by BISWAJIT ROY
“It began as a tenacious essay in political realism, entered a phase of sheer drama unbelievable in its unreality, and ended in the bitter rattle of gunfire. The reference is to the ‘talks’ between Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s (...)
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Failed Peace Process between Mamata and Maoists: A Post-mortem
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Agonising Reappraisal of Liberalisation and Globalisation
27 December 2011, by P R DubhashiThe year 1991 marked a watershed, almost a U-turn, in the Indian economic policy pursued over forty years from 1951 to 1991, often described as a Nehruvian model of economic policy. The major features of that model included what came to be known (...) -
Tackle the Disease, not the Symptoms
27 December 2011, by Girish MishraIn the late 1970s the world entered an era of turmoil. The so-called golden age of capitalism gave way to stagflation, that is, stagnation in output along with inflation. Unemployment soared. A chaotic situation prevailed. People of advanced (...) -
FDI in Retail and the 21st Century Drain of Wealth
27 December 2011, by Sandhya JainIn an address to the Congress Parliamentary Party on December 8, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee lamented that the UPA coalition was forced to suspend the Cabinet decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand (...) -
Manmohanomics Today: Towards Perpetuation of Poverty
27 December 2011, by Diptendra RaychaudhuriAfter experiencing twenty years of the ‘Reform’ process Manmohan Singh started in 1991, it seems the ‘messiah’ wants to be remembered in future only by the elite of the country as their greatest champion. Perhaps he does not care for the rest, and (...) -
Democratic Meaning of the Anna Movement: One View
27 December 2011by SATISH K. JHA
The true meaning of the Anna phenomenon would be known only in due course of time. In the meantime, the debate surrounding the Anna movement has got so much charged up that it is becoming difficult to make a political judgment (...) -
Travelling was at Three Miles an Hour, but in that Era too, Mamool was a Habit
27 December 2011, by T J S GeorgeHow times change! It is routine these days for a Chennai businessman to take a morning flight to Delhi, complete his work there, and return the same night to the bliss of his own bed. A briefcase is more than enough by way of baggage.
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Civil Society, Corruption and Social Change
27 December 2011, by Anil RajimwaleThe words ‘civil society’ have become quite popular lately, thanks mainly to the recent movement against corruption led by Anna Hazare. At least one good thing that has emerged is the consciousness and self-consciousness of the civil society, (...) -
Valuable Addition to Literature on Election Studies
27 December 2011, by Ranbir SinghBOOK REVIEW
India: 2009 Elections—Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity by Paul Wallace and Ramashray Roy (ed.); Sage Publications, New Delhi; 2011; pages XVIII+412; Price Rs 995.
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Impact of Unabated Anthropogenic Activities on the Ganga-Yamuna system
27 December 2011, by Sudhanshu BhandariRIVER, RIVER SURELY DYING
It was at the 1981 session of the Indian Science Congress in Varanasi that scientists expressed concern at the growing chemical and biological pollution in the river Ganga in presence of the then Prime Minister, Mrs (...)