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August 2, 2008
EDITORIAL
Terror Strikes Again
UTTAM SEN
In the Wake of the Storm
AFSAR JAFRI
Food Crisis Exposes Failings of India’s Agricultural Reforms
KAMAL NAYAN KABRA
Futures Trading and Inflation : A Tragedy and a Farce
SUDHIR VOMBATKERE
Slaying of A.T. Babu : The Latest in Failure of Governance
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Terror Strikes Again
2 August 2008, by SCThe frontpage headline in Hindustan Times (July 30, 2008)—“5 days/55 Bombs/ 3 Cities/ 53 Dead: When will it stop?†—pithily brings out the gravity of the problem. Terror has struck again. If the bombs employed in Bangalore were of low intensity, the (...) -
Emerging Right-wing trend in the Congress
2 August 2008, by D RajaThe end of the UPA-Left relations has been welcomed by trade and industry. And why should it not be? This government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh makes no secret of its neoliberalisation agenda. Even when there was an UPA-Left Coordination (...) -
In the Wake of the Storm
2 August 2008, by Uttam SenThe passage of the nuclear deal exposed some of our shortcomings in negotiating a mega event, arguably with transnational ramifications. It also demonstrated the transparency of a process of which little was left unseen or unsaid. The image- (...) -
Formation of an Alternative Front Cannot be Further Delayed
2 August 2008, by K S ParthasarthyWe had pleaded last year that the Left parties should withdraw their support to the UPA, as soon as the UPA went ahead finalising the draft safeguards agreement with the IAEA without any consultation in the coordination committee of the Left (...) -
Nuclear Deal : Mr Prime Minister, Why this Haste?
2 August 2008, by Kadempally SudhakarThe entire nation is grappling with inflation, corruption, incompetent governance, food shortage, and farmers’ suicides; half the children below 12 years do not have access to drinking water and schools. Ours is a nation where only two brothers (...) -
Iraq Crisis and Gujral Government
2 August 2008, by Nikhil ChakravarttyThe following is the last article written by N.C. to appear in Mainstream and it was published just three months before his death. We are reproducing it here in view of its relevance in the present situation.
Outgoing Prime Minister Inder (...) -
Food Crisis Exposes Failings of India’s Agricultural Reforms
2 August 2008, by Afsar JafriThis article was written sometime back but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons. —Editor
The recent escalation in food prices is the latest calamity to hit the poor and marginalised communities in India. The price of food and (...) -
Futures Trading and Inflation : A Tragedy and a Farce
2 August 2008, by Kamal Nayan KabraThe recent high speed continuation of the longstanding upward creep of the general price level has put to test several beliefs of the neo-liberal economists. They believe that with the state off-the-back of the market forces, the economy (...) -
Slaying of A.T. Babu
2 August 2008, by Sudhir VombatkereA.T. Babu was the leading light of the RMVAS [Rajya Madyapaana Virodhi Andolana Samithi or State Temperance (Anti-Liquor) Movement] in Bangalore, Karnataka, for nearly two decades. He was an ever-cheerful, dedicated and action-oriented voluntary (...) -
Threat to State Security : Incarceration of a Public Health Practitioner
2 August 2008, by K B SaxenaBook Review
Indian Doctor in Jail: The Story of Binayak Sen—A Report to the Nation by Doctors in Defence of Dr Binayak Sen; Publishers: Doctors in Defence of Dr Binayak Sen, Promila & CoPublishers in association with Bibliophile South Asia, (...)
