October 11, 2008

• Time for Introspection
  17 October 2008, by SC
  Does the present crisis in the US economy herald the collapse of laissez-faire capitalism? Certainly not. But it does underline the validity of the concept of cyclical crises that capitalism is bound to experience over time thereby reinforcing  (...)
• India and the World of Tomorrow
  17 October 2008, by M K Bhadrakumar
  This article was written prior to the George W. Bush-Manmohan Singh meeting at the White House on September 26, 2008. It is being published here, nevertheless, as the validity of its contents is unquestionable. —Editor
  Like Banquo’s  (...)
• Fighting the Flood Ravages of Kosi
  17 October 2008, by Shree Shankar Sharan
  A brave fight is on against the flood ravages of the Kosi in the Kosi division spread over Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul districts which had been flood free for 50 years after the building of the Kosi Barrage and embankments because of a breach  (...)
• Media: The Synergy that keeps Us Going
  17 October 2008, by Uttam Sen
  Pertinent questions have been raised on journalistic proficiency and an environment that makes light of the gravity of human worth and freedom. It could be a stern reality check for print journalists if they are rendered redundant save for the  (...)
• Indo-US N-Deal: US Power Elite Gains All, India Loses Every Way
  17 October 2008, by Sailendra Nath Ghosh
  The following article was written before the passage of the bill for the nuclear deal in the US Senate. —Editor`
  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his latest and possibly last meeting with the outgoing US President, has expressed the hope  (...)
• Looking beyond the Summit
  17 October 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  Summit meetings are not boxing rings which the public watch to cheer or boo at the players punching at each other. Most of the summits are meant for serious business either to thrash out differences or haggle over a coveted prize.
  Judging by  (...)
• Yugo-Nostalgie
  17 October 2008, by Branislav Gosovic
  I. Missing Dimensions
  The past, present and future challenges and problems that concern the “West Balkans†—now used to denote the former republics of the SFR of Yugoslavia that have emerged as sovereign states from this country’s  (...)
• Quotidian Consequences of Terror-strikes
  17 October 2008, by Dev N Pathak
  It lasts until the next blast: the empirical-causal manifestations of a terror-strike. Everybody fears it while feeding on the gory details repeatedly dished out by every means of media. Everybody however grows exceedingly intimate with it. An  (...)
• Godless in Kerala : Bitter Battle on Books
  17 October 2008, by N A Karim
  Malayalees call their State ‘God’s Own Country’, a silly claim but fully satisfying their national ego. Indeed Kerala is a beautiful geographical region with its lush green vegetation but rapidly dwindling paddy fields, palm-fringed lakes, lagoons,  (...)
• Sufism, Wahabism and Kashmiriyat
  17 October 2008, by Kunal Ghosh
  I enjoyed reading Badri Raina’ article, “J&K Heal and Renew†(Mainstream, New Delhi, August 30, 2008, pp. 11-13). He appears to write poetry in lucid prose, aimed straight for the heart, when he describes Kashmiri syncretism between the Muslim and  (...)

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