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Would Rahul Effect Kill Manmohanomics?
21 November 2011, by Diptendra RaychaudhuriThere are people, may be millions, who believe feeding the hungry is less important for our governments than spending money for ‘develop-ment’. This attitude may be described as a reflection of insensitive minds, but many of our politicians brazen (...) -
Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru
21 November 2011, by P R DubhashiOn November 14, 2011, the nation observed the 122nd birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, a great patriot who was at the forefront of the national struggle for independence and who as the first Prime Minister of free India for the initial (...) -
Pandit Nehru and his View of History
21 November 2011by VIVEK KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
Pandit Nehru not only created history but also studied it in the analytical-comprehensive mode. His intellectualism had much to owe to his study of history. He viewed history as a tool to understand the secrets of (...) -
Indira Gandhi and Third World
21 November 2011, by C Raghavan(On November 19, falls Indira Gandhi’s ninetyfourth birth anniversary. On this occasion we reproduce the following article by a veteran journalist based in Geneva. He was the Chief of the Geneva Bureau of the Inter press Third World News Service. (...) -
South Block: Time for Reorientation
21 November 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
Whatever explanation may be trotted out by the External Affairs Ministry, there is no escape from the fact that the country has suffered a humiliating defeat in the race for a non-permanent member seat in the UN Security (...) -
Reviving Universal PDS: A Step Towards Food Security
21 November 2011, by Suranjita RayAn unprecedented economic growth during the last decade has also seen increasing malnutrition, hunger and starvation amongst certain sections of society. India ranks 66 in the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) World Hunger Index of 88 (...) -
An Open Letter to the Chief Minister of West Bengal
21 November 2011To
The Chief Minister
Government of West Bengal
Kolkata
Madam,
Last week some of us who signed here sent an open appeal to you requesting you to personally initiate the process of opening a dialogue with the Maoists as that, in our opinion, was (...) -
Unjustified Aggressiveness!
21 November 2011, by D. BandyopadhyayMy attention was drawn to “An Open Letter to the Chief Minister of West Bengal” which was signed by thirty members of the civil society of Kolkata and Delhi. What disturbed me was the tone and tenor of the language used in the letter in denouncing (...) -
Statement on Peaceful Dialogue in Junglemahal
21 November 2011We, the concerned citizens, feel deeply disturbed by the continued acrimony, tension and violence in the Junglemahal area of West Bengal. After the change of government in the State it was hoped that a dialogue between the new government and the (...) -
A Statement in Neocolonialism
21 November 2011BOOK REVIEW
by RITA NATH KESHARI
The Golden Island by Hrusikesh Panda, (English translation: Lipipuspa Nayak); Pakshighar Prakashani; Bhubaneswar; pp. 184; 2011; Rs 200.
The Golden Island is the English translation of Subarnadweepa, an Odia (...)
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