by Arun Srivastava
While economists Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya have been supporting the Modi Government’s initiative to squeeze out the operational area of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (the NREGA (...)
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Black Diwali for Rural Daily Wage Earners
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Two Contributions by P.N. Haksar: Relevance of Gandhi-Nehru Nexus ; Fundamentalism and Secularism
1 December 2014, by P N HaksarON P.N. HAKSAR’S SIXTEENTH DEATH ANNIVERSARY
November 27 this year marks P.N. Haksar’s sixteenth death anniversary. On this occasion we offer our sincere homage to one of the country’s foremost thinkers by reproducing the following contributions (...) -
Russia Signs Military Pact with Pakistan
1 December 2014, by M K BhadrakumarWhen a Russian Defence Minister comes to Pakistan after a gap of fortyfive years, it becomes a landmark event both in the bilateral relations between the two countries and in regional politics. And on top of it, there is much symbolism that (...) -
In-Laws and Outlaws: Travails of Bihar CM Jitanram Manjhi
1 December 2014, by A K BiswasThe righteous hype in the print and electronic media in the first week of November 2014 targeting Jitanram Manjhi, the Bihar Chief Minister, seemed a little out of proportion, if not unprecedented. The big story is that his son-in-law was (...) -
In-laws and Outlaws: Travails of Bihar CM Jitanram Manjhi
1 December 2014, by A K BiswasThe righteous hype in the print and electronic media in the first week of November 2014 targeting Jitanram Manjhi, the Bihar Chief Minister, seemed a little out of proportion, if not unprecedented. The big story is that his son-in-law was (...) -
Learning from the Chinese Experience
1 December 2014, by Bharat DograBOOK REVIEW
1. Ideology Matters—China from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping by Manoranjan Mohanty; AAKAR Books, Delhi; pages: 208; price: Rs 295.
2. China’s Success Trap : Lessons for Development Theory by Manoranjan Mohanty; Founder’s Day Lecture, (...) -
Beyond Populism
1 December 2014, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Two events marking the beginning of the long Budget session of Parliament fitted in neatly to highlight the realities of the present-day Indian politics.
On Parliament’s opening day New Delhi witnessed a massive turn-out of (...) -
Speed and Quality mark the Growth of SE Asia’s Infrastructure. Why are we where we are?
1 December 2014, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Only a few years ago Bangkok was South-East Asia’s most notorious city for traffic jams. It was common for parents to pick up their kids from school and, while the family vehicle tried to crawl along, give them a bucket wash, help (...) -
A Status Quo Country
1 December 2014, by Kuldip NayarWhenever I return to Bangladesh, I find that one institution or the other has gone under. The last time it was the parliament. This time it is the judiciary which, to quote a top lawyer, has been “decimated”.
Yet, what is disconcerting is that a (...) -
Sri Lanka: A Serious Challenge for Rajapaksa
1 December 2014, by Apratim MukarjiFor the first time since 2009, when Sri Lanka’s prolonged and bloody civil war ended with the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the triumphant President Mahinda Rajapaksa has run into a substantive blockade in his quest for (...)
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