June 21, 2008

• In Defence of National Interest
  25 June 2008, by SC
  The UPA Government is facing the most severe crisis since its formation four years ago. It is by now quite transparent that following the postponement of the UPA-Left coordination committee meeting, which was slated to be held on June 18, the  (...)
• A Few Questions to the Prime Minister on the Proposed Indo-US Nuclear Deal
  25 June 2008, by Sailendra Nath Ghosh
  Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh has said the proposed Indo-US civil civil nuclear cooperation deal seeks to “give a new dimension to India’s relationship with the United States†and that it would end “nuclear apartheid†the world imposed on  (...)
• The Tryst of a Woman of Nandigram
  25 June 2008, by Suhas Borker
  I am a woman of Nandigram
  My name is Radharani Ari
  Born in the twelfth year of the Republic
  That makes me forty-six.
  Fourteen March 2007
  I am part of the struggle to save our Bhoomi
  The peaceful blockade on Bhangaberia Bridge
  Turns into a  (...)
• Some Concerns about GM Foods
  25 June 2008, by S G Vombatkere
  Genetically modified (GM) foods are food products whose genetic content has been changed by use of recombinant DNA technology. This genetic change is made so as to give the food crop or food product certain defined, definite characteristics such  (...)
• Free Trade leads to Hunger
  25 June 2008, by Bharat Jhunjhunwala
  Much of Asia and Africa are today beset with hunger. This is often blamed upon increased consumption of meat by Chinese middle class and drought in Australia. None of these are convincing, however. The American magazine, Biofuels Digest, tells  (...)
• Recommendations
  25 June 2008
  [(The following is one chapter of the Report of the Expert Group on “Development Issues to Deal with the Causes of Discontent, Unrest and Extremism†, set up by the Planning Commission, in May 2006. With D. Bandyopadhyay, the architect of  (...)
• Not Cricket but a Gambling Sport
  25 June 2008, by M Hashim Kidwai
  COMMUNICATION
  Gurudas Dasgupta has really done a national service by raising this very important national issue in the Lok Sabha of IPL cricket matches. He has rightly described these matches as tabloid version of cricket and fertile ground  (...)
• Cricket as Surrogate Kill
  25 June 2008, by Badri Raina
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  Turn on any of India’s up-market corporate channels, and you will find therein but just one lead: the IPL, or the Indian Premier League of 20x20 cricket.
  It is as though that magic potion has been found at last that snuffs out all our  (...)
• Caricaturing Cricket
  25 June 2008, by G.S. Bhargava
  India’s most popular outdoor game of cricket is being subjected to a veritable upheaval since April 15 without adequate public awareness of it .On the other hand, the young and old are lapping up the tamasha as ‘cheap’ entertainment. The  (...)
• Indepth Study of Farmers’ Suicides, their Causes and Remedies
  25 June 2008, by P R Dubhashi
  BOOK REVIEW
  Farmers’ Suicides—Facts and Possible Policy Interventions by Meeta and Rajivlochan; published by: Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration; first published 2006; first reprint 2007; pages 263; price: Rs 495.
  One of  (...)

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