by Yaqoob Khan Bangash
On February 16, Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy pointed out in an article, in this newspaper, that some students he was speaking to did not know about Shahbag Square. Coincidentally, when I asked my students the same question a (...)
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Shahbag Square Will Haunt Us
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Budget, Fiscal Deficit and Expectations
26 February 2013, by Anshuman GuptaBudget time is very significant for an economy. It gives an opportunity to take stock of how the economy fared during the previous year and setting targets for the coming year. These targets are fixed on the basis of expectations or assump-tions (...) -
India-France Relations: Tremendous Scope Ahead
26 February 2013, by Bharti ChhibberThe recent visit of the new French President, Francois Hollande, to India can be seen as an important stepping-stone in developing an enduring and close partnership. It may not have resulted in inking the much-talked-about Rafale jet deal (the (...) -
Scandalous
26 February 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The Bofors kickback scandal is fast assuming the dimension of a serious crisis for the Rajiv Government. For this, the Prime Minister has to a large measure hold himself and the bunch of cronies and hangers-on—whom he has been (...) -
Afzal’s Hanging and its Aftermath
26 February 2013, by Kuldip NayarI was at the Parliament House when it was attacked in December 2001. Members like me were furious over the incident and the first suspicion was on Pakistan. It turned out to be true because the three who escaped were from Pakistan. Afzal Guru (...) -
AFSPA: Who Rules India?
26 February 2013by Walter Fernandes
Finally a senior Union Minister has made official what many knew already. The government cannot even make the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) more human because the Army does not want it diluted, leave alone repealed. (...) -
Khurshid’s Challenge to Antony is Intriguing
26 February 2013, by M K BhadrakumarThis is carnival time for the detractors of Defence Minister A. K. Antony. Of course, none of them in their senses would dare to implicate Antony in the VVIP helicopter scandal. He remains the ‘Saint’. The saving grace in the present scandal is (...) -
Will the Land Acquisition Bill lead to More Violent Conflicts?
26 February 2013, by Ambrose PintoThere have been violent conflicts on land acquisition across the country especially when the land of the poor has been taken away without proper compensation by the state for public and private ventures. In all stories of acquisition it is the (...) -
How to Extinguish Bodo-Muslim Conflict and other Ethnic Conflicts in Assam
26 February 2013, by Syed ShahabuddinAccording to the tentative results of Census 2011, Assam with an area 78,438 square kilometres has a multi-ethnic population of 31.2 million, distributed in 27 districts. It is said to have 72 identifiable communities including a large number of (...) -
Theorising Corruption in a Hurry
26 February 2013, by Badri RainaFrom all the elaborations that have now come forth, it would seem that this is what the sadly beleaguered Ashish Nandy had meant to say at the Jaipur Festival: that for thousands of years corruption has been the preserve of the upper castes, but (...)
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