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THE FIRST RELAY of the Olympic torch in Paris on April 7, amid high security.-OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP

Political games

The recent frenzy of criticism against China stems from a deep disquiet about its newfound economic strength and continuing international competitiven

Global trends

The inflationary process at the international level is pushed by factors that cannot be easily controlled.

An ingot at gold producer Mitsubishi Materials Corporations shop in Tokyo. Gold prices have hit a high as investors seek safety in real rather than in financial assets.-TOMOHIRO OHSUMI/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Global stagflation

The entire world economy seems to be heading towards stagflation, which is characterised by a prolonged combination of stagnant incomes and rising pri

An Anganwadi workers' rally in front of the Orissa State Assembly in Bhubaneswar. The Finance Minister has consented to increase the remuneration of Anganwadi workers to Rs.1,500 a month. This is an improvement, but they would still receive less than the minimum wage.-

Stagnant sectors

Budget 2008 is marked by a continuing fiscal neglect of the social sectors even as conditions in these sectors are reaching crisis point.

Electronic waste being taken to a scrapyard in Chennai.-R. RAGU

Digital dumps

The problem of unregulated accumulation of electronic waste may well lead to a public health disaster in the near future.

Harvesting mustard at Ranhoala village on the outskirts of Delhi. Fields such as this are being replaced with palatial farmhouses.-SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Silent displacement

The proliferation of private enclosures in the rural peripheries of many cities marks a tendency that is affecting both land-use patterns and class re

The self-employed as a group, despite growing as a proportion of the employed, has seen a fall in its income share in the five-year period from 2000. Here, a couple who sell vegetables in Hyderabad.-D. GOPALAKRISHNAN

Growing inequality

The recent investment boom has been a profit-led one in which the private corporate sector is the greatest beneficiary and also the greatest contribut

At Kutum in northern Darfur, a peacekeeper of the African Union Mission in Sudan mans the gun on a Mamba fighting vehicle.-AMIS/HO/STUART PRICE/AFP

Probing violence

A new book argues that violence in developing countries is an essential aspect of primitive accumulation and the transition to capitalism.

Miss Universe Lara Dutta, Miss World Priyanka Chopra and Miss Asia Pacific Diya Mirza on a hoarding in Mumbai. A file photograph. The majority of the worlds working women have no use for the glamour of beauty pageants and successful models selling the beauty myth.-SAVITA KIRLOSKAR/REUTERS

Structures of insecurity

It is important to recognise and trace the economic roots of violence against women.

A peace rally for Nandigram organised by the CPI(M) on November 17 in Kolkata.-SUSHANTA PATRONOBISH

Media and the Left

The current frenzy of media criticism aims to damage the Left and reduce its ability to mobilise against an alliance that is in the interests of imper

Outside the Bombay Stock Exchange building on October 15, people look at a large screen tracking the movement of the Sensex. Net flows of foreign institutional investment into the stock and debt markets have driven the Sensex and other stock market indicators to crazy levels.-PUNIT PARANJPE/REUTERS

Too much of a good thing

Faced with a surge of capital that is not being used for productive investment the obvious thing to do would be to put some limits and constraints on

The Janadesh Yatra marching into New Delhi on October 28 after covering 340 km. It started from Gwalior on October 2.-SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA

March for land

The Janadesh Yatra has given the movement for land rights fresh momentum and also captured the popular imagination.

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