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Nawaz Sharif
In this issue
14-06-2013
40 STORIES
Readers respond
Letters to the Editor
Acoustics
Look who is listening
MGNREGS
Question of survival
Saadat Hasan Manto
Manto’s Pakistan
Writing in the 1940s and early 1950s, even before Pakistan’s first military coup, Manto was surprisingly prescient about the dangers confronting conte
Interview: Changyong Rhee, ADB
‘Empowerment alone not enough’
Development Issues
Inclusion mantra
The collapse of the global economy has forced development financial institutions such as the Asian Development Bank to shift their focus from capitali
Legislation
Taking people’s views
IPL scandal
A run for your money
The spot-fixing scandal exposes the BCCI-run Indian Premier League’s “greed is good” dictum. The players involved have only taken their masters’ cues
Challenges for democracy
The road ahead
Pakistan courageously voted for democracy, but the new Prime Minister has a minefield of problems facing him. Will he be able to deliver on his promis
The pulse in Kashmir
Hope in the Valley
Kashmiris are enthusiastic about Nawaz Sharif’s call to restart the peace initiative from where it was left off in 1999 but see Musharraf’s four-poin
India-China bilateral relations
Crossing the river, feeling the stones
There is a sense in Beijing that the Depsang incident might eventually end up having a positive effect on bilateral ties by forcing both countries int
Genetics
Disease and the telomere connection
Iraq
Looming civil war
Sectarian violence between Shias and Sunnis escalates as rebel outfits at the forefront of the conflict in Syria get active in the country.
Biodiesel
Producing biodiesel in E. coli
Data card
Death at birth
India has persistently high rates of newborn mortality, over three lakh a year, and accounts for 29 per cent of all first-day deaths globally.
Malaysia
Vote and divide
DELHI
Dubious distinction
MGNREGS
Floundering flagship
World Affairs
Care sans frontiers
Economy
Skewed plan
The Department of Telecommunications’ plan to revive BSNL and MTNL primarily hinges on massive job cuts while leaving unaddressed policy decisions tha
India
Handshake across the Himalayas
The chief thrust during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit was on building greater trust between the two countries, which together have more than one-
Conservation
Politics of ecology
The Centre’s notification of a 100-km stretch along the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand as an eco-sensitive zone evokes a strong reaction from the Con
Obituary
Living a faith
Asghar Ali Engineer’s activism stemmed from his deep-rooted beliefs, though as an independent thinker he chose to believe in a modern, humanistic inte
Rare encounters
Marten up close
Maharashtra
Going paperless
Indian reaction
Cautious optimism
New Delhi welcomes the election results but remains unsure whether Nawaz Sharif will be able to defy his fundamentalist support base and improve his c
Alexei Saltykov
Uncoloured by colonial prejudices
Russian Prince Alexei Saltykov’s paintings and writings on India speak of his admiration and understanding of a colonised people at a time when prejud
The Maldives
Three-horse race
Mohamed Nasheed’s performance in the presidential election in the Maldives will depend on how well he can take people with diverse views along.
Palestine
Ventriloquist dummy
A forensic analysis of the collusion between the U.S. and Israel, dispelling the view of the U.S. as an “honest broker” in the negotiations with the P
The Delhi Sultanate
Cultural sultanate
This book brings to life hitherto unknown and unexplored aspects of the cultural and social life in the Delhi sultanate.
Kerala
KSSP: The people’s science movement that has shaped Kerala
KSSP has played an influential role in raising environmental and science awareness in Kerala from very early days.
Preoccupations
Whose public interest?
Cinema
Doomed democracy
The burden of Sanjay Kak’s film Red Ant Dream is to underline the necessity of resistance and to show that often in history the responsibility to resi
Making a difference
A mission to Honduras
A unique student-run non-profit organisation tries to make a difference in Honduras by holding medical clinics and executing public health projects.
India
‘This certainly was not cricket’
Interview with Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar.
Earth Sciences
Earth’s centre 1,000° hotter
Letters
Letters
Books
Liberal view
Through my Window
Voices from the hills
Vibrant contemporary writing from the north-eastern region written in many languages, including English has begun to reach the rest of India and the w
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