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Danger Signal of Degeneration
3 January 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyI write these lines after a fortnight has passed since that shocking incident took place in a suburb of the city of Calcutta. Three women and their driver returning from duty assigned by the government’s Health Department were detained by a gang (...) -
The Valley of Incongruities
3 January 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyWhatever may be the substance of the much-advertised point of difference between Peking and Washington over the question of détente, it may be safely assumed that Gerald Ford’s talks with Mao Tse-tung and his cohorts explored the further (...) -
Journey beyond Marx
3 January 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyIn the midst of the excitement over the dramatic developments taking place before our very eyes in the Soviet Union, we tend to miss their historic significance. In the presence of History, one is apt to miss its majesty.
Perhaps no other single (...) -
Good-bye Feroze
3 January 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyParliament has just repealed the Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act which came into force twenty years ago in 1956. Late Feroze Gandhi, who initiated and piloted the Bill in Parliament, made a powerful case which might (...) -
Do We Need Nehru Today?
3 January 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyTwelve years ago Jawaharlal Nehru died is harness on May 27. Inevitably, much has changed in these twelve years among his people and in the humanity at large. He was not the man who would have preferred the status quo to change; and if the (...) -
Indian Left Today
3 January 2013, by E.M.S. NamboodiripadNineteen Eightyeight will go down in history as the year in which a widely current myth was exploded—the myth that the entire Opposition from the extreme Left to the extreme Right should be united in a single combination if the Congress is to be (...) -
North Korean Unha-3 Launch: How Effective are Sanctions in the Midst of the Game of Balancing?
3 January 2013by Shubhra Chaturvedi
The North Korean rocket launch on December 12, 2012 in the Pyongyang province, that came after much speculated delay, achieved the goal that it probably aimed at: an immediate deterrent. The launch is a clear indication of (...) -
The Song of the Juniors
3 January 2013Our early years had been scadling pain, Our times hung heavy all the while, What calamities, what disasters to pass through! On the wide wilderness of hugetime I see your hand beckoning under your banyon shade With the boon of your thousand (...) -
The Role of Sequestration in Reversing Anthropogenic Climate Change
3 January 2013by Anandi Sharan
Much has been written about the need to adapt to climate change, to help the poor and the vulnerable. Much more has been written about how to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions to encourage capitalists to invest in (...) -
US Presidential Election 2012
3 January 2013by N.V.K. Murthy
A TV commentator speaking about the 2012 US Presidential Election said it was an election where hope was pitted against memory. A couple of months prior to the election, many predicted that Obama had an uphill task and with an (...)