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Country’s Economy has Grown but the Nation’s Moral Fibre is Gone
31 December 2010, by N A KarimIn a Malayalam feature film of yesteryear, the then reigning comedian and character actor, late S.P. Pillai, is in the role of a small-time gentleman thief. If he is found out with the stolen thing he, in his unperturbed cheerful manner, would (...) -
Neo-liberal Inclusive Growth: Contradictions, Pitfalls and Potential
31 December 2010, by Kamal Nayan KabraAs India completes two decades of its engagement with neo-liberalisation, certain glaring contradictions have come out in the open. Making a marginal departure from its stated objectives derived from the logic of the neo-liberal market and (...) -
The Bihar Election
31 December 2010, by Shree Shankar SharanTo many of us from Bihar, the election verdict has come as no great surprise. That is the way Bihar is. It carries its baggage of poverty and deprivation patiently or in petty squabbles but once it has discovered the signs of leadership that can (...) -
NATO, Karzai and the Relics of Kabul
31 December 2010, by M K BhadrakumarThe long-term security document signed between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Afghanistan on Saturday, November 20 at the alliance’s summit meeting in Lisbon has a 50-50 chance of becoming a historic milestone or ending up as yet (...) -
When will the Occupation of Afghanistan End?
31 December 2010, by Ninan KoshyForty nations are embroiled in an unwinnable war in Afghanistan. Anyone who travels through the country with Western troops soon realises that NATO forces would have to be increased tenfold for peace to be even a remote possibility. —Ulrich (...) -
Radia, Tusi Great Ho
31 December 2010, by Badri RainaThe following poem has been sent to us by Badri Raina, a former Professor of English (now retired), University of Delhi, with a note from him that reads: “This is too painful for plain prose.”
Those that compile lists
of the rich, famous, and (...) -
Un-journalism
31 December 2010, by T J S GeorgeThe closing months of 2010 saw a cascade of corruption cases as never before witnessed in India. All but one of them had a familiar thread running through them. In the Commonwealth Games swindles, the Adarsh housing fraud, the Allahabad High (...) -
Central Interlocutors and Task Forces against the Ground Realities in J&K
31 December 2010, by Balraj PuriThe Government of India appointed three interlocutors to “start dialogue with all groups in Kashmir” and appointed two Task Forces—one for Jammu and the other for Ladakh—“to examine their development needs with particular reference to deficiencies in (...) -
The Army’s Right to an Opinion
31 December 2010by Firdaus Ahmed
The right of the Army to voice an opinion has been defended by the Minister of State for Defence, Pallam Raju. The background to his defence was Omar Abdullah’s complaint to the Prime Minister on an Army press release a day (...) -
Why don’t We Listen to the Mirwaiz?
31 December 2010, by Humra QuraishiWhy are we not ready to hear what Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has to say? Why is it that he is allowed to be heckled not just in one locale but in each city on the itinerary? Why is the so- called democratic space shrinking so steadily that there seems (...)