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Chennai: 22/06/2013: The Hindu: Front Line: Book Review Column:
Title: The Makling of the Madras Working Class.
Author: D. Veeraraghavan.

Labour history of Madras

Veeraraghavan paints a detailed portrait of the life of workers in colonial Madras in the inter-War years and places labour history in the broader con

Irrigation tanks and power relations

Social Designs: Tank Irrigation Technology and Agrarian Transformation in Karnataka, South India by Esha Shah; Orient Longman, 2003; pages 288, Rs.295

International law or American order?

By rejecting the rule of international law and by drawing up a grand strategy to strengthen its offensive forces and defence systems, the U.S. intensi

ZIA MIAN M.V. RAMANA

Professional sheep

Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-battering System that Shapes Their Lives by Jeff Schmidt; Rowman&Littlefield

A nuclear wedge

The reported move by India to deploy nuclear weapons opens up the possibilities of accidental or unauthorised use of the weapons, nuclear accidents an

Yet another nuclear danger

India and Pakistan, as novices in the field of nuclear weapons development, should be alive to the risk of accidents in weapons storage.

ZIA MIAN R. RAJARAMAN M.V. RAMANA

Of model minorities and racism

The Karma of Brown Folk by Vijay Prashad; University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2000; pages 253, $24.95 (hardbound).

The New Texas ranger and his guns

What is needed in the U.S. is a movement that questions not just one or another piece of ill-conceived hardware, but rather what all those weapons are

ANDREW LICHTERMAN M.V. RAMANA

Slow, silent killer

While the proven risk from radiation exposure is an increased likelihood of developing cancer, some studies have noted other health effects too.

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