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Reliance
In this issue
21-03-2014
32 STORIES
Tamil Nadu
AIADMK: Lone ranger
Preoccupations
Breathless in Beijing
Through my window
Dilemmas of Indian literary criticism
Books
Towards change
The book will appeal to scholars working in the area of Islamic studies and to social scientists interested in Islam and South Asia.
United Kingdom
Return of the state
The traditional hands-off approach to the free market economy in Europe is giving way to state activism on a scale that would have been unimaginable a
Letter from Beirut
The Arab Gramsci
The killing of Hassan Hamdan, better known as Mahdi Amel, a highly regarded Marxist theoretician who strove to produce Marxist concepts that would be
Interview: Gurudas Dasgupta
‘Only court-directed inquiry can be impartial’
Interview with Gurudas Dasgupta, CPI leader.
Telangana
Birth of a State
At the end of the decades-long struggle for Telangana, the Bill to create the 29th State of India awaits the President’s assent.
Infrastructure
No-risk capitalism
Reliance has used laws and its influence on politicians to further its business interests.
Natural gas
The gas price fix
The FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi government against Union Ministers Murli Deora and M. Veerappa Moily, former Director General
Interview: Prashant Bhushan
‘Enough evidence of undue favours’
Interview with Prashant Bhushan, AAP leader.
Media
Behind the scenes
The Reliance group’s ventures into the media could result in a total convergence model in which all the information services to one’s home, including
Temple elephants
The pain of being a temple elephant
Balu Mahendra
Visual poet
Balu Mahendra (1939-2014), the award-winning cinematographer and director, made lyrical films on human relationships and created fine artists.
SEZs
Land conquests
With a compliant government in Gujarat, Reliance faced little hurdle in acquiring agricultural land for its Jamnagar SEZ, but its plan for a massive S
Cover Story
Reliance factor
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal’s campaign against crony capitalism with focus on the Reliance group and its close relationship with the two ma
Venezuela
Another coup bid?
The protests in the major cities of Venezuela remind one of the attempts to bring down left-wing governments in eastern Europe in the last decade.
Ukraine
Cold War II
The threat of civil war and disintegration looms large over Ukraine, caught between the European Union and Russia.
Cinema
The ‘unknown’ factor
Internationally acclaimed film director and eminent Bengali poet Buddhadeb Dasgupta in an exclusive conversation with Frontline, talks of his film Anw
Books
A life of music
A captivating and perceptive account of the life and music of Gangubai Hangal.
Books
March of protest
An enterprise of collaborative writing on some of the most seminal issues of the global use of rebellion against capitalism and its allied institution
Controversy
Coming to terms with the past
A recent report of the British Cabinet Secretary is at pains to establish that the Indian government’s handling of Operation Blue Star went against th
Capital markets
Lock, stock, and Reliance
Controversies involving the Reliance group in the stock market have been many.
Fiji
New dawn in the Pacific
Fiji is ready for its first democratic elections under a new Constitution and a new electoral system and with a common nomenclature for all its citize
Policy matters
Crony capitalism and state capture
If business groups in post-Independence years drew their strength from their ability to circumvent state policy and the state’s failure to discipline
Death Penalty
Life after death
The Supreme Court commutes the sentences of the three death-row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to life imprisonment. It now has to d
Reliance Response
Witch-hunt, says Reliance
Reliance rebuts allegations made against it by the AAP and others.
Lead Story
Editor’s Note
MDG
Missing targets
Many of the targets of U.N. Millennium Development Goals may remain unachieved by India, if one goes by the latest progress report.
Story of Reliance
Empire builder
To build his Rs.75,000-crore corporate empire, Dhirubhai Ambani curried favours with the powers that be and at the same time kept his investors happy.
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