October 25, 2008

Voyage to the Moon
27 October 2008, by SC
October 22 was indeed a memorable day in the annals of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) founded by that outstanding personality, Vikram Sarabhai, who, along with Homi Bhabha, the father of India’s nuclear programme, imparted a new (...)
Tatas‘ and Governments’
27 October 2008, by Sailendra Nath Ghosh
In the Singur controversy, the “Save the Land” movement, the Trinamul Congress, and the intellectuals opposing the Tata Motors’ Nano-car project highlighted only two aspects. One was that the project, by virtue of its being sited on arable lands, (...)
Terror, Batla House and the Indian Police
27 October 2008, by K S Subramanian
Reports on the anti-terror action by the ‘Special Cell’ of the Delhi Police in the Batla House area of Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, on September 19 are shocking indeed. The ‘Special Cell’ had come into adverse public notice on several occasions in the (...)
Collapse of the Financial Institution of American Capitalism
27 October 2008, by P R Dubhashi
The first two weeks of September saw the collapse of American giant financial institutions which fell, one after another, like nine pins. Actually earlier in March itself, the fall of Bear Sterns, the third or fourth large bank, itself was an (...)
Global Financial Crisis: A Classic ’Ponzi’ Affair?
27 October 2008, by Sunanda Sen
The current turmoil in the US financial market and its spilling over to financial markets overseas has made it once more evident that we need to scrutinise the validity and relevance of the neo-liberal theory and policies which brought about (...)
India: Puzzled Vendors of Washington Consensus
27 October 2008, by Girish Mishra
Ever since the crisis originating on Wall Street has spread far and wide like a contagion, the clamour for state intervention to save the global economy in general and financial institutions in particular has become vociferous. Those who, till (...)
Politics in the Age of George the Great
27 October 2008, by Eddie J Girdner
"He acts as if his head was only made to hold his ears apart."
—Hank Williams "I’ll come down and help you, I’ll rape you, I’ll scalp you."
—Woody Guthrie “I’ve been struck by Lightning, Struck by Congress.”
—Woody Guthrie
It has been eight years (...)
TULF’s Appeal to Leaders of Political Parties and People of Tamil Naad
27 October 2008, by V Anandasangaree
Dear leaders and people of Tamil Naad,
The First thing the Sri Lankan Tamils expect Tamil Naad to do immediately is to save the people trapped in the LTTE controlled area, where they are kept under compulsion, and secondly to have a true (...)
Politics of Paper Tiger
27 October 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
When New Delhi‘s diplomatic enclave at Chanakyapuri was planned, the sprawling Chinese Embassy compound came next door to that of the US Embassy. But over the years, many wondered if they would ever talk across the walls. In fact, the Chinese (...)
A Mad Scramble over Afghanistan
27 October 2008, by M K Bhadrakumar
An impression is being created that there is a “rift” between the United States and Britain regarding the reconciliation track involving the Taliban. The plain truth is that the US, Britain, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are in this murky game (...)

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