November 29, 2008

• Can the Caste Problem be Solved?
  3 December 2008, by Sangeeta Mall
  If there is one problem that keeps India’s progress in check, it is that of caste. The Hindu caste system divides society so rigidly that everyone is either an outsider or insider. There is always a side, depending on where one is looking from.  (...)
• Rediscovering Nehru
  3 December 2008, by Sankar Kumar Ray
  While interviewing environmental activist, Medha Patkar, in 2004, Robert Jensen from the School of Journalism, Texas, made a conscious dig at the partial and biased perception on Nehru. When Medha referred to the general criticism of Nehru for  (...)
• Japan: Taro Aso faces Critical Challenges
  3 December 2008, by Rajaram Panda
  Taro Aso, a Roman Catholic, a “manga†-loving conservative with a wry smile and a sharp tongue, a colourful nationalist with a knack for offensive gaffes, was chosen by Japan’s beleaguered ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), battling  (...)

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