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Russia’s legendary ambassador to India, Alexander Mikhailovich Kadakin, known as Sasha Kadakin to thousands of his admirers, friends, well-wishers and colleagues across the country, passed away on January 26, India’s Republic Day, in a (...)
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Russian Envoy with an Indian Heart
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Demonetisation: Shadow-boxing against Corruption
21 February 2017, by Kobad GhandyA Two-Part Article on Demonetisation-I
The following is a two-part article on demonetisation written by the prominent Marxist-Maoist thinker, Kobad Ghandy, and sent to us for publication in this journal from the Cherlapalli Central Jail, Medchal (...) -
Contours of the Economy?
21 February 2017, by Kuldip NayarHowsoever prudent the Budget, the fact remains that it encourages the status quo. Probably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had the UP elections in view. There is no new text proposal, nor is there any long-term plan of how to collect (...) -
What to Trust on Demonetisation: Official Data or Grim Reports in Media?
21 February 2017, by Arun KumarThere is confusion as to how the economy is doing under the impact of demonetisation. The Index of Industrial Production rose by 5.7 per cent in November as compared to the decline of 1.8 per cent in October. This was unexpected and has given (...) -
India - Afghanistan: An Analysis of Strategic and Security Concerns
21 February 2017by Bineet Kaur
India and Afghanistan have close technical, economic, cultural and political relations. The relations between India and Afghanistan can be traced back to the Indus valley civilisation. The relationship is not limited to the (...) -
Those who do not think of other people’s opinions live in bubbles. Was Obama talking of India?
21 February 2017, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
If sloganeering characterised President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, sagacity marked Barack Obama’s farewell address a week earlier. Undoubtedly, it is the Obama pitch that will reverberate in the chambers of history. Uncannily, (...) -
Tension Mounts with the Killing of a Lawyer in Myanmar
21 February 2017, by Harish ChandolaThe communal tension in our neighbour Myanmar between its majority Buddhist population and its Muslim minority of Rohingyas has of late worsened. It was exacerbated by the recent assassination of a prominent Muslim lawyer and an advisor to the (...) -
Tamil Nadu Drama Intensifies
12 February 2017POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
The political drama in Chennai is intensifying. Precisely two months after her mentor J. Jayalalithaa’s death, V.K. Sasikala was unanimously elected leader of the ruling AIADMK’s legislature party on February 5. O. (...) -
PM’s Jibe in Parliament
12 February 2017, by SCCOMMENTARY
One part of PM Narendra Modi’s speech in the Rajya Sabha during the debate on the motion on the President’s Address to Parliament has caused a veritable political earthquake even if he himself had ridiculed Congress Vice-President (...) -
Union Budget 2017-18: Inadequate Response in Times of Crisis
12 February 2017, by Arun KumarThe Budget is an instrument of macroeconomic policy first and then anything else. If its aggregate figures are found wanting, its allocations and goals would also not be attained. In times of a shock to the economy, chances that the figures may (...)
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