Respected Prime Minister,
As Ganga and her numerous tributaries originate in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, this can rightly be called the maternal home of Ganga. We are two journalists who travelled in this region extensively for two weeks in (...)
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July 2009
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Appeal and Open Letter to the Prime Minister
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On Death Row
11 July 2009, by Mehtab Ali ShahMehtab Ali Shah, who teaches in Sindh University, Karachi, has sent us the following piece that appeared recently as a Letter to the Editor in Dawn, the well-known Pakistani daily. We are reproducing it for the benefit of our readers who should (...) -
A Creeping Paralysis
11 July 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyWhat has happened to this great country where men and women fought with bare hands to shake off the shackles of a mighty imperial power? The decisive weapon in the nation’s struggle for freedom was the massive strength of its awakened millions (...) -
Micro Credit—The Hidden Agenda
11 July 2009, by Nirmalya BiswasIt was when Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2006, that ‘Micro Credit’ hit the headlines of the media. Poverty alleviation became the buzzword. A wave of euphoria for micro credit swept the public mind. Micro Credit resembled the (...) -
Spectacular Music, Spectacular Wreck
11 July 2009, by T J S GeorgeDeath, we know, is a great leveller. What we do not realise is that it is also a great revealer. It strips off the many masks we wear in life and reveals the many truths we hope to hide. How glittering were the masks Michael Jackson sported! And (...) -
Contours of the National Scene
7 July 2009, by SCOn the eve of Parliament’s Budget session the Union Cabinet decided to enhance the price of petrol by Rs 4 per litre and that of diesel by Rs 2 per litre while keeping the prices of cooking gas and kerosene unchanged. The decision, implemented (...) -
Time to say: BJP-CPM Bhai-bhai!
7 July 2009, by T J S GeorgeIt’s incredible but true. In their hour of defeat sworn enemies, the BJP and CPM, act like identical twins. Both make much noise about introspection and analysis. Yet both refuse to face the facts that stare them in the face. They play with (...) -
GM Crops are the Highway to Genetic Holocaust
7 July 2009, by Sailendra Nath GhoshAccording to a report in The Hindu of April 13 last, the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice issued three welcome directives to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee while giving a verdict on a PIL petition filed by the Convenor of (...) -
Economic Agenda: Global Crisis Calls for Fresh Thinking
7 July 2009, by Arun KumarThe Congress as the dominant partner of the UPA is back in saddle in New Delhi. It is being argued that there is a mandate for the new government to carry out some of what it wanted to do in its previous term but could not—privatisation or labour (...) -
Preliminary Statement on the Movement in Lalgarh
7 July 2009A nine-member fact finding team comprising students from New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and journalists recently visited Lalgarh, to probe into the reality of the ongoing movement of the people in the area. Here is a preliminary (...)