February 2009

• The Slumdog Phenomenon
  2 March 2009, by SC
  The resounding success of Slumdog Millionaire at the Oscars—where it won eight awards (including that of the Best Picture)—has been greeted with spontaneous celebrations across the country.
  The nation deserves to be legitimately proud of the fact  (...)
• Lawyers, Judges and Justice Jujitsu
  2 March 2009, by V R Krishna Iyer
  In our adversarial system in preference to the inquisitorial system arguments by counsel have a key role to play in discovery of the truth. The Bar, the professional instrument of presentation of cases, is indispensable in the forensic process.  (...)
• Forging National Unity for Security and Ending Recession
  2 March 2009, by Chaturanan Mishra
  Due to the forthcoming general elections political parties are bound to remain heavily engaged in criticising each other in the days ahead. However, the political situation that has developed of late warrants national unity. This is of urgent  (...)
• When scars grow tongues
  2 March 2009, by Suhas Borker
  Say Kudos to the Slumdog
  From your underbelly’s
  Bloody rotting open wound.
  All the glamour, razzmatazz,
  Glitz and red fluff
  Cannot take away the stink
  Because Hunger does not
  Wait for your trickle down
  Because Faith does not
  Wait for your life to  (...)
• Raj Kapoor: Man of the Masses
  2 March 2009, by Amita Malik
  [(TRIBUTE TO AMITA MALIK
  Veteran broadcaster and distinguished film critic Amita Malik, 88, passed away in NOIDA’s Kailash Hospital on February 20 after a brief illness. Born in Guwahati in 1921, she joined the All India Radio as a casual staffer  (...)
• South Asia: Peace and Conflict in the Context of the War on Terror
  2 March 2009, by Ninan Koshy
  South Asia has been one of the most volatile regions of the world. The nature of its volatility and that of the conflicts has been redefined by the US-led war on terror in which the rulers of the region have joined. Tensions within the region  (...)
• Bangladesh: ’People Voted Freely Against Terror, Religious Bigotry’
  2 March 2009
  The Bangladesh scene has undergone a sea-change following the Awami League-led Mahajote’s historic victory at the hustings on December 29, 2008. In the following interview to the Dainik Statesman editor Manas Ghosh, who was The Statesman  (...)
• Tragic Finale to a Courageous Nationalist
  2 March 2009, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  [(Following their capture of Kabul more than 12 years ago the Taliban goons had massacred—on September 27, 1996—one of the noblest sons of the Afghan people, Dr Najibullah, who courageously steered the country as its President at a crucial period  (...)
• Mumbai Aftermath: India‘s Disciplined Response Helped Avert Major Threat to World Peace
  2 March 2009, by Bharat Dogra
  Now that the threat of an India-Pak war has receded, it becomes increasingly clear that India’s disciplined response helped to avert a major threat to world peace.
  The available evidence on the recent Mumbai terrorist attack indicates that this  (...)
• 26/11: Is China Important….?
  2 March 2009, by Gunjan Singh
  India has compiled a dossier of evidence regarding Pakistan’s involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks of 26/11. This includes confession of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist arrested during the attack, satellite phone intercepts and record of  (...)

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