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• Sustainable Agricultural Development—Inorganic (GMO Crops) and Organic Farming In India

  14 October
  by A.V.V.S.K. Rao and M. Ramulu
  “Farming looks easy when your plough is a pencil” —Dwight, D. Eisenhower, (34th President of the Usa) (1890-1969)
  Introduction
  Today, there is awareness that the “Green Revolution” model of agricultural  (...)

• Catalans’ Rationale for Referendum

  14 October
  by Sankar Ray
  “There was something of the evil atmosphere of war. The town had a gaunt untidy look, roads and buildings were in poor repair, the streets at night were dimly lit for fear of air-raids, the shops were mostly shabby and half-empty.  (...)

• Role of Spiritual Capital in Ensuring Cleanliness in India

  14 October
  by Mahi Pal
  Setting
  On the occasion of the third anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Government of India has launched a ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ nationwide campaign on September 15, 2017 to accelerate a people’s movement for sanitation. It  (...)

• Living

  14 October
  They say life is glorious, abundant — an amazing gift of God.
  But do they know how damning it is
  to keep one’s end up in a world
  that grinds out a living
  of going to work in the morning,
  hoping to return home at night
  in one piece without being  (...)

• Marx and his Das Kapital

  14 October
  by Martand Jha
  The month of September marked the 150th anniversary of Das Kapital. On September 14, 1867, Karl Marx wrote this seminal text where he explained the theory of the capitalist system, which still provides a framework to understand  (...)

• Can One Expect Anything Better?

  9 October, by SC
  EDITORIAL
  The lead report on the front page of The Indian Express today has the headline: “‘Demonetisation A Milestone: Reward For Honesty’: Critics are spreading despair but economy is on track: PM”. This is a gist of Narendra Modi’s address at  (...)

• Give me my Bullet Train!

  9 October
  Stampedes waiting to happen do happen
  and death rains on a shaky old narrow foot over-bridge
  connecting Elphinstone Road and Parel stations
  where twenty-two dead heads get numbered
  on a more than one hundred and fifty years old suburban line.  (...)

• Whither India?

  9 October, by Shamsul Islam
  With the announcement of the quantum of punishment to the perpetrators of the January 1993 serial blasts in Bombay by Judge G.A. Sanap of the Special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act [TADA] court on September 7, 2017,  (...)

• Are Refugees Outsiders?

  9 October, by Kuldip Nayar
  Communist leader Jyoti Basu ruled West Bengal for two-and-a-half decades. He fought relentlessly against the communal forces. It is surprising how the RSS has penetrated and practically taken over the State. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s  (...)

• Of Courtiers and Court-jesters

  9 October
  by Barun Das Gupta
  Yashwant Sinha was the country’s Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee. So when he says something about the Indian economy and Modi Government’s economic policies, it has to be taken seriously,  (...)

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