by Arun Kumar
The new data on the GDP have raised a political storm, with the back series for GDP growth since 1993-94 becoming available. Its importance lies in the fact that in 2015, a new series was announced which showed India’s GDP growing (...)
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The Larger Picture on GDP Numbers
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Russia and China in Alliance Conditions
9 September 2018, by M K BhadrakumarThree things stand out in the remarks made by the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, on Tuesday (August 28) in the context of Russia’s forthcoming Vostok-2018 military exercise in the Trans-Baikal Region in East Siberia during September 11-15.
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Naipaul: An Abandoned Child looks and relooks at the Motherland
9 September 2018by L.K. Sharma
Naipaul always felt that his books would stand the test of time. But which of his books on India, after multiple visits to his ancestral land, will stand that test?
Naipaul was obsessed with the idea of exile. His composite hero (...) -
The Best and the Worst on Show
9 September 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
How many will learn how many lessons from the floods that devastated Kerala and Kodagu? The most important lesson is bound to go unlearned—that, ultimately, these were again examples of nature collapsing under the impact of human (...) -
Pentagon’s Loss
9 September 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Last month was observed the thirtieth death anniversary of General Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s third military dictator, who was killed in an air crash in that country in August 1988. Despite the repeated anti-US demonstrations in (...) -
Democracy Under Siege!
9 September 2018The following statement was issued on August 31, 2018 by the New Socialist Initiative (NSI) on the recent arrests of human rights defenders and public intellectuals.
The New Socialist Initiative strongly condemns the arbitrary and malicious (...) -
What Happened at the Simla Talks with Pakistan in June-July, 1972
9 September 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiAfter the conclusion of the “Bangladesh War” on December 16, 1971 it was decided through diplomatic channels that post-War talks would be held over June 30 and July 2 between Mrs Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who had become the President of a (...) -
Saint-Engineer stakes his Life to Save Ganga before an Insensitive Government and Society
9 September 2018by Sandeep Pandey
Matre Sadan, on the banks of river Ganga, is no ordinary Ashram in Haridwar and Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand, fasting since June 22, 2018, demanding a law for conservation of the Ganga, is no ordinary sadhu. Earlier Swamis (...) -
Two Months of an Indefinite Fast
9 September 2018COMMUNICATION
Swami Sanand (formerly Prof G.D. Aggrawal) has been on an indefinite fast in Haridwar and Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) on issues relating to protection of the Ganga river for two months since June 22. His main concern centres on the (...) -
Imran Khan: A New Hope for Pakistan
9 September 2018by Ravindra Sharma
Merely a month-and-a-half ago, elections were held in Pakistan (July 25). As the political dust of elections has almost settled, one seeks to analyse the outcome of the elections with an open and fresh mind. While (...)
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