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Suu Kyi’s discovery of India
3 December 2012, by M K BhadrakumarAung San Suu Kyi’s visit turned out to be profoundly meaningful. With an old world charm, she simply held up the mirror to show us what we were and what we have become as a nation. The image staring back at us looks ghastly, and makes (some of) us (...) -
The Vulnerable Side of Suu Kyi
3 December 2012by PETER RONALD DESOUZA
The Nehru Memorial Lecture, given by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on November 14, 2012 in New Delhi, was a master class performance. It was measured. It was poetic. It was political. It was philosophical. It did not employ the (...) -
‘Pro-Life’ also Means a Mother’s Right to Life
3 December 2012, by Vidya Bhushan RawatThe death of Savita Halappanvar, an Indian dentist in Ireland, due to refusal of abortion by the doctors in Dublin has outraged every human being who loves life. Irish laws prohibit abortion though a 1992 court ruling suggested that it could be (...) -
Shaping China’s India Policy
3 December 2012by SRIKANTH KONDAPALLI
While no specific policy vis-a-vis India had been mentioned in the just concluded 18th Communist Party Congress at Beijing, it appears that for the next five years certain broad policy prescriptions outlined in the work (...) -
Eighteenth Party Congress: New Land Reforms in China?
3 December 2012by NAMRATA HASIJA
The 18th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) commenced on November 8, 2012 amidst speculations from every corner of the globe about the closed-door meetings. Hu Jintao’s opening remarks gave many leads as to (...) -
Afghanistan: Karzai Visit - Looming Danger
3 December 2012, by Mahendra VedIn the months that he survived the exit of the Russian forces from his country, Afghanistan’s former slain President Najibullah would visit New Delhi to seek support and succour from India that was itself left ‘friendless’ when the Soviet Union (...) -
Factions and Big Money
3 December 2012, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
At the time of writing these lines, there is excitement in the Capital about the imminence of reshuffle of the Union Cabinet. This is of course a source of hypertension for many of the Ministers as to whether they would be (...) -
Pilgrimage to Ahmedabad
3 December 2012, by Sagari ChhabraJust recently I took yet another trip to Ahmedabad, but this time I had a special purpose. It was to introduce my six-year-old daughter, Sachi, to two living treasures. These living symbols of our heritage had featured in my documentary film, (...) -
December 10 (Human Rights Day) will be Observed as SC/ST Struggle Day
3 December 2012by C.R. BAKSHI
Recently, two mass organisations, namely, the ‘National Joint Campaign Committee for Dalit Rights’ and ‘All India Adivasi Mahasabha’ held a joint conference at Nagpur and decided to launch a nationwide movement by SCs and STs, who (...) -
Malala - Jethmalani
3 December 2012, by Badri RainaI must confess I have never understood why Ram Jethmalani off and on aligns himself with the Bharatiya Janata Party. I can only think that he does so from a visceral animus against the Congress, more particularly the Gandhi family.
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