September 15, 2007

• Countdown begins for Bush’s friend Mush
  18 September 2007, by SC
  It was written in these columns last week (Mainstream, September 8, 2007): Musharraf has firmly declared that notwithstanding the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Nawaz Sharif he would definitely arrest the PML-N leader if he steps on Pakistani  (...)
• UPA Government : Ominous Moves
  18 September 2007
  As the ruling Congress-led UPA coalition and the Left parties still supporting it from outside hold the first meeting of the committee set up with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the convenor to discuss the ramifications of the  (...)
• Defining India’s Identity : An Alternate Vision
  18 September 2007, by Bhikhu Parekh
  Nehru’s vision of India, which dominated our political life for several decades, has come under considerable, often unmerited, criticism. The alternative Hindutva view of India has proved politically inept and culturally bankrupt. The resulting  (...)
• Demystifying the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal
  18 September 2007, by Muchkund Dubey
  India has developed its nuclear energy sector almost entirely by its own efforts. In the process, it has mastered the complete nuclear fuel cycle ranging from the mining of uranium, fabrication of reactors, enrichment of uranium, separation of  (...)
• Growth, Employment and Inclusion
  18 September 2007, by Kamala Prasad
  India celebrates significant GDP growth numbers more recently. This brings the boast of the Central policy-makers that more growth means “more inclusive†growth. This runs contrary to the experience of acceleration revealing “divisive growth†.  (...)
• A New Milestone in the Movement for Dalit Emancipation
  18 September 2007, by Subhash Gatade
  If we do not struggle
  If we do not persist in our struggle
  The enemy would finish us with his bayonets
  And pointing to our bones he would tell the rest of the world
  Look, these are bones of slaves!
  Look, these are bones of slaves!!
  (A Hindi  (...)
• The Blind and the Deaf
  18 September 2007, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  The good earth of Bihar gave birth to Buddha and Ashok, in ancient times. Its soil was sanctified by the blood of Birsha Munda and Khudiram Bose, martyred in the battle for freedom against foreign rule. Bihar gave the Republic of India its first  (...)
• Christians : A Faith under Assault in Secular India
  18 September 2007, by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
  BOOK REVIEW
  A Matter of Equity: Freedom of Faith in Secular India by John Dayal; Anamika Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi; 2007; pages: 487; Price: Rs 800 (Hard Cover)
  Christians from all over India recently gathered in the Capital to  (...)
• Data Exclusivity : Access to Medicine in Danger
  18 September 2007, by Deepu M
  Pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals are two key sectors having direct implication to the everyday life of the people. Hence, it is important to regulate the safety, efficacy and quality of pharmaceutical products and agrochemical products. Most  (...)
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - Towards New Dynamism
  18 September 2007, by Ash Narain Roy
  Russia, China and the US have spent the past few years jockeying for position in Central Asia, as have, to a lesser degree, regional powers like Turkey, Iran and India. Some would say, the geopolitical setting of the region being what it is,  (...)

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