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Thoughts on Bihar Assembly Elections 2010
31 January 2011, by Syed ShahabuddinThe massive victory of the JD(U)- BJP alliance in the recent Assembly elections in Bihar has been eulogised to the skies by the civil society and mass media and depicted as the beginning of new politics in Bihar, cooling the caste cauldron and (...) -
Questions and Answers on Kashmir Issue
31 January 2011, by Sailendra Nath GhoshThe following are the author’s answers to the questions he received on phone in response to his three articles on Kashmir published in the Mainstream. You have been eloquent about Kashmiriyat. What is so special about it? You have also said that (...) -
Wisdom in Short Supply
31 January 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
The security environment in which the Republic of India steps into the thirtyeight year of its eventful career this week, is, to say the least, disturbing indeed. While one earnestly hopes that the Pakistani arms build-up (...) -
A Visit to the Killing Field of Netai
31 January 2011, by D. BandyopadhyayNetai is a medium-sized village situated deep inside Jungle Mahal of West Bengal’s West Midnapore district and on the banks of the river Kangsabati, locally known as Kasai. The popu-lation of the village is around 2000. The villagers’ main (...) -
Making an Example of Binayak Sen
31 January 2011, by Mukul DubeGive a lathi to a dim-witted psychopath and his new ability to break heads and limbs with it will soon have him drunk on power. He will want ever bigger lathis with which to wreak more destruction.
In its action against Binayak Sen the State (...) -
India-Russia Ties in the Neoliberal Era
31 January 2011, by M K BhadrakumarIf last month’s official visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to India came anywhere near being marred, it was from a most unexpected quarter —onions. Indians can’t make curries without onions but now 80 per cent of them can’t afford this vegetable. (...) -
Kannabiran — the Fighter for Your Rights
31 January 2011, by A K DasguptaTRIBUTE
It is with a deep sense of grief and sorrow that I write this piece to report the sad demise of Kandadi Gopalaswamy Kannabiran, affectionately called Kanna. He passed away on December 30, 2010, at the age of 81, after prolonged illness. (...) -
Indian Foreign Policy Since The End of Cold War: Containing or Coping with Unipolarity?
31 January 2011, by Arvind KumarBOOK REVIEW
by Arvind Kumar
Indian Foreign Policy in a Unipolar World by Harsh V. Pant (ed.); Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group, London, pp. IX + 378; Price: £ 70.00
With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union many (...) -
Pakistan: The Kayani Strategy
31 January 2011by Firdaus Ahmed
Washington Post informs: ‘US efforts fail to convince Pakistan’s top general to target Taliban’ (December 31, 2010). It writes that ‘In October, Administration officials choreographed a White House meeting for Kayani at which Obama (...)
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