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August 2009
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Ethnic Violence Shocks Xinjiang (New Territory)
5 August 2009, by Ravindra SharmaThe latest ethnic violence between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese, that erupted in China’s Xinjiang province on July 5, has captured the attention of the global media and China watchers. The violence has deeply shattered the social-political life (...) -
Bomb Blasts in Nepal: Global Dimensions of Hindutva Terror
5 August 2009, by Subhash GatadeI
Churches in Nepal, the erstwhile Hindu Rashtra on the face of the earth, have maintained a unique tradition. They hold services on Saturdays because it is a public holiday when schools and offices are closed.
When Deepa Patrick, 22, and (...) -
Conscience and Charar-e-Sharief
5 August 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyNow that Kashmir is once again experiencing a traumatic period, we reproduce one of the most moving pieces of N.C. on a visit to Charar-e-Sharief after its destruction.
One month to date after the destruction of the shrine and mosque at (...) -
Salute the Death-defying Sentinels of Our Freedom
5 August 2009, by SCOn the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Kargil War, we reproduce S.C.’s following editorial in Mainstream (July 10, 1999).
Since ‘Operation Vijay’ was launched on May 26, India has suffered heavy casualties in the battlefield but (...) -
A Close Look at the Union Budget 2009-10
5 August 2009, by Kripa ShankarThe government has been over zealous in bailing out the corporate sector. Revenue foregone through these measures has shot up from Rs 285052 crores in 2007-08 to Rs 418095 crores in 2008-09 or an increase of Rs 133043 crores in a single year (...) -
Bihar: Implement Bandyopadhyay Commission’s Recommendations for Land Reforms
5 August 2009One of the key promises made by Nitish Kumar after becoming the Chief Minister of Bihar was to carry out land reforms. Indeed, the deepest source of Bihar’s backwardness lies in the near-total absence of land reforms, and the setting up of a Land (...) -
Must End-users end up as Fools?
5 August 2009, by T J S GeorgeBreakfast at terrorist-decorated Taj, with Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani on either side —what triumphant symbolism to crown Hillary Clinton’s public relations tour de force in India. But did it work? It did make possible one impossi-bility: uniting (...)