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December 2009
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Need to Realise Full Benefits of the Protective Law for Tribals
12 December 2009, by Bharat DograAt a time when there is growing concern about the causes of increasing discontent and alienation among tribals, it is important to recall a very important law for improving the governance of the Scheduled Areas in such a way as to protect the (...) -
Poetic Justice!
12 December 2009, by Ranbir SinghThe encouragement and patronage of the then Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Harbans Lal, prompted the then Chairman of the Panchayat Samiti, Adampur (Hisar), Bhajan Lal, to join State politics in 1965. The defection of the Congress (...) -
Cogent Analysis of Terrorism and Governance
12 December 2009, by Vijay KumarBOOK REVIEW
Between Terrorism and Global Governance by Roberto Toscano; Har-Anand Publication; 2009; pp. 109; Price Rs 250.
This lean but compact book hardly running into 100 pages on global governance and terrorism represents relevant and (...) -
A Banana Republic Indeed!
12 December 2009COMMUNICATION
The common man has always considered the judiciary to be the last resort of relief. This hope has been belied by the MP High Court’s verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case. What a silver anniversary gift! The shameful fact that no (...) -
Politics of Disability Estimates in India: A Research Note
12 December 2009, by Vikash KumarIntroduction
The phenomenon of disability is one of the pressing problems in the world. According to the projections of international agencies, about 10 per cent of the population are affected with physical, mental, sensory and other forms of (...) -
Tribute to N.C.
12 December 2009COMMUNICATION
P.V. Narasimha Rao’s letter to the editor of Mainstream and Chanchal Sarkar’s article (October 31) reminded me that November 3, 2009 is Nikhil-da’s 96th birth anniversary. I had the good fortune of knowing him when I was in Kolkata. I (...) -
Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression
12 December 2009DOCUMENT
Statement of Women’s Organisations on increasing State Violence on People’s Movements and Sexual Violence on Women by the Police, Paramilitary and Army
We, the undersigned representatives of women’s organisations and individuals, are (...) -
Gay Marriages: A Controversy
12 December 2009, by Manini GarimaA Division Bench of Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar, in its 105-page order given on July 2, 2009 on a PIL plea by Delhi-based non-government organisation Naz Foundation, said: “We declare that Section 377 of the IPC (the controversial (...) -
Respect Samatha Judgement, End Hostilities, Start Dialogue
12 December 2009The following is a statement issued on behalf of the Citizens Initiative for Peace.
While there were indications from the government as well as the Maoists some time back that they were prepared to consider the idea of a dialogue as proposed by (...) -
Shame of Bhopal, Real Test at Copenhagen
8 December 2009, by SCThe world’s biggest industrial disaster took place in Bhopal on December 3, 1984 taking a toll of 20,000 lives and affecting 5.69 lakh people. The twentyfifth anniversary of that massive mishap at the Union Carbide plant in the city is being (...)