IMPRESSIONS
It was pop culture at its defiant best when the Nirvana band sang in 1993: “Rape me, Rape me again/ Hate me, Do it and do it again/ Waste me, Rape me, my friend.” Kurt Cobain who wrote the lines described it as “a life-affirming (...)
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Army’s Right to Rape and Kill Must Go if North-East is to be a Part of India
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Nation Bruised even as Hopes are Rekindled
14 April 2013, by SCYesterday a sessions court in Delhi set aside the order of a magisterial court in April 2010, that is, precisely three years ago, accepting the closure report of the CBI on the charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in an anti-Sikh riots (...) -
From Past Elections and Past Mistakes Political Parties Learn Nothing
14 April 2013, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Confusion is a weapon in politics. When you are confused about what to do, do something to make others even more confused. Say things that are at once sensational and contradictory until your opponents start scurrying around to find (...) -
The Politics of Power and Control
14 April 2013, by S G VombatkereControl of the nuclear fission process is the use of science and technology for political power. Electric power generated from controlled fission can be for social benefit and is thus a source of political power. Controlling the delivery of (...) -
Pakistan’s Travails
14 April 2013, by Kuldip NayarIt is boisterous, even maverick. Pakistan thy name is uncertainty. Yet, it is strange that whenever it is faced with pressing problems before elections, the country has always surprisingly found solutions to them. This time it has chosen an (...) -
The Ideological Battle in Bangladesh
14 April 2013, by Barun Das GuptaPakistan as a country was born with the seeds of its eventual dismemberment lying embedded in the very process of its birth and subsequent evolution. The third paragraph of the momentous Pakistan Resolution of the Muslim League, adopted at (...) -
Honouring Ambedkar
14 April 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
April 14 this year marks the 122nd birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. On this occasion we are reproducing the following piece by N.C. and a few relevant articles to offer our sincere homage to the (...) -
Is Ambedkar a Modern-day Messiah?
14 April 2013by R. Akhileshwari
As Dalit assertion is taking shape and Dalit power is being manifested, the relationship between Dalits and their icon, B.R. Ambedkar, is being discussed publicly for the first time. And for the first time ever, he is being (...) -
Memoirs of Chandal Jeevan: An Underdog’s Story
14 April 2013, by A K BiswasREVIEW ARTICLE
Itibritte Chandal Jeevan, Vol. I by Manoranjan Byapari; Priya Sipla Prakashan, Kolkata; Rs 250.
Part-I
Uncommon Memoirs
He is no pedigree, nor has any pillar of support. He does not rest on the laurels of ancestral tradition of (...) -
Russia: Has Putin Won the Battle Against Oligarchs?
14 April 2013by R.G. Gidadhubli
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has complex relations with the Russian oligarchs, the ‘New Class of Billionaires’. Being an experienced wrestler, he has displayed his total control over those who have confronted and (...)
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