June 30, 2007

• Enough is Enough!
  2 July 2007, by SC
  The battle for the presidency is descending to the level of present-day parliamentary or legislative debates distinguished by subjective, personalised onslaughts on political opponents and the murky trading of charges during election campaigns.  (...)
• Left and Right in Time of New Cold War in Europe
  2 July 2007, by Ash Narain Roy
  “If your enemies can’t find a flaw in your reasoning†, said William Hazlitt, “they will quickly find one in your reputation.†With its economy booming and most Commonwealth of Independent States back in its fold despite the US attempts to cage the  (...)
• The WTO, Governments and People’s Movements
  2 July 2007, by Bharat Dogra
  It is widely believed that this year some important agreements are likely to be reached in the so-called Doha Development Round of WTO (World Trade Organisation) negotiations. However, as things stand today the prospects of the developing  (...)
• Nikhil Chakravartty
  2 July 2007
  [(On June 27 this year falls Nikhil Chakravartty’s ninth death anniversary. On this occasion we reproduce the ‘Political Notebook’ by S. Viswam in the first issue of Mainstream to appear on July 4, 1998 following N.C.’s demise, the then President  (...)
• Remembering Nikhilda
  2 July 2007, by Lalit Uniyal
  I first met Nikhilda around the time when I was leaving for my chosen work in the village. I had only just returned to the North from K.N. Raj’s Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram). There was an unpublished piece  (...)
• Message from the President
  2 July 2007
  The following is the message of K.R. Narayanan, the President of India, on the demise of Nikhil Chakravartty.
  Quietly and unobtrusively as he lived, Nikhil Chakravartty has slipped out of life. At once gentle and formidable, his was the most  (...)
• Open Letter to the Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  2 July 2007
  We, the undersigned, urge the authorities of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to review the recent decision of the Proctorial Board to rusticate seven students. This course of action was deemed fit in view of the gherao of the JNU’s  (...)
• Internet In China : The Media’s Changing Face
  2 July 2007, by Gunjan Singh
  The first connection of the Chinese mainland with the Internet was established in September 20, 1987. Since then the Internet has grown to host the largest base of net users in the world. In the past few years the Internet boom in China can be  (...)
• Amend Bhim Smriti to Annihilate Caste
  2 July 2007
  On June 9 and 10, 2007, the Rajasthan Brahman Sabha held a meeting at Salasar, and resolved to launch a peaceful agitation to demand job reservation. (The Times of India, Lucknow, June 12, 2007, p. 7) This comes in the immediate aftermath of the  (...)
• Secularism, Nationalism and Democracy in the Context of the 2001 Parliament Attack
  2 July 2007, by K S Subramanian
  BOOK REVIEW
  Framing Geelani, Hanging Afzal: Patriotism in the Time of Terror by Nandita Haksar; Promilla & Co. Publishers in association with Bibliophile South Asia, New Delhi; pp. 348; Rs 450.
  The author of this remarkable volume is a  (...)

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