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Chinese Factor in Indo-Bangladesh Relations
19 October 2011, by D. BandyopadhyayAmitava Mukherjee’s write-up captioned “Prime Minister’s Tour of Bangladesh” (Mainstream, September 24, 2011) correctly raises the implications of the ominous Chinese factor which might destabilise our longstanding friendly relations with (...) -
PM Should Sack Montek
19 October 2011, by S G VombatkereCOMMUNICATION
Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia’s attempt to explain away the strong public reaction to “sort of misread[ing]” of his affidavit to the Supreme Court, by shifting the blame to the Tendulkar Committee’s findings is dreadfully insensitive and (...) -
Forbidden Territory, where Life is Death, and Women are Sold on Thursdays
19 October 2011, by T J S GeorgeEveryone has heard of the ruggedness of the “Northwest Frontier Province”, the “forbidden area” where the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran meet, of the merciless codes of honour that govern the lives of the Pushtuns and the Baluchis, of the (...) -
Positive Implications of the Karzai Visit
8 October 2011, by SCThe two-day visit to New Delhi of Afghan President Hamid Karzai (October 4-5, 2011) has been most productive—his discussions with PM Manmohan Singh were mutually beneficial punctuated as these were with wide convergence of interests and (...) -
Truth of Gujarat vis-a-vis Modi’s Fast
8 October 2011, by Rajindar SacharThe fast by Narendra Modi has got an excessive coverage, which defies logic. The critics have rightly projected it as self-image building by Modi to project himself as the Prime Ministerial candidate and under the cover of the slogan of (...) -
And Quiet Flows the Teesta!
8 October 2011, by D. BandyopadhyayMuchkund Deubey’s essay entitled “Indo-Bangladesh Relations—Failure of Leadership on the Indian Side” (Mainstream, September 17, 2009) is a seminal contribution to the literature on this subject. It is erudite. It is factual. It gives a (...) -
Forum Against War Crimes and Genocide Flays Rajapaksa Government’s Sri Lankan Model of State Terrorism
8 October 2011DOCUMENT
The following is a recent statement issued by the Forum Against War Crimes and Genocide.
About the Forum
The Forum against War Crimes and Genocide is a platform for human rights activists/organisations and other concerned civil (...) -
Aung San Kuu Kyi: A “Dissident” Speaks
8 October 2011by PARMINDER S. BHOGAL
Delivering this year’s BBC Reith Lecture, Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader in Burma, described herself as a “dissident” and a “democracy activist” who was not merely thinking of “replacing one government with another” (...) -
Talking to Maoists
8 October 2011, by Nirmalangshu MukherjiIt is reported that the decades-old talks with Naga insurgent groups has made some progress recently.1 One reason why talks have a chance in these cases is that separatism comes in layers and degrees: there are numerous real points between (...) -
He was Unpurchasable
8 October 2011, by H Y Sharada Prasad[(ON C.N. CHITTA RANJAN’S 90TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
The ninetieth birth anniversary of outstanding journalist C.N. Chitta Ranjan took place last week—on September 29. Born in Ooty on September 29, 1921, he breathed his last in New Delhi on August 2, (...)
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