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As we go to press news has come that Congress leaders, with party President Sonia Gandhi in the foreground, marched this morning from the Akbar Road central headquarters of the Congress to former PM Manmohan Singh’s residence in (...)
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CBI Court Summons Manmohan Singh
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Vinod Mehta, On His Own Terms
14 March 2015, by John DayalTRIBUTE
In India, we never speak ill of the dead. Those who reviled Vinod Mehta, the founder-editor of Outlook news-weekly, in his lifetime, accusing him of being a courtier of 10, Janpath, the political euphemism for Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the (...) -
Reflections of a Socialist Feminist
14 March 2015, by Nandita HaksarThe following article was written for Mainstream on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) but could not be used earlier as it reached us late.
I was sitting with a migrant worker from Manipur and played the song ‘Bread and (...) -
Towards Emotional Integration
14 March 2015, by Kuldip NayarPower makes strange bedfellows. Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed, who heads the Jammu and Kashmir Government, has joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yet his victory in the State Assembly elections has been primarily on the plank that he (...) -
A Crisis in Governance
14 March 2015, by Rajindar SacharA deep somnolence, lack of direction and absence of commitment to the constitutionally directed philosophy of social justice seems to be enveloping the major existing political parties thereby enhancing the danger of the BJP’s policy of (...) -
Did People Opt for a High-Command Party? History Won’t Wait for Kejriwal. Nor Voters
14 March 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
There are two reasons why the split in the Aam Aadmi Party should not worry the general public too much. One is that this is, after all, politics Indian desi-style; for all the hopes it raised, the AAP is “maturing“ into the usual (...) -
Union Budget 2015-16:: Gender Budget: Unfulfilled Promises for Gender Equality?
14 March 2015by Shahla Tabassum
The recent Budget for the year 2015-16 is very special. The Budget is presented every year by the Finance Minister in Parliament, and thus some people may ask: what is special about the 2015-16 Budget. The speciality is about (...) -
Union Budget 2015-16: In Pursuit of the PM’s ’Make in India’ Vision
14 March 2015by S.S. Sangwan
The Central Budget 2015-16 appears to be focused on the Make-in-India and Skill-India vision of the Prime Minister rather than a balanced approach to appease all sections of the society.
The make-in-India initiative was launched (...) -
Letter to NDTV by Women Activists and Others
14 March 2015The following is a letter addressed to Dr Prannoy Roy, Co-founder and Executive Co-Chairperson, NDTV by several women lawyers, activists and others on the Nirbhaya rape film by the BBC, “India’s Daughter”.
Dear Dr Prannoy Roy,
On receiving a (...) -
Should White Women Make Documentaries about Rape in India?
14 March 2015by Bina Shah
I am puzzled.
Five prominent Indian feminists including Urvashi Batalia wrote a letter to NDTV explaining why they objected to the BBC documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’, and explaining why they believed it should not be shown.
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