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War Poems
9 May 2015May 9, 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of Victory over Fascism in the Second World War. On this occasion we carry poems by Russian poets who, like all other citizans of their country, actively participated in the struggle to rid the world (...) -
The River of History
9 May 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
This week all the world over is being celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the victory over fascism. For, this was the week, thirty years ago, when the Hitler war-machine was smashed and the Soviet soldiers hoisted the (...) -
A Savage Civilisation
9 May 2015May 9 this year marks not only the seventieth anniversary of Victory over Fascism but also the one hundred and fiftyfourth birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. As our homage of Gurudev on this occasion we are reproducing this letter written (...) -
Report from Ajmer District: Struggle of Kishangarh Farmers Exposes Glaring Injustice in Land Acquisition
9 May 2015, by Bharat DograSo many senior politicians have been saying time and again that as far as possible efforts will be made to avoide acquiring fertile and irrigated farmland. Even the Prime Minister has said that fertile and irrigated farmland should be acquired (...) -
Salman, Vishwas, Gadkari, Badals
9 May 2015, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
With Salman Khan convicted under culpable homicide in the 2002 hit-and-run case, the coming days will lie fitted with news reports and endless discussions focusing on him and what lies ahead... for him, for his clan, for his films and (...) -
NGOs and Agrarian Crises
9 May 2015, by Kuldip NayarIt is unfortunate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is harassing and hounding the NGOs. Probably, the party’s leaders do not realise that many of its members were once themselves NGOs. When the Jana Sangh merged into the Janata Party after (...) -
Unravelling the Nuances of Ghani’s India Visit
9 May 2015by Raj Kumar Sharma
The Context
Afghanistan is in a state of security and economic transition, as the US-NATO forces have begun their withdrawal from the country in 2014. The President of Afghanistan, Dr Ashraf Ghani, paid his first visit to (...) -
Afghan Test Case
9 May 2015, by Uttam SenThe Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s mindfulness of India in his country’s scheme of things could well have been distilled in the interview he gave a leading Indian daily. Creating the right of way by road for goods from Kabul past the (...) -
Thinking Big, China is Changing the World Order; with Mixed Priorities, we can but Tag Along
9 May 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
It is now clear that China is seeking to change the way the world is run. Its two big schemes—the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, or Belt and Road in short—are so daring and perceptive that the world is struck yet (...) -
Enormity of Nepal’s Tragedy
2 May 2015, by SCEDITORIAL
While fears of epidemic mount in Kathmandu with many bodies yet to be removed, Nepal’s PM Sushil Koirala has said the death toll in last Saturday’s 7.9-intensity earthquake that rocked the Himalayan state with unprecedented ferocity—it (...)
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