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November 11, 2006
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Meaning of the Two Verdicts
24 April 2007, by SCLess than a week before the former ruler of Iraq Saddam Hussein, ousted more than three-and-a-half years ago by US troops following an illegal invasion bereft of any legitimacy or popular sanction, was convicted and sentenced to death by an (...) -
Taking a Blunderbuss to a Mouse
24 April 2007, by Mukul DubeAccording to the formula, the death penalty is awarded only in the “rarest of rare†cases. There must be something about the crime or the criminal which causes the judge to decide that the penalty of imprisonment for life will be insufficient. The (...) -
Synthesis Is Our Tradition
24 April 2007, by Jawaharlal NehruNovember 14 this year marks Jawaharlal Nehru’s one hundred and seventeenth birth anniversary. On this occasion we are publishing here excerpts from Panditji’s Azad Memorial Lectures (February 1959) carried in Jawaharlal Nehru: An Anthology (edited (...) -
Jawaharlalji : Some Reminiscences
24 April 2007, by Hajrah BegumDivali at Anand Bhavan in the late thirties used to be a children’s affair. In one of the verandahs, a clay image of Laxmi surrounded by a number of toys, dolls and other presents would be installed. In front of it would be thalis heaped with (...) -
Nehru and Socialism
24 April 2007, by C.N. Chitta RanjanThe relevance of Jawaharlal Nehru remains undiminished today. In fact, his ideas and approach to political, economic and social issues are more relevant now than even in his life-time.
It is necessary to state this basic truth and assess the (...) -
Afzal Guru’s Hanging and President’s Dilemma
24 April 2007, by Karuna ThakurEver since the announcement of the date of Afzal Guru’s hanging, a nationwide debate has started on whether or not clemency should be granted to Afzal Guru. Afzal Guru was convicted by a Sessions Court and sentenced to death. The High Court (...) -
Contemporary Relevance of India’s Position in Unscop
24 April 2007, by Sujata Ashwarya CheemaIntroduction
There is a discussion in several political and intellectual circles that a permanent solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which is the source of instability in much of West Asia, must move away from the paradigm of a (...) -
Nehru for Today
24 April 2007, by Nikhil ChakravarttyMore than twentyone years after his passing away, Jawaharlal Nehru remains a colossus in the eyes of his countrymen and of the world abroad. Age has not withered his memory nor customs stale it. If Nehru has not become outdated, it is not becuse (...)
