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February 2009
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Pitfalls in the Nayachar Chemical Hub
19 February 2009, by Subrata SinhaA news item was published in the newspapers on February 4 that the Government of India has virtually cleared the Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Chemical Hub at Nayachar island, just offshore of the original location at Nandigram in the Haldia (...) -
Follies of the Republic
19 February 2009, by Meher Engineer[(Communication)]
Subhas Borker describes the most alarming of the many disorders of the Indian Republic (“Rapid Inclusive Growth: The Only Way Forward”, Mainstream, January 23-29, 2009) well. He uses the language of psychology to draw parallels (...) -
Enforcing Cultural Values: Attack in a Mangalore pub
19 February 2009, by S G VombatkereThe recent televised attack by persons alleged to be members of the Sri Ram Sene on young women inside a pub in Mangalore has created widespread public outrage. Even though a spokesperson of the Sri Ram Sene on NDTV has confused viewers (...) -
Trying Times
11 February 2009, by SCWhile tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad do not show any perceptible signs of abating with the latter still in a denial mode mainly on the question of the Mumbai terror strike last November having been planned and executed from Pakistani (...) -
In the Wake of the Mumbai Bloodbath
11 February 2009, by Mansoor AliWho were behind the terrorist onslaught in Mumbai last November? This question has lately acquired critical significance among defence analysts and security experts in the aftermath of the Mumbai bloodbath which has far-reaching implications. (...) -
A Tribute to Former President Ramaswami Venkataraman
11 February 2009, by SCFormer President Ramaswami Venkataraman, 98, who occupied the Rashtrapati Bhavan as the country’s eighth head of state from 1987 to 1992 and indeed presided over the transition from one-party rule to coalitions at the Centre, passed away at the (...) -
Making Panchayat Raj Work
11 February 2009, by R VenkataramanDecentralisation is the Key
In the ancient City States of Greece, the people directly used to participate in the governance of their territory. In modern nation-states, such participation is obviously impossible and representatives directly (...) -
Clarity of Thought and Rich Experience in Public Life
11 February 2009, by R K BhatnagarThe eighth President of India, R. Ventataraman (1987-92), breathed his last on January 27, 2009. He was 98, having been born on December 4, 1910. After retirement from the high office 15 years ago, he led a retired life with his wife and three (...) -
Upholding Objectivity beyond the Culture of Sycophancy
11 February 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyWe as a nation have taken pride in the fact that in political life, a liberal and tolerant approach has become the hall-mark of Indian democracy. While differences have always cropped up in our national movement involving the giants among its (...) -
Collapse of the Make-believe World
11 February 2009, by Girish MishraIt is an old tendency of human beings to delude themselves and think that the impending dangers could be warded off. Thus they live undisturbed in a make-believe world. Jawaharlal Nehru, in one of his books, has written that when a foreign (...)