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Kashmiris Must Discover The Real India
14 October 2010, by Amitabh MattooThe visit of the all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir has generated hope and the expectation that it may still be possible to redeem the situation. The immediate task is now for New Delhi to move from the symbolic to the substantive, (...) -
Widespread Fraud Mars Afghan Parliamentary Poll
14 October 2010by Riyaz Ahmed
Elections to Afghanistan’s parliament, that took place on September 18, were marred by widespread fraud which could affect results in a third of the country’s provinces. The elections were successfully held despite the Taliban (...) -
Starve. This is Incredible India
14 October 2010, by T J S GeorgeWhat’s it with these economist wizards— that they can see figures and percentages so clearly and yet are blind to human beings? Food rotting in godowns when people go hungry attracts little or no attention. But the slightest suggestion that (...) -
CWG, Kashmir and Ayodhya Verdict
6 October 2010, by SCWhile hectic last-minute finishing touches are being given to the Commonwealth Games, all set for a gale opening in the Capital on October 3, and even at this stage an ever-vigilant media is bringing out detailed accounts of deficiencies and (...) -
Economic Ideology of the Congress: Empowering the Poor
6 October 2010, by Arjun Sengupta[(TRIBUTE
Dr Arjun Sengupta, 73, whom C. Rangarajan, the Chairman of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council, described as a “career bureaucrat” having a “good understanding of social problems” and “deeply touched and involved in finding solutions for (...) -
Was President Ahmadinejad Wrong at the UN?
6 October 2010, by Shyam ChandIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked the Americans when he said at the UN General Assembly that “some segments within the US Government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grip on the Middle East in (...) -
The Great Betrayal
6 October 2010, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
[(October 2 this year marks Mahatma Gandhi’s one hundred and fortyfirst birth anniversary. On this occasion we are reproducing N.C.’s following editorial that appeared in Mainstream (October 5, 1968) and publishing a few (...) -
Partyless Democracy: Remembering Mahatma Gandhi and JP
6 October 2010, by Shree Shankar SharanA seminar on partyless democracy at Allahabad has put me wise to the growing disenchantment with party governments, party elections and party regimentation of MPs and MLAs that deals a blow at genuine people-led and controlled democracy.
The (...) -
Mahatma Gandhi and Modern Civilisation
6 October 2010, by Upasana PandeyIn his own way, Gandhi had been a critic of modern civilisation. He criticised almost each and every aspect of modern civilisation. Whether it was the machine, profession of doctors lawyers or various political structures like State/Parliament, (...) -
The Conspiracy of Silence
6 October 2010, by Nirmalya Biswas[(Irom Sharmila Chanu will be completing ten years of her continuous fast, an exceptionally courageous feat in our country and the world, on November 4, 2010, that is, precisely a month from now. We are thus publishing the following article on (...)
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