WOMEN’S WORLD
by Shruti
A number of non-government organisations have demanded December 16 be declared a day of remembrance for Jyoti. For newbees, Jyoti was the December 16 girl whose ghastly rape and subsequent death temporarily shook (...)
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December 16 — A Day of Glory or Shame?
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Is this a Party with a Difference?
7 December 2013COMMUNICATION
The BJP boasts of being a political party quite different from all other Indian political parties and this is quite correct. The glaring example of this is the way and manner in which the party has been trying to enlist the support (...) -
Beyond the Sordid Events at Home
1 December 2013, by SCEDITORIAL
If the conviction and life sentence awarded by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad this week to the dentist couple, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, for the double murder of their only 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj (...) -
The Iran Deal: Enlightening the Global Picture
1 December 2013, by Uttam SenThe détente in Iran may appear unreal, if for no other reason than India so providentially gaining with the hope of uninterrupted oil supplies to check prices and curb inflation. Providence appears too timely to be true. There are other benefits (...) -
A Symphony of the Absurd
1 December 2013, by Ambrose PintoTo secular Indians, who hold that religion belongs to the private and personal space, two recent national events of three state agencies should be a matter of concern. The first one was the act of ISRO Chairman Dr K. Radhakrishnan performing (...) -
So Distant from India and So Close to Gandhi: A Note on a Gandhian President of a South American Republic
1 December 2013, by Syed ShahabuddinUruguay is the second smallest state in South America with a GDP of $ 56.3 billion and a per capita GDP of $ 16,600. Jose Mujica, the head of state elected under the Constitution as the President of Uruguay, controls the Secretariat of the (...) -
A Gentleman in Politics
1 December 2013, by Kuldip NayarAt a time when politicians have come down to the level of street urchins, hurling abuses at each other and when the surveillance of even an individual is not considered an intrusion into privacy, the memory of the late Prime Minister, Inder Kumar (...) -
Casual Amateurishness
1 December 2013, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Perhaps never before a foreign-affairs issue has been so badly mishandled as the sudden deportation of three Lanka Tamil leaders from India by the Rajiv Gandhi Government. It has been an amazing piece of thoughtlessness on (...) -
World Rethinks Opinion on Putin’s Russia
1 December 2013Russian President Vladimir Putin tops his US counterpart, Barack Obama, on the Forbes list for “world’s most powerful person”. The news has become one of the hottest topics in the world.
Russian media are pleased with the ranking and public (...) -
Gandhi, Patel versus Modi
1 December 2013, by Subhash GatadeNarendra Modi (NaMo, as he is popularly known) wants to usher in a ‘Congress-free India’. In his maiden speech after being elected as the Election Campaign Chief at the party’s Goa conclave, he had clearly said this in no uncertain terms.
As one (...)
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