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AAP and the New Language of Politics
23 February 2015, by Arup Kumar SenThe landslide victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly elections, winning 67 out of 70 seats, signifies a unique event in the political history of India. The most significant implication of this victory is the challenge it (...) -
Is India Finally Changing? The Powerless won Power in Delhi. That’s a New Game
23 February 2015, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
The Indian voter is an astonishing creature. He looks everything that he is not. The men and women in those long, winding queues before polling booths appear docile and innocent, a submissive type who wouldn’t harm an ant. Get closer (...) -
Rebirth of Aam Aadmi
23 February 2015, by Kuldip NayarIt is, indeed, instructive to analyse why the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was decimated at the polls in Delhi. But the more important point to know is how the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has emerged with a bang: 67 seats in a house of 70! The (...) -
Educational Leadership of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
23 February 2015February 22 this year marks the fiftyseventh death anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the country’s first Minister of Education. On this occasion we are publishing the following article which was sent to us quite sometime ago.
by Mohammad (...) -
Some Major Issues related to Adivasis
23 February 2015, by C.H. Hanumantha Rao1. Major Issues
The socio-economic condition of the Adivasis as the most marginalised section of our society has been extensively documented. I do not propose to describe their condition again. I would rather like to straightaway raise three (...) -
NITI Aayog: Much Ado about Nothing
23 February 2015by Rasananda Panda
It is easy to say that the only thing that is constant is change. But change is never easy. Especially when with the help on an executive order you scrap a sixtyfour-year-old institution that has seen the ups and downs of the (...) -
Ukraine: Will the Second Minsk Summit Succeed in Ending Conflict?
23 February 2015by R.G. GIDADHUBLI
The fighting between the Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian rebels, despite a few skirmishes, largely subsided on Sunday, February 15, giving rise to hopes that the ceasefire agreement, signed on February 11 in Minsk, the (...) -
Tribute to Som Benegal
23 February 2015, by S ViswamTRIBUTE
Veteran journalist, writer and poet Som Benegal passed away in New Delhi precisely six months ago on August 22, 2014. His close friend and colleague, S. Viswam, the well-known journalist, has sent the following tribute for publication on (...) -
Defending Conviction, Discussing Progress
23 February 2015REVIEW ARTICLE
by Noor Zaheer
Liking Progress, Loving Change by Rakshanda Jalil; Oxford University Press; 2014; pages 482 + 29 pages Introduction; Rs 1495.
“........the arrangements might have lacked finesse, but they more than made up in the (...) -
People Assert — Modi-Shah Duo Bites the Dust
16 February 2015, by SCEDITORIAL
How does one interpret the incredible results of the just-concluded Delhi Assembly elections? Was it a political earthquake, a tsunami or an avalanche that brought about such an unbelievable outcome? Whichever way one looks at it, the (...)
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