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July 2009
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Political Logic underlying Pranab‘s Budget
11 July 2009, by Siddharth VaradarajanWith the Left weakened electorally and the United Progressive Alliance Government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh free to chart its own policy course, the corporate sector had been expecting the new regime’s first Budget to be what business (...) -
On Economic Survey 2008-09
11 July 2009, by Girish MishraSlightly more than two years ago, the worst recession since the Great Depression, set in, notwithstanding all the claims from big-wigs of economic science that the days of ups and downs were long past. It was recalled that similar claim was made (...) -
An Open Letter to the Finance Minister
11 July 2009, by Kripa ShankarThe following piece reached us late and could not be published before the presentation of the Union Budget. It is being carried now as its contents continue to be relevant.
It is characteristic of the Central Budget that only three per cent of (...) -
‘Colour’ Revolution Fizzles in Iran
11 July 2009, by M K BhadrakumarIsraelis are realists par excellence. This is why it is always gainful to buttonhole an Israeli counterpart over a single-malt on the diplomatic circuit. He will invariably weave into the tapestry of the plain tale a nylon thread until then (...) -
Historic Delhi High Court Judgement flows from Nehruvian Vision of ‘Equality’
11 July 2009, by Shohini GhoshIn a historic judgement, a two-judge Delhi High Court Bench comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice Murlidharan has on July 2 decriminalised non-heterosexual sex between consenting adults. In an eloquently argued judgement of 150 pages, (...) -
Diagnosis of Left‘s Debacle Still Undetected
11 July 2009, by Sharad PatilA spate of articles are appearing in periodicals on the debacle of the Left in the recent parliamentary elections. They are descriptive and do not go into the correct cause. The CPM leaders attribute it to the futility of the Third Front and to (...) -
CPI-M and Politics of Governance
11 July 2009, by Arup Kumar SenIn a seminal lecture (2005), the eminent political theorist, Partha Chatterjee, argued that upto the end of the 1970s ideology played an important role in Indian politics. The popularity of a political leader depended on the sacrifices she/he (...) -
CPI-M’s Downhill Journey in Bengal
11 July 2009, by Barun Das GuptaFirst the panchayat elections last year, then the Lok Sabha elections this May, and now the municipal polls. The CPI-M’s downhill journey to defeat, disgrace, despair and eventual dislodgement from power continues. One need not be an astrologer (...) -
Lalgarh: Intellectuals, Maoists and the State
11 July 2009, by Ambrose PintoIntellectuals concerned with issues of people have been under attack in recent years in different states. The Karnataka Government had prepared a list of teachers of colleges, editors of newspapers and some NGOs alleging them to be close to the (...) -
Bharatiya Janata Party: Searching a New Subterfuge?
11 July 2009, by Badri RainaI
Wasn’t there a playwright who penned Six Characters in Search of an Author?
Well, India has a “major” political party that seems forever in search of a programme.
It is called the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
But, hang on; (...)