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Special Issue on the divestment of PSE shares
In this issue
05-02-2016
39 STORIES
Column
A programme in peril
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Interview: Thomas Franco, AIBOC
‘Privatisation not the solution for banks’ problems’
Interview with Thomas Franco, senior vice-president of the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation.
Subhash Jeyan
Tribute
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed: A bridge to the Valley
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed (1936-2016) played a big role in changing the political destiny of Jammu and Kashmir at several stages in his life and weathered
Terrorism
Desperate act
The terror attack on the Pathankot Indian Air Force base fails to deter India and Pakistan from continuing the dialogue process in right earnest.
Interview: Virjesh Upadhyaya, BMS
BMS wants directional change
Interview with Virjesh Upadhyaya, general secretary, BMS.
Interview: G. Sanjeeva Reddy, INTUC
‘Condition of labour is deteriorating’
Interview with G. Sanjeeva Reddy, president, Indian National Trade Union Congress.
Interview: Tapan Sen, CITU
‘Disinvestment is a corrupt process’
Interview with Tapan Sen, general secretary, CITU.
Spotlight
Notes from the street
Balaknama, a tabloid run by street children in New Delhi, tells stories of their world in their words, empowering and transforming the lives of thousa
Cover Story
Undermining public sector
Economic liberalisation has steadily corroded the public sector, allowing private players to acquire valuable assets at low prices and demand extraord
Energy/ Oil Sector
Crude treatment
Liberalisation of the oil sector has enabled private interests to reap huge profits from India’s reserves while top upstream companies like ONGC have
Books
The dam debate
The anti-Tehri dam movement and other voices from the Himalaya.
Controversy
From pastoral to commercial
A.B. Bardhan
Of a dwindling breed
Veteran CPI leader and trade union icon A.B. Bardhan’s (1925-2016) life and career were marked by an intense commitment to the poor and the marginalis
Jammu & Kashmir
Relevance of U.N. resolutions
Though most of the U.N. resolutions on Kashmir have been overtaken by recent events, two that define the contours of the conflict are still relevant:
North Korea
Bombs as answer
North Korea’s latest claim of having tested a hydrogen bomb is partly a result of the politics of intimidation practised by the U.S. and South Korea.
Books
War on critical thinking
A compelling book on the crisis of modern American life in the context of normalisation of mass surveillance and remaining in a state of relentless wa
Libya
Descent into chaos
Militias have had a free run of the country and the entry of the I.S. has only led to a worsening of the violence, arson and mayhem that have been the
Medical research
Yoga and risk of glaucoma
Malaria
Drug resistance of malarial parasite
Media
Neither free nor basic
Facebook’s latest offering flies in the face of Net neutrality and is merely another ploy to control information access to millions of Indians.
Polio
For safer vaccines in polio-free world
Saudi Arabia
Acts of aggression
Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric causes serious tensions in its relations with Iran and accentuates the sectarian divide in West A
Sri Lanka
So far, so good
Controversy
Bull and politics
The Supreme Court stay on the Central government’s hasty notification allowing jallikattu, the bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu, evokes emotional respo
Books
Models of field studies
The volume deals with a relatively neglected aspect of the implementation of social legislation enacted by the Centre but turned to political advantag
Essay
Secularism and the state
West Bengal
Cautiously forward
The CPI(M) and the Congress in West Bengal are keen on an electoral understanding to defeat the Trinamool Congress in the Assembly elections, but not
Books
Facts of a carnage
An important addition to the documentation of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom, the book deserves a wide readership.
Conservation
The importance of protected areas
In the whole debate in India on climate change, the role of protected areas, the only natural tool to mitigate its effects and help us adapt to it, ha
PSUs
Endangered sector
Public sector undertakings play a significant financial and social role in the country's economy and the government has a duty to protect them instead
Politics
Lessons not learnt
The Narendra Modi government’s economic policy direction remains unchanged in spite of the BJP’s terrible defeat in the Bihar and Delhi Assembly elect
Financial Institutions/ Insurance
Opening the FDI floodgates
The lifting of the FDI cap in the sector has not increased insurance penetration and has only undermined the unique contributions made by public secto
Energy/ Coal Sector
Coal matters
Coal India plays a key role in securing the country’s energy needs, but the government is neither taking any step to support it nor addressing the iss
Telecom
At receiving end
BSNL has suffered from government decisions that prevented it from buying crucial equipment, which in turn affected its quality of service and caused
Financial Institutions/ Banking
On the private route
The Modi regime is trying every trick in the book to weaken banks and pave the way for their privatisation, but the unions are putting up a determined
Energy/ Power Sector
Punished for performance
PSEs such as NTPC have turned in a stupendous performance despite handicaps imposed by a government favouring non-performing private players. Divesti
Infrastructure
The Trojan horse
The promotion of public-private partnerships, which goes hand in hand with the state withdrawing from its responsibility of discharging its basic duti
World Affairs
Firmly in charge
Subhash Jeyan
Archive
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06-10-2023
A cry for help that goes unnoticed
Is ‘One Nation, One Election’ really feasible?
Namakkal: A Kota in the making?
Editor’s Note: Boycotting hate speech anchors not an attack on press freedom
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22-09-2023
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘A dumb buffalo speaks’: A Telugu story in translation
‘I escape back to control and home’: Review of ‘Borderlines’ by Manohar Shetty
Shadow pictures: Review of ‘The Secret of More’ by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm
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08-09-2023
Meira Paibis: How Manipur’s peace-keepers became agents provocateur
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
Labyrinth of mirrors: Review of ‘The House of Doors’ by Tan Twan Eng
No getting past the present: Review of ‘History’s Angel’ by Anjum Hasan
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25-08-2023
‘Mrinal Sen’s stark images transformed me’: Shoojit Sircar
Rajasthan’s gig law a step in the right direction, but more needed to protect platform workers
‘The Dystopian Times’ by Appupen
‘In the Shadow’: An Odia story in translation
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