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Chavez
In this issue
05-04-2013
35 STORIES
Books
Sincere rebel
On the impact of Howard Zinn’s daring and rousing speeches on his students and political thinkers and activists all around the world.
Greenspace
Extinction threat
One in every five reptiles is threatened with extinction, and freshwater turtles are at particularly high risk.
Automobile industry
Bumps ahead
The downturn in the car industry has a lesson for the Indian economy: debt-driven growth cannot be sustained over the long term.
Social justice
Atrocities in focus
Lead Story
Kolkata remembers
Jayati Ghosh
That shrinking feeling
The value of global financial assets grew rapidly in the decade up to 2007, but has fallen sharply since then. A new report suggests that the global
World Affairs
Igniting an intifada
The death of yet another Palestinian in an Israeli jail precipitates large-scale protests in the occupied territories.
Science & Technology
Groundwater arsenic poisoning unrelated to human activity
Science & Technology
Bee venom-loaded nanoparticles kill HIV
Science & Technology
Green tea, coffee lower stroke risk
Karnataka
BJP bites the dust
Unmediated
Argo: Telling the story and spinning a yarn
Ben Affleck’s film ‘Argo’ is not about seeking to understand or about reconciling differences, but about reinforcing the “othering” of Iran. Irrespect
Social Issues
Controversial end
The death of the main accused in the Delhi gang-rape case interrupts due process of law that might have restored the faith of women in the state’s abi
Livelihood issues
Banking on hope
Lead Story
Evolution of a practical visionary
Steering clear of neoliberalism as well as classical communist traditions, Hugo Chavez has sown the seeds of institutions rooted in the Venezuelan re
Lead Story
Bolivarian revolutionary
No other leader in the world did so much as Hugo Chavez to set the 21st century on a new course. Without him Venezuela will face big challenges in the
Maharashtra
No more “Your Excellency”
Exhibition
Imperial images
An exhibition on Delhi from the late 19th to the early 20th century, which was recently on in Bangalore, gives visitors a chance to understand the pom
Jammu & Kashmir
Acts of despair
Employment generation schemes that fall short of providing sustainable solutions only breed more resentment among the youth.
Data Stories
Golden run ends
There are clear indications that the gold rally is coming to an end after 12 long years.
World Affairs
Uhuru Kenyatta wins
Wildlife
Unequal attention
Lopsided funding for wildlife conservation is resulting in some critically endangered species being driven towards extinction.
Conservation
Tiger tales from the Himalayas
Bhutan’s 20,000 sq km unbroken tiger habitat, a mountainous landscape, can support 100 more adult tigers provided there is an abundance of wild ungula
World Affairs
Ambitious reforms plan
Delhi
To fast again
Lead Story
A man who made his revolution
Hugo Chavez, who made a revolution in Venezuela in the face of serious challenges and became the standard-bearer of the radical change taking place in
World Affairs
Political stalemate
A three-way split in votes in the recent general election has complicated the political situation in a country that faces an economic crisis that many
Insider's tale
Ayodhya and Narasimha Rao
An insider’s account of why P.V. Narasimha Rao as Prime Minister did not act to prevent or stop the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
World Affairs
Strategic embrace
Strategic ties between Russia and China, driven by economic and geopolitical compulsions, are growing apace, prompting some analysts to warn of greate
World Affairs
Brand Qatar
Qatar, a nation built on gas revenues, relies on various forms of contract labour to facilitate its nationals’ luxurious existence, and on U.S. troops
Legislation
Biosecurity Bill
Books
A growth story, retold
An attempt to show that the “mysterious” Orient was not a “changeless” entity, carefully avoiding “ideology-tainted concepts”.
Jammu & Kashmir
Wounded valley
Chaos and confusion dominate the political landscape of Kashmir as no serious Central intervention has happened to soothe the anger over the Army’s ac
Letters
Letters
Social
Indomitable spirit
Bhanwari Devi continues to fight for justice, 21 years after she was gang-raped.
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