related Deaths and a Suicide Attempt
Athough the general impression being created is that the worst of the problems of ordinary people related to demonetisation are over and the situation is returning to near- normal for most of them,...
View ArticleReal Danger and Basic Question Today
EDITORIALThe economic dislocation caused across the country following the Modi Government's thoughtless measure of pulling the high-denomination Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes out of circulation continues to...
View ArticleFaded Photocopy of the Original / Perish the Thought
The following article by eminent historian Ramachandra Guha was published in the Hindustan Times on November 20, 2016. Anil Nauriya wrote a sequel to the article the very next day (November 21) and...
View ArticleIndia and China in Relations with East Asia and the World
On an invitation from the Yunnan University (China), the author went to Kunming (capital of Yunnan, China) in the last week of July 2016. He had been asked to speak on the theme of India-China...
View Article2017 UP Assembly Elections: Challenges and Stakes
by Sanjay MishraThe election to the Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, slated for the first half of next year, promises to be a high-pitched, high-stake electoral battle. It is an important election for all...
View ArticleDemonetisation and the ‘Common Man'
by Arup Kumar SenThe demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes by the Modi Government is an unique event in the history of monetary policy in post-colonial India. It should be mentioned in...
View ArticleRemembering Dileep Padgaonkar
Noted journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, 72, passed away in Pune on November 25, 2016.In a message President Pranab Mukherjee wrote: “Shri Padgaonkar was a scholar, columnist and editor who maintained the...
View ArticleSixtyseventh Anniversary of Democratic-secular Constitution
There is no doubt that despite many infirmities the Indian Constitution, as framed by the Constituent Assembly (CA) of India on November 26, 1949, was a fine document of liberal democracy. Its emphasis...
View ArticleBurma for New Talks
The Myanmar (Burmese) Army has stopped Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming the President of the country in spite of her party, the National League for Democracy, winning the country's general elections in...
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