A critical appraisal of the legacy of free India's first Prime Minister.

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12-12-201440 STORIES

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The land of exclusion

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The epic in a pixel

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History’s Wall

Western leaders extol the fall of the Berlin Wall on the 25th anniversary of the event as a triumph of good over evil, but they are noticeably silent

Letters to the Editor

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Through my Window

From the earth and the sky

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Towards Multipolarity

As China steps up its role as the global growth engine, the APEC summit in Beijing opens a new chapter in the geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. an

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Rise of the jehadis

Patrick Cockburn, in his new book The Jihadis Return, traces the origins of the Islamic State to the U.S.-engineered collapse of the Iraqi state and s

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Beyond the border

The personal and professional experience of Ranjit Singh Kalha, who has dealt with China for over 12 years, makes his book refreshingly different from

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A prisoner’s trials

The book gives a graphic description of the miserable lives of prisoners and the blatant violation of human rights by the law enforcers.

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Mystics & music

The books take the reader to the heart of the Sufi tradition and reveal its little-known musical forms.

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On a comet

The orbiter Rosetta and its lander Philae make a historic cometary mission, despite an unsatisfactory landing.

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Removing roadblocks

The appointment of U. Sagayam as the High Court’s Special Officer to probe the illegal mining activities in the State enthuses farmers and activists w

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To harness monsoon

A novel suggestion to find a permanent solution to the problem of water scarcity in Chennai: reshape the face of a mountain.

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Science & Technology

Cosmic secrets

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Protecting monopolies

Producers of polyester fibre allege that the imposition of anti-dumping duties on PTA protects the monopoly in the industry.

India & Sri Lanka

Semantics of a release

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The middle path

Nehru’s pragmatic diplomacy gave a newly independent India a stature in world affairs much above its economic and military power and guided it deftly

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Imagining the nation

Science as solution

For Jawaharlal Nehru, science was an “enzyme of hope”, a romance, a dream, and a constructive way of imagining the nation, which he wanted everyone to

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Under a wing

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Breach of promise on IPR policy?

By constituting a new think tank on intellectual property rights and seemingly sidelining the committee it had set up earlier, the government appears

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Anatomy of a tragedy

The sterilisation drive that resulted in the death of 13 women in Chhattisgarh points to the flawed targeted-sterilisation programme with focus on wom

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Split after defeat

The high command’s high-handedness is blamed for G.K. Vasan’s decision to break away from the Congress and set up his own party.

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Charge sheets and a suicide attempt

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New emissions target

While the E.U, the U.S. and China have announced their new emission reduction targets with much fanfare, these may prove well short of what is require

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Failed ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru

The deification of Nehru was a function of the Congress’ vote politics, but none of his ideas ever worked.

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Modern nationhood

A vision for India: Nehru’s idea of modern nationhood

It is necessary to revive the four key dimensions of Nehru’s vision for a modern nationhood—democracy, secularism, socialism and non-alignment.

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Extracts from EMS’ book

On the legacy of Gandhi and Nehru

The legacy of both Gandhi and Nehru is by and large negative. India should break with it.

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Voice for the Larger Principle

The importance of being Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru’s was the voice that always stood for the larger principle, which was often at odds with the aims of his own party and government.

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Idea of secularism

Jawaharlal Nehru: Secular, above all

No other Congress leader had such clarity of vision and determination to combat communalism and establish a secularist state as Nehru. And this legacy

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From Nehru to his Chief Ministers

Letters for a nation: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Chief Ministers

Nehru wrote to his Chief Ministers on the 1st and 15th of each month and he had written 400 letters from 1947 to 1963.

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Muslims & police

Enduring “institutional prejudice”—this conclusion of a famous inquiry report in the U.K. holds good for India’s minority situation as well.

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The Nehru development model

The Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy, which does not promote the export of products that take land away from foodgrain production, must constitute the crux

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Third intifada?

Israel’s latest provocation is part of a stealthy plan to establish Jewish control over the Al Aqsa mosque area in Jerusalem, the third most revered p

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Imagining the nation

How Nehru used science for nation building

For Jawaharlal Nehru, science was an “enzyme of hope”, a romance, a dream, and a constructive way of imagining the nation.

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The middle path: Nehru’s pragmatic diplomacy

Nehru’s diplomacy gave a newly independent India a stature in world affairs much above its economic and military power and guided it deftly in a world

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Nehru's legacy: Development plan

The Nehru model of development

The Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy must constitute the crux of any anti-imperialist development plan.

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Muslims & police

Enduring “institutional prejudice”—this conclusion of a famous inquiry report in the U.K. holds good for India’s minority situation as well.

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Under a wing

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Unsung heroes

For everyone interested in India’s contribution to the First World War, David Omissi’s book is a mine of information.

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