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Dispel the Spectre of War—It is Doable
23 October 2016, by S G VombatkereIndia’s September 29 cross-LoC strike was conducted professionally, as expected of the apolitical Army of the Indian Republic. Pakistan‘s predictable response is denial of it ever having happened. It could have been left at that, but the (...) -
Misplaced Blame-game
23 October 2016, by Kuldip NayarPakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has said that there is no room for improvement in relations between India and Pakistan so long as Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. This is the most undemocratic and anti-people remark (...) -
Warmongers are Anti-National
23 October 2016, by Sandeep PandeyThe Indian Government, after the surgical strikes on September 29, 2016, the details of which have not been made very clear, in response to the Uri attack on September 18, appears to be in a complacent mood as a result of something which it (...) -
Is India Rising? What are the New Hopes, New Fears? A Reporter’s Account makes for a Readable Story
23 October 2016, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
There is no end to books coming out on India. On Narendra Modi alone there are already more than a dozen. Expect more. Obviously the market is good even if some books say nothing a la P.V. Narasimha Rao’s two “autobiographies”. (...) -
Controversy over Kerala Onam and Vamana Jayanti
23 October 2016by Varghese P.J.
From time immemorial Onam has been celebrated for a particular period of time as an agricultural festival based on a common belief of Mahabali’s reign which provided welfare of all irrespective of caste, religion and other class (...) -
Saffron Law in Congress-ruled Karnataka
23 October 2016, by Ambrose PintoThe pseudo-nationalists have made Kashmir an issue of nationalism in Karnataka. If indivi-duals or groups meet together to discuss or debate on Kashmir or screen a documentary about Kashmir, it is termed an anti-national act. In the month of (...) -
The Kaziranga Killing
23 October 2016by Mohammad Nurul Hassan
The gunning down of two persons by the Assam Police in the protest march against the eviction drive in Kaziranga is a serious matter for marginal communities across the globe. Being one of the marginalised groups, (...) -
Afghanistan: Caught in a Vicious Grip
23 October 2016, by Apratim MukarjiIn early October, an international donors’ conference hosted by the European Union (EU) in Brussels declared a US $ 15. 2 billion aid package for Afghanistan to run till 2020, almost at par with the quantum of such funding provided so far. “A (...) -
Identity of the Dead
23 October 2016Sunlight slanting through the branches fell on a dead body lying beneath the roadside tree; unshaven face, sunken eye sockets, tattered clothes covering a skeleton of hunger, neglect, deprivation. The onlookers stopped awhile, gathered at the (...) -
Socialism for Our Times
23 October 2016, by Bharat DograCOMMUNICATION
In the perception of most people socialism is identified with a system based on economic equality and a path of planned economic development to ensure this equality.
This basic principle of equality should get very wide support. In (...)
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