July 5, 2008

• Risky Gamble for a Paradigm Shift at the Policy Level
  11 July 2008, by SC
  In the December 1, 2007 issue of this journal there was a specific reference in these columns to the ‘deal’ over the Indo-US nuclear deal struck by the Congress and CPM leaders essentially to ensure the survival of Manmohan Singh as the PM (for he  (...)
• Don’t Go Ahead with the N-Deal : Top Scientists
  11 July 2008, by A Gopalkrishnan, A N Prasad, P K Iyengar
  We were part of a group of senior nuclear scientists who had in the past expressed our grave concerns and objections to India entering into a nuclear cooperation agreement with the US under the aegis of the Hyde Act 2006. We had written to the  (...)
• Panch Sheel of Swaraj
  11 July 2008, by V R Krishna Iyer
  Indian humanity, divided communally, trivalised ideologically, dollar-dominated economically, politicised pathologically priced out from judicial justice mega-litigatively, has devalued Swaraj, tended to oblige lame-duck President Bush and  (...)
• Parliamentarisation versus Federalisation
  11 July 2008, by Amna Mirza
  India is a federal parliamentary democracy, with a bicameral Parliament, which bears striking resemblance to the Canadian Constitution. This can be attributed to the presence of British rule in both countries. Article 53 of the Constitution of  (...)
• Congress should Concentrate on Important Tasks and Stop Pursuing the Nuclear Deal
  11 July 2008, by Bharat Dogra
  In the middle of all the heated debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal a very simple question needs to be asked—did the Congress party get the votes of the people on the basis of such a nuclear deal, or on the basis of promises of social and economic  (...)
• Defending the Indefensible
  11 July 2008, by D. Bandyopadhyay
  The Statesman (June 10) carried a report entitled, “Cops can come to search without papers: Home Secretary†. Responding to queries the Home Secretary of West Bengal, Ashok Mohan Chakraborty, “insisted that he was not yet posted with facts involving  (...)
• Tribute: Sipra Sarkar
  11 July 2008, by Kunal Chattopadhyay, Soma Marik
  Sipra Sarkar passed away on the night of June 24, 2008. Born on May 30, 1931, the daughter of Susobhan Chandra Sarkar, the eminent historian and teacher, Sipradi was educated at St John’s Diocesan School, and subsequently at Presidency College  (...)
• Need For A New Left
  11 July 2008, by Sipra Sarkar
  The outlook for Indian democracy is even bleaker than most Leftist critics would admit. When the Rightward drift in official policies is matched by the growing political indifferentism of large sections of the people, it is something to worry  (...)
• Indira Gandhi at Crossroads
  11 July 2008, by Nikhil Chakravartty
  The four furies that have beset the Prime Minister—Food, Fertiliser, Foreign Aid and Foundation—have brought into the open an unexpected alignment of forces that perhaps nobody in New Delhi could have predicted on the morrow of Smt Indira  (...)
• Kerala’s Flourishing Spiritual Bazar
  11 July 2008, by N A Karim
  Kerala is deservedly famous for its educational advancement, social progress and cultural regeneration among the States of India. Long before Independence an impressive line of social reformers like Sree Narayana Guru revolutionised the  (...)

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