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August 9, 2008
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Vol XLVI No 34, New Delhi, August 9, 2008
Somnath Chatterjee
I have Consciously taken a Principled Decision
G. Balachandran
123 Agreements: Renegotiate What?
Ashok Parthasarathi
Renegotiate What in the 123?—An Enormous Amount!
Kamala Prasad
Trust Vote 2008 : Indian Political Parties and the “Deal”
Tribute: Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Reproduction of Surjeet’s
“Election-Eve Political Scene”
Editorial
Bridging the Divide in J&K
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Trust Vote 2008: Indian Political Parties and the "Deal"
10 August 2008, by Kamala Prasad
The Trust-Vote debate on July 21 and 22 has generated unexpected political consequences. The ruling UPA won in the number’s game but not in terms of the half-way mark through declared voting intentions. The PM and the Foreign Minister focused on
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China in Africa
10 August 2008, by Purnima Roy
China has been making vigorous efforts to establish a firm foothold in Africa since the beginning of the new century. Prior to the 1990s China had a common policy towards Africa, mainly based on ideology. China was also involved in building
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Nuclear Deal and Some Strategic Considerations
10 August 2008, by S G Vombatkere
The Indo-US nuclear deal (N-deal), called the 123 Agreement, is for cooperation between India and the USA concerning peaceful uses of N-energy. The UPA Government claims that it is meant to ensure India’s energy security through assured sources
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How to Protect the Weakest OBC Communities
10 August 2008, by Bharat Dogra
In the process of implementing reservations for OBCs (Other Backward Classes) on the basis of the Mandal Commission Report, it has been seen at many places that a few influential and powerful communities manage to corner the benefits, while the
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Communists and ‘Quit India’ Struggle
10 August 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
This was the week, fiftytwo years ago, that marked the parting of ways between the Communists and the Congress. It was the Communist opposition to the ‘Quit India’ resolution at the historic AICC session in August 1942 that ultimately led to the
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On a Federal Agency for Metro Terrorism
10 August 2008, by Amna Mirza
As the dastardly fangs of terrorism appear in the bylanes of yet another Metro city, Ahmedabad, it is high time that we sit up and ponder over the dangerous fault-lines.
It needs no iteration that those who believe in killing the innocent
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