November 29, 2008

• Sonia Gandhi’s Unambiguous Pronouncements
  3 December 2008, by SC
  Congress President-cum-UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s spirited defence, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, of bank nationalisation (carried out almost 40 years ago in the second half of 1969) and her emphatic assertion that ’’public sector  (...)
• Extraordinary Times, Unexpected Happenings and Real Economy
  3 December 2008, by Arun Kumar
  These are extraordinary times, so strange and unexpected things occurring should not surprise us. The only thing predictable is that one cannot predict correctly (that also applies to the Indian cricket team!). The US Government, after promising  (...)
• Relevance of Gandhi-Nehru Nexus
  3 December 2008, by P N Haksar
  November 27 this year marks P.N. Haksar’s tenth death anniversary. On this occasion we offer our sincere homage to one of the country’s foremost thinkers by reproducing the following piece by the former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.  (...)
• Indira Vs Syndicate: First Round
  3 December 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  The following piece appeared in Mainstream under ‘New Delhi Skyline’ shortly after Indira Gandhi carried out bank nationalisation. This was N.C.’s first contribution in this journal after that momentous step. It is being reproduced here after  (...)
• Rise of BRIC, and the US’ Desperate Move to Retain its Stranglehold
  3 December 2008, by Benjamin Todd
  In the Wake of Global Economic Crisis
  Despite being responsible for the current global economic crisis, the United States is now trying to place the greater part of the burden on the developing countries to maintain the world’s financial  (...)
• Russian Economy is Roaring Again
  3 December 2008
  President Dmitry Medvedev is coming to India in early December on his first visit to this country after being elected the Russian head of state. The following article is being reproduced from New Dawn in Russia (a journal published by the  (...)
• Obama Wins
  3 December 2008, by Shankar Sharan
  It is not Obama who has created history. It is history which created him.
  The human family has a common destiny and a common capability. Race and wealth may divide them for a while; lack of opportunity may help some to wield power and others  (...)
• My Questions for Obama
  3 December 2008, by Fidel Castro Ruz
  These questions were raised by Fidel Castro at the height of the US presidential campaign.
  It would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing Barack Obama’s speech delivered at the Cuban American National Foundation last Friday. I feel no  (...)
• Hindu Terrorism: The Shock of Recognition
  3 December 2008, by Badri Raina
  Epigraph
  “Underlying these religions were a common set of beliefs about how you treat other people and how you aspire to act, not just for yourself but also for the greater good.”
  (Obama in his interview about Religion given to Cathleen Falsani,  (...)
• Sabotaging Indigenous Production of Vaccines
  3 December 2008, by Bharat Dogra
  By now it is well-recognised that government authorities who come under the influence of imperialism and big business do not hesitate to kill their own invaluable institutions. Several public sector institutions and organisations of great value  (...)

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