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Revision of Indus Water Treaty?
9 April 2017, by Kuldip NayarIslamabad has asked the World Bank to honour the Indus Water Treaty executed between India and Pakistan in 1960. This is in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that India is free to use the water which flows into the sea. This is (...) -
Shared Dreams, Distant Reality: An analysis of aspirations in movie Dangal
9 April 2017by Swati Sehgal and Divyanshu Patel
Dangal: the Sport and the Metaphor
The title, Dangal, literally meaning a wrestling competition, holds on to multiple meanings in the movie. As the narrative evolves, it signifies a range of emotions that move (...) -
Twentyfive Years of Independence of Central Asian States: Painful Transition to Democracy and Development
9 April 2017by R.G. Gidadhubli and Sanjay D. Deshpande
All the five Central Asian States (CAS), namely, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have celebrated the 25th anniversary of their sovereignty and independence after the (...) -
Chinese Classes Stopped
9 April 2017, by Harish ChandolaThe Indian Army suddenly stopped teaching its men the Chinese language at its Joshimath Brigade headquarters last year. It, however, continues to teach the language at some other centres.
Joshimath is in the middle sector of the India-China (...) -
If gangsters have taken over the education ‘industry’, all talk of development in India is bunkum
9 April 2017, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Education in India is in tatters because of horrendous corruption. This is making the country wobble like a skyscraper detached from its foundations. The authorities ignore the crisis because they are themselves either the destroyers (...) -
Emasculating a Genuinely Popular Governing System
9 April 2017, by D. BandyopadhyayBOOK REVIEW
Essays of Inclusive Growth and Some Reminiscences by C.H. Hanumantha Rao; published by Academic Foundation; 2014; price: Rs 995.00.
The prime quality of reviewing a book is objectivity. The reviewer should be able to scan the book (...) -
We stand Reduced to what Pathetic Lows!
9 April 2017, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
As an Indian Muslim I’m sitting not just apprehensive but very upset. I don’t feel I’m living in a democracy, as Hindutva forces have begun ruling this land. Camouflages are off. Stark realities stare. Henceforth, I should get used to (...) -
PIPFPD expresses Concern over Arrest of Indian Fishermen by Pakistan’s MSA
9 April 2017The following is a press statement issued by the Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy on March 28, 2017.
It is a matter of serious concern that more than hundred fishermen from India have been arrested by the Pakistan’s Maritime (...) -
The Growing Lawlessness
2 April 2017POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
After the elections in five States, the country has seen a disturbing trend of growing lawlessness. During the election campaign the charge against the Akhilesh Yadav Government was that under it Uttar Pradesh had become a (...) -
Selection of Yogi Adityanath: People’s Verdict Sabotaged
2 April 2017The following statement has been issued by Debabrata Biswas, the General Secretary of the All India Forward Bloc, on March 20, 2017.
By appointing Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has sabotaged the people’s verdict (...)
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