February 23, 2008

Resurrection of Democracy in Pakistan
24 February 2008, by SC
More than five months ago, following former Pakistan Primer Nawaz Sharifâ€™s forced deportation to Jeddah within hours of his landing at Islamabad on September 10, it was written in these columns (in the September 15 issue of this journal) that the (...)
Rule by Military can No Longer be Tolerated
24 February 2008, by Asma Jahangir
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan applauds the people of Pakistan who overcame several obstacles and despite pre-poll rigging gave a clear verdict in favour of democratic governance. Regrettably, this opportunity was not available to the (...)
Reduce Tax Burden on Common Man
24 February 2008, by Bharat Jhunjhunwala
The peopleâ€™s support for the Congress seems to be receding despite the high growth rate of nine per cent and implementation of the people-oriented Employment Guarantee Programme. The party has lost power in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and (...)
Intellectuals Demand Indian Citizenship To Taslima Nasreen
24 February 2008
At a time when India is projecting itself on the worldâ€™s stage as a modern democracy, while it hosts international literary festivals and book fairs, the Government of India, most mainstream political parties and their armed squads are mounting a (...)
CCU to CCU (Coronary Care Unit to Calcutta)
24 February 2008, by Taslima Nasreen
Away from home,
Away from my dear cat, my books and papers, my friends,
Away from my life,
With my face and head covered in a quilt stinking of uncertainty,
Lying for days on end
Lying one knows not where,
With the heart gnawed and clawed (...)
Danger Signal from Bombay
24 February 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
The time has come when we have to seriously ask ourselves if we are really serious about preserving in one piece this Republic of India. Many in our country think that to talk about disintegration of the Indian Union is just a fantasy with an (...)
Woman and Development : A Gender-sensitive Global Perspective
24 February 2008, by Zarina Bhatty
BOOK REVIEW
Development has a Womanâ€™s Face: Insights from within the UN System by Krishna Ahoojapatel; APJ Publishing Corporation, New Delhi; 2007.
The topic of the volume under review could not have been more apt, it is almost (...)

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