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APPEASING THE HINDU RIGHT
With the political power gained by whipping up majoritarian hysteria over Ayodhya slowly slipping out of its hold, the Hindutva fraternity is ...
Godhra questions
There are only questions, and no definitive answers, with regard to the facts of the Godhra killings. A FORTNIGHT after the ...
Rural trauma
The communal 'cleansing' process extends to Gujarat's villages, and the tribal districts erupt in anti-Muslim violence for the first time.
The wounds of civilisation
WHEN Fatima (not her real name) went to celebrate Id at her mother's house in Randhikpur village, Patan district, she never imagined she ...
Passages remembered
THIS time I am not writing about a particular book. I have over the decades kept notebooks in which I put down excerpts, memorable, stirring ...
Light and shadow
On photography, a quarter of a century on. "HUMANKIND lingers unregenerately in Plato's cave," Susan Sontag's book On Photography ...
Towards Johannesburg
The Sustainable Development Summit 2002 held in Delhi draws the world's attention to poverty alleviation as the means to a sustainable future.
A record of achievements
IT is not without reason that Dr. Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, Chairman, Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) Board, brims with confidence about its ...
Fuelling power
The Nuclear Fuel Complex in Hyderabad is all set to expand its operations to cater to the increasing needs of the country's nuclear electricity ...
Programmes and pitfalls
The National AIDS Control Organisation's programme to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV fails to take into account the serious ...
The Doha-Delhi odyssey
The fact that the Doha Declaration on TRIPS allows member-states the flexibility to address issues related to public health and providing ...
GMOs and the future
Interview with Dr. William James Peacock. Dr. William James Peacock, an expert in plant molecular biology, heads the Commonwealth ...
The great power robbery
A study by a Pune-based organisation exposes the culpability of industrial units availing themselves of high-tension and extra high-tension ...
A lack of perspective
Budget 2002 misses an opportunity to spur growth in a slowing economy, and imposes new burdens on those sections most affected by the global ...
The poverty of economic policy
Instead of giving a thrust to the economy by initiating programmes for rural development, the Budget opts for the problem-ridden way of public ...
No reprieve from stagnation
FINANCE Minister Yashwant Sinha's fifth successive Budget is in essence a continuation of the policies of liberalisation, privatisation and ...
A balancing act
The Railway Budget imposes major burdens on users but fails to augment the Railways' financial reserves in any significant manner.
Blind, on purpose?
Economic Survey 2002 turns a blind eye to the actual problems confronting the Indian economy and advocates a set of discredited neoliberal ...
Foreign investment illusions
Governments with over-optimistic expectations from foreign direct investment should be aware that it does not necessarily increase employment ...
Incompetence or connivance?
The Gujarat Police have not distinguished themselves in recent weeks, but the question is whether they alone are blameworthy.
Talks and obstacles
The Ayodhya-related negotiations enter another delicate phase. THE Ayodhya issue is once again poised for a decisive turn, as it ...
Condemning a carnage
THE attacks on the Muslim community in Gujarat and the passive role the State and Central governments played have evoked protest not ...
Friends indeed
The muted response of its 'secular' allies to the developments in Ayodhya and Gujarat emboldens the BJP to dismiss the Opposition's demand for ...
Fear in the air
Ayodhya is in the grip of fear and confusion as Union Ministers and Uttar Pradesh administration speak in different voices about the security ...
SAFFRON TERROR
Political direction and police support enable the death squads of the Hindu Right to run riot in Muslim neighbourhoods in Gujarat.
Concerns about the subcontinent
ON February 7, the European Parliament passed a resolution titled "Terrorist attacks in India, in particular against the Parliament", ...
The European quest
The European Union undertakes a sweeping assessment of its functioning and its institutions in order to prepare a blueprint for Europe.
The Doha-Delhi odyssey
The fact that the Doha Declaration on TRIPS allows member-states the flexibility to address issues related to public health and providing ...
GMOs and the future
Interview with Dr. William James Peacock. Dr. William James Peacock, an expert in plant molecular biology, heads the Commonwealth ...
A lack of perspective
Budget 2002 misses an opportunity to spur growth in a slowing economy, and imposes new burdens on those sections most affected by the global ...
The poverty of economic policy
Instead of giving a thrust to the economy by initiating programmes for rural development, the Budget opts for the problem-ridden way of public ...
No reprieve from stagnation
FINANCE Minister Yashwant Sinha's fifth successive Budget is in essence a continuation of the policies of liberalisation, privatisation and ...
The nuclear menace
ON February 16, 1994, Indian, Pakistani and American soldiers and diplomats who had been involved in the Indo-Pakistan crisis in 1990 ...
The Speaker from Amalapuram
G.M.C. Balayogi, 1951 -2002. PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI DASU KESAVA RAO WHEN Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi died in a helicopter crash on ...
Makings of a trade war
The U.S. curbs on import of steel into the country constitute the first major threat to the World Trade Organisation regime. The move, coupled ...
A strike and beyond
State government employees in Kerala call off their month-long strike even as the Congress(I)-led United Democratic Front government decides to ...
The tale of a proud pair of macaws
Balasubramanian is also known for his serious hobbies. Known for his 'green fingers', he is an expert farmer with a special interest in ...
Echoes of a demolition
In their depositions before the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry, former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and Home Minister L.K. Advani present some ...
A disturbing judgment
This is yet another case of arbitrary use of the contempt power by the Supreme Court. SOLON, the Athenian statesman of the sixth ...
Of judicial power
IN its judgment sentencing Arundhati Roy to a day's imprisonment and a fine of Rs.2,000, with a default clause of three months, the ...
Arundhati Roy's statement
The following is the statement issued by Arundhati Roy after her release from Tihar Jail on March 7, 2002: I stand by what I have said in ...
Of criticism and contempt
The significance of the Supreme Court's highly illiberal judgment convicting Arundhati Roy lies in the enhanced threat freedom of expression ...
From the judgment
Excerpts from the judgment and comments thereon: ''After more than half a century of independence, the judiciary in the country is ...
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