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November 24, 2007
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Vol XLV No 49, New Delhi, November 24, 2007
Badge of Shame
On P.N. Haksar’s Ninth Death Anniversary
Reproduction of “Some Reflections on Gulf Warâ€
PRAFUL BIDWAI
Blood On Their Hands
K. SARADAMONI
Nuclear Deal, Left Parties and Priorities for the People
D. BANDYOPADHYAY
Has the Left taken one Right Turn too many?
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Badge of Shame
28 November 2007, by SCParliament has discussed the Nandigram issue indepth and the role of the CPM hoodlums—constituting the harmad vahini—who launched the attack on the villagefolk has come under close scrutiny. This is doubtless welcome as it has exposed and brought (...) -
Blood On Their Hands
28 November 2007, by Praful BidwaiWest Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s rationalisation of the violent “recapture†of Nandigram by CPM cadres as mere “retaliation†against their opponents, who were paid back “in the same coin†, is one of the most brazen defences by (...) -
Nuclear Deal, The Left Parties and Priorities for People
28 November 2007, by K SaradamoniThe media in general has made the question of the Indian government’s ‘nuclear deal ‘ with the United States of America into an affair between the Congress and the left parties., or to be precise a few leaders in select left parties. Both the (...) -
Some Reflections on Gulf War
28 November 2007, by P N HaksarOn the occasion of the ninth death anniversary of Parmeshwar Narain Haksar (September 4, 1913-November 27, 1998), the eminent administrator and diplomat, we reproduce the following piece that was published in Mainstream (May 11, 1991).
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West Bengal : A Case of Costly Arrogance
28 November 2007, by Nikhil ChakravarttyJanuary 7, 1993, was like any other day in the humdrum life of an overcrowded city tinged with a glow of the Bengali’s undying faith in life. That’s Calcutta. And yet by the time evening descended on the picturesque newly built bridge over the (...) -
Has the Left taken one Right Turn too many?
28 November 2007, by D. BandyopadhyayThere is a lingering belief among quite a few in West Bengal that there is something of “Leftism†still left here. That the pro-poor radicalism that the “Left†once had, had been reduced to ashes due to the malignant heat of authority and pelf (...) -
Why does the Prime Minister Not Lose Sleep over Dr Binayak Sen?
28 November 2007, by Gabriele DietrichOn November 2, 2007 eleven security personnel were killed in a blast and indiscriminate firing by Naxalites near Tonguda village close to the Pamed Police Station in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, not far from the Andhra Pradesh border. (...) -
Instrumentality of the CAG and the Executive’s Accountability
28 November 2007, by M L MalhotraBOOK REVIEW
Government Accountability and Public Audit—Re-Engineering the Comptroller and Auditor General of India by B.P. Mathur; Uppal Publishing House, New Delhi; 2007; Price: Rs 495; pages 328.
Dr B.P. Mathur, who is the author of the (...) -
To Defend Secularism
28 November 2007, by Subrata BanerjeeBadri Raina’s essay on on the cowardly attack on Dr Taslima Nasreen at the Press Club in Hyderabad recently (Mainstream, September 15, 2007) needs to be supplemented on several points.
First, what really happened on the fateful day? A book (...)
