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A part-time Chief Minister
14 October 2017, by Kuldip NayarUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that he would be taking five days off in a month to attend to his duties as the head priest of the Gorakhnath Temple. Television networks ran this part of his speech only once. Either the (...) -
Ironies have Begun to Hit as Never Before!
14 October 2017, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
We are talking of bullet trains when even our slow moving trains have begun derailing. This year hundreds were killed in train accidents, not to overlook the latest tragedy at Mumbai’s Elphinstone station where dozens were trampled and (...) -
Why Indians may be looking for a Rahul Gandhi
14 October 2017, by Badri RainaFor a momentous three years or more, the Republic has been in a swoon of sophistry, a bubble of bombast. Not without effect, since Indians across classes and castes actually came to be taken in by a new style of leadership that made of words, (...) -
Insanity Enthroned
14 October 2017, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
After forty years of the foundation of our independent republic, the Frankenstein has appeared again—the monster that is out to destroy democracy and plunge this nation into civil war that shall rend asunder thousands of (...) -
BJP’s image dims with economic disruption; Rahul’s image glows with US tour. This is Sonia’s chance to score big
14 October 2017, by T J S Georgeimpressions
The Congress party published full-page advertisements in New York to announce a Rahul Gandhi meeting there. It made history by including, alongside the pictures of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, those of Lal (...) -
The BJP should Draw a Lesson or Two from Nehru’s Far-Sighted Assessment of China
14 October 2017by Vappala Balachandran
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha on August 2, 2017 that “dialogue is the only way out of the Doklam standoff” with China. She ruled out war as an option and added that “China has contributed to (...) -
Anthony J. Parel’s Contribution towards Understanding Mahatma Gandhi
14 October 2017by A. Raghu Kumar
Mahatma Gandhi introduced non-violence as a method of political struggle in India’s anti-colonial struggle. This method was adopted as a considered choice in many later struggles in many parts of the world. Post-Gandhi, the (...) -
The GST Syndrome
14 October 2017by Atanu Sengupta and Sanjoy De
1. Introduction
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is nothing new. It has been in the air since the 2000s or even earlier. The singularity of the present situation is the ruthlessness and speed at which it has been (...) -
Sustainable Agricultural Development—Inorganic (GMO Crops) and Organic Farming In India
14 October 2017by A.V.V.S.K. Rao and M. Ramulu
“Farming looks easy when your plough is a pencil” —Dwight, D. Eisenhower, (34th President of the Usa) (1890-1969)
Introduction
Today, there is awareness that the “Green Revolution” model of agricultural (...) -
Catalans’ Rationale for Referendum
14 October 2017by Sankar Ray
“There was something of the evil atmosphere of war. The town had a gaunt untidy look, roads and buildings were in poor repair, the streets at night were dimly lit for fear of air-raids, the shops were mostly shabby and half-empty. (...)
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