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Russia At Crossroads
27 December 2014, by Arun MohantyRuble’s unexpected and sharp plunge on December 16, triggered by the Russian Central Bank’s sudden decision to raise its key interest rate from 10.7 per cent to 17 per cent, at a single go, brought back the memories of black Tuesdays, back (...) -
Haider: Mainstreaming the Marginal Narrative
27 December 2014by Nirupam Hazra
‘What is chutzpa ?’A person kills his parents and then asks for sympathy in the court, because he is an orphan now. It was one of the defining scenes in Vishal Bharadwaj’s latest movie Haider, based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and (...) -
Sex Selective Abortion: A Syncretic Feminist Approach
27 December 2014WOMEN’S WORLD
by Bijayalaxmi Nanda
Introduction
The 2011 Census has revealed an adverse child sex ratio (0-6 age-group). At 919 it is the lowest since 1961. It is a decline of eight points since 2001. Other trends which are disturbing include (...) -
Fundamentalism — A Threat To Our National Survival
27 December 2014by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
In the 1960s, when I was working for a Dhaka daily, a world tourist came to our office and wanted to talk to us. He was the famous Nigerian traveller and Left political activist, Olabassi Azala. He was touring the world (...) -
Unclear Nuclear Issues
27 December 2014, by S G VombatkereIn the background of the adage that there are more questions that a fool can ask than a wise man can answer, this fool asks some questions of nuclear scientists and engineers.
Disposal of Nuclear Wastes
The goal of oceanographers during the (...) -
Freedom from Corruption through Self-Governance or Coercive Governance: An Exploration through Political Philosophy
27 December 2014by Muhammad Tajuddin
Corruption is the biggest malady of public life all over the world. It is more pervasive in the post-colonial developing societies and states. Corruption affects the weak and underprivileged sections of the developing (...) -
RSS raring for Seemalanghan (Crossing Barrier)
27 December 2014by Arun Srivastava
By the time the inertia-stricken secular forces come out of their dejection-shell, the Hindutva brigade led by the RSS would have accomplished the mission of “Hinduisation” of the country and altered its culture, social and (...) -
West Bengal after the Saradha Scam: Is it the Darkest Hour in Bengali Life?
27 December 2014, by Amitava Mukherjee“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything (...) -
Reformation of Labour or Reforming the Labour Laws?
27 December 2014by Nisha Bharti
In India, 93 per cent of the labour force is informal and a massive majority of this force lives in miserable conditions. Even in the urban areas, in manufacturing and services, more than 75 per cent of the labour force is (...) -
Dhirendra Brahmachari to Rampal: Murky Babadom, Murkier Politics
27 December 2014by Navneet Sharma, Harikrishnan B. and Pradeep Nair
‘Babas’ or saints have always fascinated the understanding and lores of common life and common (wo)man. The Indian context makes it more colourful and piqued. India and being Indian has always (...)