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September 6, 2008
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Vol XLVI No 38 New Delhi, September 6, 2008
Hopeful Signs
Tribute: H.Y. Sharada Prasad
Reproduction of Sharada Prasad’s
“Where is the Copywriter?”
“Between Emerging Tiger and the Poor”
ASHOK CELLY
Towards Appropriate Knowledge
SHREE SHANKAR SHARAN
The Kashmir Imbroglio
Letter to the PM on Flood Catastrophe in North Bihar
Articles on Singur
EDITORIAL
Hopeful Signs
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Fury of Floods in Bihar
10 September 2008, by Subodh KumarThe census 2001 and the growth indicators portray Bihar as one of the poorest States in India, with a highly underdeveloped economic structure and the lowest per capita income. What makes its situation unique is that Bihar is the only State in (...) -
Letter to the PM on Flood Catastrophe in North Bihar
10 September 2008Respected Pradhan Mantriji,
We, the undersigned citizens of India, write this letter to you with deep anguish over the catastrophic floods in North Bihar, and the resulting human tragedy, and dehumanising consequences. It is a matter of (...) -
Vigilance is the Price of Liberty
10 September 2008, by Shyam ChandHuman memory is short lived; hence connecting past and present events becomes incomprehensible. Before the last Lok Sabha elections Smt Sonia Gandhi’s whirlwind road-show traversing India impacted people’s opinion. She was sure to be the Prime (...) -
The South Ossetian War: Lessons for the Future
10 September 2008, by Sandeep Bhardwaj“Never engage the same enemy for too long, or he will adapt to your tactics.” —Carl Von Clausewitz
After seeing the US forces stuck for the long-term in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Russian forces in Chechnya twice, finally it seems the curse of (...) -
Some Reflections on Naga Ceasefire
10 September 2008, by U A ShimrayThe Indo-Naga peace talks between the National Socialist Council of Nagalim [IM] and the Government of India have sojourned many places like Paris,1 Bangkok,2 Zurich, Geneva, Amsterdam, Hague and New Delhi. An indefinite ceasefire or “sine die” (...) -
The Rising and Retribution in 1857
10 September 2008Jawaharlal Nehru writing in 1932 on ‘The Great Revolt of 1857’, emphasised that many an English officer exceeded barbarity a hundred fold. If mobs of mutinous Indian soldiers, without officers or leaders, had been guilty of cruel and revolting (...) -
Urban Terrorism on Maharashtra
10 September 2008, by Ashok Kumar Sahay, Kshirod Chandra PatraThe toll of urban terrorism has so far caused a loss of 30,000 innocent Indian lives in the last 13 years due to 33 serial blasts in Maharashtra. The end of terrorist violence is nowhere in sight. As things stand, in the coming days India in (...) -
Bravo! Mr Speaker, Sir
10 September 2008, by D. BandyopadhyayThe nation watched with horror the shenanigans in the Lok Sabha on July 21-22, 2008 during the debate on the motion seeking confidence on the Union Council of Ministers. For two long days it was an agony for any intelligent and informed citizen (...) -
National Family Health Survey III, Punjab: A Brief Account
10 September 2008, by Shaik Iftikhar AhmedIntroduction
THE National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in 2005-06 provides information on fertility, family planning, health, nutrition, health care, HIV/AIDS and women’s empowerment. This survey is the third in the series. The earlier (...)
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