October 27, 2007

• Triumph and Tragedy in Karachi
  31 October 2007, by SC
  While developments within the country, including the curious fate of the Indo-US nuclear deal (which thankfully will be analysed in detail in Parliament’s winter session unlike what happened in the last session when such a debate was thwarted due  (...)
• Capital Punishment : A Penological Barbarity
  31 October 2007, by V R Krishna Iyer
  Compassion for all living creatures (Article 51A) and human rights in its spectral dimensions, including the right to reform oneself out of a diabolic past, if any (Article 21), are great constitutional values spelt out in Sunil Batra (AIR 1978  (...)
• No Illegality in Bandh
  31 October 2007, by Rajindar Sachar
  Ever since Kerala Kerala High Court Judgement (1997) forbidding the call to Bandh and upholding of it by a laconic Order by the Supreme Court (1998) (three judges) there has been amongst trade unionists and political activists a wave of  (...)
• Russia Bolsters its Ties with Iran
  31 October 2007, by M K Bhadrakumar
  Relations between Russia and the United States will be put to severe test in the coming weeks as there are growing signs that the US has decided, or has almost decided, to launch a military strike against Iran.
  Russian observers do not rule out  (...)
• Warning Signals for the US
  31 October 2007, by Neha Kumar
  The relationship between Iran and Russia have been strengthened by the historic visit of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to Iran. Russian President Putin paid a visit to Iran on October 16, 2007 despite the threats of assassination. Putin  (...)
• World Development Report on Agriculture:
  31 October 2007, by Bharat Dogra
  It is in the midst of serious and growing concerns about farmers’ suicides and threats to food-security that an important document like the latest (2008) World Development Report (WDR) on Agriculture (prepared by the World Bank) needs to be  (...)
• Indira Gandhi—An Outstanding International Leader
  31 October 2007, by M. Saleem Kidwai
  October 31 marks the twentythird anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s assassination. As a tribute to her abiding memory we are carrying the following piece. —Editor
  The charismatic and epoch-making personality of Indira Gandhi left  (...)
• Strategic Alliance with the USA in a World of ’Civilisation’-based Alignment
  31 October 2007, by Kunal Ghosh
  The Government of India is in the process of reaching a comprehensive agreement with the USA on civil cooperation in nuclear power. The Left parties are opposed to it on the ground that it binds India to America as a global strategic partner and  (...)
• Being a Proud Indian
  31 October 2007, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  A midst the profusion of tributes paid to Indira Gandhi on the tenth anniversary of her martyrdom on October 31, perhaps the most eloquent but concise was by the eminent scientist-philosopher, Professor Yash Pal, who said she had made us feel  (...)
• M.N. Vijayan : The Scholar Who Knew Too Much
  31 October 2007, by K M Seethi
  Professor M.N. Vijayan—a Leftist scholar of great repute, an incisive writer and orator, a social critic and an unyielding political activist which Kerala has ever seen—is now history. Vijayan died at a crucial time when critiquing of the  (...)

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