After the execution of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the demand for hanging Parliament attacker Afzal Guru gets louder. The 11th anniversary of the Parliament attack in December gave fresh impetus to this demand which insisted that hanging the attacker is the only way to pay tribute to the sacrifice of the martyrs. But in this article I will argue why it is not by hanging Guru, but by giving him a fresh and fair trial, the country can protect its democratic values and pay proper tribute to its martyrs.
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In Defence of Afzal Guru
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Benefits of Diesel Subsidy: A Story from Mumbai
18 February 2013, by S G VombatkereThe government has announced that bulk diesel consumers like Railways and State Transport Corporations have to purchase diesel at market-determined rates, while diesel purchased at fuel outlets will continue to receive subsidy. Assuming diesel (...) -
Communalism Legitimised
18 February 2013, by Kuldip NayarNo doubt, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is less rhetorical than before in its references to Muslims. There can be two reasons for this. One, the party has its eyes fixed on the scenario after the parliamentary elections in early 2014. It would (...) -
Five-point Formula for a Riot-free India
18 February 2013by Asghar Ali Engineer
India’s legacy of communalism and communal violence is here to stay, if one goes by the activities of the Rightwing Hindutva forces and the government’s total inaction, nay, paralysis. Communalism in India is taking long (...) -
Tamils in Sri Lanka: Losing Relevance
18 February 2013, by Apratim MukarjiSri Lankan Tamils were the least surprised and shocked when President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Independence Day address on February 4 quite bluntly ruled out granting any kind of political autonomy for the Northern Province.
This also marked (...) -
Freedom of Religion
18 February 2013, by Eduardo FaleiroReligion has emerged as a major source of conflict in the post-Cold War era all across the globe. A perceptive writer points out that ideological strife has now given place to the “clash of civilisations” and predicts that in the foreseeable (...) -
When the State abets Communalism, Independence itself is in Danger
18 February 2013, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
The soul of modern India is its liberal demo-cracy. Are we in danger of losing it? Communal posturings are getting ever more blatant. Caste leaders are defying the law openly. Intolerance is flaunted as a badge of honour. The (...) -
Russia: What is there in the name ‘Stalingrad’?
18 February 2013, by M K BhadrakumarThe famous scene from the Hollywood film Enemy at the Gates captured the zeitgeist well, when addressing a room full of the Soviet military officers right on the Stalingrad front in World War II, the newly-appointed Commissar of the Red Army, (...) -
China: From ‘Revolution’ to Reform and Market
18 February 2013, by Anil RajimwaleThat is how the Chinese put it: ‘from revolution to reform and market’. Market, reform and ‘getting rich’ are the buzz-words in China today as it is undergoing massive changes and is emerging as an economic power. When asked about them, the (...) -
India - China Relations — A Closer Look
18 February 2013by O.P. Sabherwal
From the scenario of the sixties, let me recall an episode in October 1960 that is of contem-porary relevance. The then Chinese Premier, Zhou Enlai, on his last visit to India, addressed a press conference comprising some 300 (...)
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