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December 2009
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In Utter Desperation
12 December 2009, by SCHas the Centre finally given in to the demand of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for a separate Telangana State? The answer appeared to be ‘yes’ late last night when the Union Home Minister announced, after a series of parleys among the (...) -
Azadi, Autonomy and Self-Rule vs Freedom
12 December 2009, by Balraj PuriUnion Home Minister P. Chidambaram has offered to have a quiet dialogue with all parties in Kashmir including who are demanding Azadi, Autonomy and Self-Rule, the three main categories in which the politics of the Valley is divided. But none has (...) -
Indo-Russian Strategic Partnership Enters New Stage
12 December 2009, by Arun MohantyIndia and Russia value their regular annual summits as the principal vehicle to advance their strategic partnership in different directions. The agenda of regular Indo-Russian summits always cover bilateral, regional and international issues of (...) -
Obama treads Soviet Road out of Kabul
12 December 2009, by M K BhadrakumarThe new Afghan strategy announced by United States President Barack Obama on December 1 is a game-changer in regional politics across a broad swathe of the international system. The reactions in capitals as far removed as Beijing, Tehran, New (...) -
This Business of English
12 December 2009, by Ashok Celly“In India the cultural imperialism of English had a very decisive impact on my life as English language is a status symbol and a gateway of social mobility. It is hard for those who are born in a family which does not promote or speak English (...) -
Letter to PM on the 25th Anniversary of Bhopal Tragedy
12 December 2009, by Abdul Jabbar Khan, N D JayaprakashRespected Sir,
On behalf of the Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan (BGPMUS) and the Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti (BGPSSS), we, the undersigned, are baffled and shocked over the UPA and the Congress party’s silence (...) -
Grim Warning from Bhopal
12 December 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyIt was a massacre of innocents by all counts. What happened at the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal in the early morning of December 3 was not just a tragedy but a heinous crime which killed nearly two thousand and hospitalised many more, it brings (...) -
A Rare Case of Wit and Wisdom
12 December 2009, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Among the Prime Ministers of India, who was the most intellectually proficient? The temptation is to point to Jawaharlal Nehru, the Cantabrigian who conversed with Bernard Shaw and Albert Einstein, who wrote classical books and (...) -
Changing Perception of US Policy towards China under Obama
12 December 2009, by Rajaram PandaPresident Obama’s foreign policy orientation towards East Asia seems to be characterised by continuity rather than change. Amidst much hype, Obama’s East Asia policy is not much different from his predecessors. However, one possible negative (...) -
Obama’s Visit to China
12 December 2009, by Gunjan SinghPresident Barack Obama became the first American President to pay a state visit to China while in his first year in office. China was the third stop during the latest trip of the President to four Asian states. He visited Japan, Singapore, China (...)