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Who Killed Burhanuddin Rabbani?
8 October 2011, by M K BhadrakumarThe Taliban’s statement denying involvement in the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani, head of the Afghan High Council for Peace, came on the third day of the incident. Evidently, the Quetta Shura thoroughly checked out with the various Taliban (...) -
Obama’s New Afghan Strategy with Pakistan to Induct the Taliban in Kabul
8 October 2011, by Bashir MohammadDESPITE LATEST STRAINS IN US-PAK RELATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
The strategy devised at the London Conference on Afghanistan (held in January 2010)—“reinte-gration and reconciliation”—was a veiled scheme of once again handing over Afghanistan to Pakistan. (...) -
Political Dramas Occupy Centre-Stage
5 October 2011, by SCReferring to the new development in the 2G spectrum scam in the light of the revelation made in the note of the Finance Ministry (which is now known to be an inter-ministerial background paper on 2G), a pertinent query was raised in these (...) -
Medicines: For Saving Life or For Superprofits?
5 October 2011, by Bharat DograWill patent rights be used only for ensuring the legitimate interests of pharmaceutical companies, or will these be used in an exaggerated and unjust way to deprive patients of their right to life? This crucial question, which has been debated (...) -
US’ Pakistan Policy in Tatters
5 October 2011, by Apratim MukarjiThe assassination of the former President of Afghanistan and presently head of the High Peace Council, Burhanuddin Rabbani, on September 20 at his heavily secured residence in Kabul marks yet another step forward for Pakistan in its campaign to (...) -
The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
5 October 2011, by P R DubhashiMahatma’s Causes
The Mahatma stood for causes for which he struggled throughout his working life. They were—Freedom, Unity, Equality, Self-Reliance and Decentralisation. They were related to each other. Though these causes were ‘ends’, he was (...) -
Gandhian Alternative to Economic Development — Relevance for India Today
5 October 2011, by B P Mathur“India’s destiny lies not along the bloody way of the West, of which she shows signs of tiredness, but along the bloodless way of peace that comes from a simple and godly life. India is in danger of losing her soul. She cannot lose it and live. (...) -
Politics of Identity and Gandhi
5 October 2011, by Upasana PandeyIt is the irony of the day that most of the thinkers are assuming that change in the system will automatically bring about change in the individual. But we have witnessed that the more we are laying stress on having good governance and a (...) -
Credibility of Leadership
5 October 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
From the celebration of the Gandhi Jayanti to the commissioning of Bokaro, the largest steel plant in the country—we are reminded of the miles we have covered as also of the promises yet to keep.
The Gandhi Jayanti has become (...) -
The Unforeseen Catalyst for Change
5 October 2011, by Uttam SenThere are many conflicting versions of Anna Hazare and his movement that will endure. But not the least, the vision of exotic steamrolling that emerged out of Arundhuti Roy’s conver-sation with CNN-IBN’s Sagarika Ghosh. Whether true or untrue, (...)
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