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December 1, 2007
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Vol XLV No 50,New Delhi,December 1, 2007
The ‘Deal’
D. BANDYOPADHYAY
Buddha’s Killing Fields of Nandigram!
MAHI PAL SINGH
Nandigram : A Dangerous Chapter in the History of Human Rights
NEERJA CHOWDHURY
Nandigram : CPM Exposed
On Hirendranath Mukerjee’s Birth Centenary
• Reproduction of “Reminiscences of Radhakrishnan”
• Tributes by Madhu Dandavate, Rabi Ray, Gopal Gandhi
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Prescription for Disaster—the ’Modi Model’ of Governance
3 December 2007, by Bharat Dogra
In a relatively short time Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, has become one of the most widely discussed political figures in India. Although the discussion around him is mostly in the context of his collusion in the communal
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Statement on the Gujarat Carnage 2002
3 December 2007
The recent Tehelka expose of the “Gujarat riots” of 2002 demonstrate very starkly that these were neither “spontaneous” nor “riots”, but were in fact mass murder, loot and mayhem orchestrated and organised by the top echelons of the Gujarat units of
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NACO and HIV/AIDS in India
3 December 2007, by Javed M Iqbal
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is the leading infectious cause of adult deaths in the world. Given the scale of the epidemic, HIV/AIDS is now considered not only a health problem,
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Tibet and Indian Diplomacy
3 December 2007, by Nikhil Chakravartty
In the hurly-burly of day-to-day politics, Tibet has receded quite a distance in our horizon. Even when we talk about the political environment in our neighbourhood, Tibet rarely figures in it.
In the discussions with the Chinese, whether in
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Nuances of Change in the Indian Judicial Paradigm
3 December 2007, by Amna Mirza
[(BOOK REVIEW)]
Indian Judiciary and Politics: The Changing Landscape edited by B.D. Dua, M.P. Singh, Rekha Saxena; published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi; price: Rs 1195.
The judiciary has become an over-arching public
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Perils of Judicial Policy-making
3 December 2007, by Vijay Kumar
The controversy over the last Chief Justice of India, Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, allowing his sons to allegedly further their business prospects by abusing official position has brought to the fore the issue of judiciary indulging in the exercise
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Global Oil Politics
3 December 2007, by Rajaram Panda
The UPA Government of Manmohan Singh is under tremendous pressure to raise the domestic oil prices in view of the rise in global prices. The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Alhuwalia, has already made it clear in no
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’Grapes-are-sour’ Syndrome
3 December 2007, by Chandra Sen
Russia is going to polls this Sunday, December 2: the elections to the State Duma, the powerful Lower House of the Russian parliament, are due on that day. Just before these elections the country’s President, Vladimir Putin, has come under severe
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