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March 2009
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Bangladesh PM and Army Chief’s Exemplary Role in Handling Mutiny and Preserving Democracy
7 March 2009, by Sumon K. ChakrabartiTwo decisions taken last week have ensured that Bangladesh’s tryst with democracy continues. One was taken on February 25, within hours of the bloody mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) erupting on the streets of Dhaka and leaving more than 70 (...) -
Centenary of Hind Swaraj
7 March 2009, by D. BandyopadhyayThe Council for Social Development and the India International Centre (IIC), both of New Delhi, jointly sponsored an International Seminar on “Social Development and the Human Civilisation in the 21st Century”, on February 12-14, 2009 at the IIC (...) -
Regional Disparities, Smaller States and Statehood for Telangana
7 March 2009, by C.H. Hanumantha RaoGrowing Regional Disparities in Development
Regional disparities in development have been growing in India, especially in the post-reform period. For example, according to the Eleventh Plan, the per capita Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of (...) -
National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme: Issues and Challenges
7 March 2009, by Jyoti Bhargava, P K BhargavaProblems of unemployment and poverty are inter-related and both these problems have continued to be acute in rural India. In order to overcome these problems, there have been a number of employment schemes in the past—the Employment Assurance (...) -
Resurgent Russia and its Growing Engagement with South Asia
7 March 2009, by Vyacheslav I. TrubnikovThe following is the text of the P.N. Haksar Memorial Lecture delivered by Vyacheslav I. Trubnikov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India, at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, on November 29, 2008. (...) -
Washington to Dacca
7 March 2009, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom Washington to Dacca, the changes in scenario are indicative of the new temper that has been overtaking politics all over the world.
The forces hostile to peace and independence cannot come on top; at the same time, they have not yet (...) -
Karimov‘s Gamble
7 March 2009, by Mansoor AliPresident Karimov of Uzbekistan is once again taking steps to align his country with the West in general and the US in particular. By initiating moves to build strong ties with the new US Administration he is seeking to come under Washington’s (...) -
China Breaks its Silence on Afghanistan
7 March 2009, by M K BhadrakumarIn the violent, lethal environment in which he lived and survived to eventually lead Beijing’s march towards socialism with Chinese characteristics, Deng Xiaoping had great reasons to be cautious. In regard to China’s international approach, Deng (...) -
Women’s Participation at Grassroot Level: An Analysis
7 March 2009, by Ajit Pal SinghA democratic polity involves the decentra-lisation or deconcentration of power in a way that the affairs of the local people are managed by means of their positive participation. It implies the extension of democracy at the grass-root level in (...) -
Developed Punjab Evading Females
7 March 2009, by Manisha Bhatia , Shaik Iftikhar AhmedAddressing the national conference on ‘Save the Girl Child’, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took up the challenge of curbing the menace of female foeticide. Being a proud father of three daughters, the PM highlighting the alarming picture of gender (...)