by ASGHAR ALI ENGINEER
Why have I put a question-mark? Is there any doubt about it? Yes, very much. It would be too simplistic to assume that the potential for such a change already exists and it is only a push that is needed to bring about (...)
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Is Renaissance Possible in Islamic World Today?
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Too Much Power At Centre
1 December 2012, by Kuldip NayarWhatever happens in the next general elections—my bet is in early 2013—India will emerge an extremely divided country. The usual assumption that the two main political parties, the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will have between them a (...) -
Don’t Think We Are Morons
1 December 2012, by M K BhadrakumarThe joint press conference held by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in Delhi on November 16 is ghastly even by the low standards of public morality Indian politicians have settled for in the past decade. They claim (...) -
Revisiting the Dialogue of Inclusive Education: The Indian Course
1 December 2012, by Madhulika SharmaNovember 11 is marked as the National Education Day in India. It is a day to commemo-rate the great educationist, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, who envisioned education as the “birthright of every citizen”. While addressing the Central Advisory Board (...) -
An Anatomy of the Rapes in Haryana
1 December 2012, by Ranbir SinghHaryana these days is in the news for the wrong reasons. There have taken place many incidents of rape of women of weaker sections in the State during the past one month. The media has been projecting it as a failure of governance. But the Chief (...) -
China’s Emerging Order
1 December 2012, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
Visiting China for the fourth time in thirty-six years does not make it dull or monotonous by repetition. Particularly today when Deng Xiaoping at the advanced age of 88 is leading a phenomenal drive for modernisation and (...) -
Northeast Asia Island Conflict
1 December 2012, by Harish ChandolaJapan has got embroiled in disputes over islands with China, the Russian Federation and South Korea. These disputes, historical in nature, have become acute recently, with no settlement in sight. The latest is between China and Japan over the (...) -
Aung San Suu Kyi and Plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
1 December 2012COMMUNICATION
This letter was sent to us when Aung San Suu Kyi was in India but could not be used earlier due to unavoidable reasons.
Two persons died in police firing on a rally protesting against the Burmese Government’s genocidal ethnic (...) -
Irrefutable Facts
1 December 2012by T.R. KRISHNAN
Much has been written lately on the delay in completing the process of renovating and modernising the Russian aircraft carrier, Gorshkov, and the cost escalation this delay entails. However, certain basic facts have either been (...) -
Palestinians’ Plight, Rohingyas’ Predicament, Mumbai Girls’ Harassment
1 December 2012, by Humra QuraishiSeeing shots of complete disaster in the Gaza belt, one is left wondering where are the so-called world leaders who talk of peace! Where is US President Barack Obama, who ought to start his second term by try saving lives of the hapless (...)
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